Tag: U.S.’s

09 JAN

Health Care Just Became the U.S.’s Largest Employer

This moment was inevitable. It just wasn’t supposed to happen so soon. Due to the inexorable aging of the country—and equally unstoppable growth in medical spending—it was long obvious that health-care jobs would slowly take up more and more of the economy. But in the last quarter, for the first time in history, health care […]

05 DEC

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Trailer: ‘U.S.S. Callister’ Boldly Goes Where ‘Black Mirror Has Never Gone Before

We see what you did there, Netflix. By releasing individual trailers for each of Black Mirror season 4’s six episodes, you managed to get us to write about your show six times instead of once. In the words of a doomed dinosaur wrangler learning he’s met his match: clever girl. Anyway, the final Black Mirror […]

08 NOV

Letting It Ride: Las Vegas Puts U.S.’s First Fully Self-Driving Shuttle into Service

– Your first ride in an autonomous vehicle may not be in a car but a shuttle bus. Indeed, the first fully autonomous shuttle operating on public streets in the United States is set to start rolling in Las Vegas this week as part of a yearlong study. The electric bus, built by Navya, a French […]

29 JAN

What’s Next for the U.S.’s Trade Deals?

Free-trade deals have always had their detractors, and major multinational summits organized by the World Trade Organization and the like commonly attract protesters. Still, the mainstream opinion within both major political parties in modern times has been almost unanimously in favor of free trade. It’s the sort of issue that has united George W. Bush […]