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By blitzing a troubled neighborhood with “smart city” technology — including AI cameras on streetlights and ubiquitous Wi-Fi — Dallas officials have seen crime reduction and quality-of-life improvements that they hope to replicate elsewhere. Why it matters: Smart city initiatives fell out of favor nationally after lots of money was spent with few results — but projects like the one in Red …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gXUl1E-Sc Have you noticed that delivery delays are becoming a lot more frequent recently? That’s because a new set of supply chain disruptions are impacting the shipping and trucking industry right now. Both maritime and road transportation companies are facing labor and capacity issues, increased costs, and bankruptcies in recent months, and these problems are …
by Chris Black Even as demand for labor continues to increase with economic growth, the supply of labor in the U.S. is stagnate absent ever larger wage increases. The working age population of the U.S. plateaued a few years ago (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LFWA64TTUSM647S), so increases in labor supply have largely come from attracting those outside the work …
by BoatSurfer600 Meta will block some Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram from accessing or posting news content due to Bill C-18. Meta will soon block some Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram from accessing or posting news content on either platform. The move, which the social media giant announced in a blog post on Thursday, …
