Climate change is causing losses that dwarf previous economic crises. New data shows how inexpensive climate protection is compared to the damage. The future will not only be hot, it will also be expensive. How expensive is a question that researchers have so far been unable to answer. Now new
In a recent nationwide survey, nearly 40% of renters expressed doubt about their prospects of ever becoming homeowners, a significant increase of almost 25% compared to less than a year ago. The survey revealed that escalating home prices and mortgage rates are major deterrents for Americans considering home ownership. According
Starting a new pet project is easy. But finishing it? That's a different story. Many programmers love to tinker with side projects. I'll argue that most of the decent ones do, anyway. Learning new tools makes us want to build things. Innovative technologies, cool product ideas.
The political, economic, and social system that emerged in Western countries after the Second World War was rooted in a straightforward promise: if you worked hard and exerted enough effort, you could consistently enjoy a better standard of living than your parents. This truth held for several decades, but the
This is an almost-true story about a young passionate developer. It was the late 2004 and he had just started working in a small company offering everything he desired: a good salary, working with his preferred programming language, approaching complexities, and modeling architectures. This was not the first working experience
Workers' satisfaction has not improved since the world stopped four years ago. The pandemic awakened the disease. The symptoms multiplied later through all kinds of phenomena from the US that still impact the labor market. First, the rout known as the 'great resignation' took place, where millions
One of my friends lost his job this week. He worked in the chemistry department of a pharmaceutical company, doing something that went completely over my head while he was explaining it to me. What I got from his description was that it was not the kind of work that’
Twitch, the livestreaming platform owned by Amazon.com Inc., is reportedly planning a significant workforce reduction, amounting to around 35% of its staff or approximately 500 employees. This move, expected to be officially announced soon, follows a series of job cuts at Twitch amid concerns about financial losses and the
In the recently released report, the Fed claimed millennials are now over $1 trillion in debt — more than any other generation in history. This isn’t exactly their fault. The federal student loan portfolio currently totals more than $1.6 trillion, owed by about 43 million borrowers. Yet even worse,
Gen Z will struggle to acquire life-work balance due to rising economic uncertainty. To be or not to be, that is the question. To have children, yes but can you afford it? Economic uncertainty of young people around the world is leading to a marked decline in fertility rates leading
Be careful with this 'malware': it can steal your Google account even if you change your password. It has been in circulation for two months and takes advantage of a vulnerability in session cookies to access the account and steal personal data. Google claims to be working to
The French technology company Atos has confirmed having received an indicative offer from Airbus to acquire BDS, the French company's data and cybersecurity business , with a value of between 1,500 and 1,800 million euros. "The company will open a due diligence phase with Airbus whose
