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To tackle real issues, legislators first need to understand them—and they need help. That means it’s time to reboot the Office of Technology Assessment. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b183217439d3744a508371a/master/pass/WI070118_AP_Thompson_LO_ART_01.jpg
CENTRAL bankers and economists have spilled much ink in recent years on the question of why wages have not grown more. The average unemployment rate in advanced economies is 5.3%, lower than before the financial crisis. Yet even in America, the hottest rich-world economy, pay is growing by less than 3% annually. This month the […]
CENTRAL bankers and economists have spilled much ink in recent years on the question of why wages have not grown more. The average unemployment rate in advanced economies is 5.3%, lower than before the financial crisis. Yet even in America, the hottest rich-world economy, pay is growing by less than 3% annually. This month the […]
AMC’s new show, which depicts the doomed Franklin expedition to the Arctic, is the right kind of historical fiction. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b2d379d985bbd041c32d321/master/pass/TERROR_108_AM_0408_0086-RT-(1).jpg
Meghan Markle attended Royal Ascot 2018 and fans held their breath to see what the new Duchess of Sussex would wear. The former-actress stunned in a white Givenchy gown, made by the same fashion house as her wedding dress. Yesterday Meghan Markle at Ascot wore a monochrome look, adding a black and white Philip Treacey […]
At 10 p.m. on the final Wednesday of May, shrouded in the darkness of our basement, my wife and I did something we used to do quite often, but now—in the 23rd year of our marriage—we do only rarely. We sat on our couch and watched a television show at the time it aired. The […]
Earlier this year, Brussels-based businessman Jose Kimpalou was traveling when he learned that his aunt had had a stroke back home in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I wanted to send my uncle some cash,” he recalls before explaining that just a few years previously, he would have had to wait till he returned to […]
OPINION: I’ve used Slack on and off for years, but only about a month ago did my team start using it full time. The tool is growing on me, sure, but having used a variety of alternatives, I also find it unnecessarily frustrating at times. The good news is that Slack’s problems can be fixed. […]
Charles McQuillan/Getty Images A vote taking place this Friday will determine whether Ireland will repeal the 8th amendment and legalize abortion. The 8th amendment is the part of the Irish constitution that permits an abortion only in cases where the woman’s life is at risk. An estimated 5,000 Irish women a year have an abortion, […]
Opinion: Rep. John K. Delaney argues that if the United States wants a prosperous economy, it needs a national plan for artificial intelligence. https://media.wired.com/photos/5afc949457c02d59cb85a833/master/pass/ai_us_strategy-FA-FINAL.jpg
