Author: EconLearner
WhatsApp bug notifies users.AFP via Getty ImagesAs social media posts go, this one probably needed a few more reviews. The WhatsApp last happy message on X failed miserably, with users worried that the Meta platform suddenly admitted to reading their end-to-end encrypted content.Forbes”Gmail Security Breach”—Google issues critical update for all usersWith Zach DorfmanThe message was simple: “people who end messages with ‘lol’ we see you, we honor you,” the platform posted on X, quickly amassing more than 5 million views.But it turns out that “we see you” isn’t a smart message when your platform relies on assuring 3 billion users…
“Democrats insist the shutdown is about protecting health care. It’s really about protecting a subsidy game that has enriched their political patrons in the insurance industry,” Pipes writes.AFP via Getty ImagesThe federal government shutdown enters its fifth week. At its core, the fight is over insurance subsidies. Democrats are demanding that billions in federal payments to insurers continue unabated. Republicans question whether this is a good idea.Democrats claim they are protecting “access to care.” In fact, they are enriching some of the nation’s largest corporations at the expense of taxpayers.Enhanced subsidies to cover foreign exchange are the clearest example. In…
Aurora is ramping up operations and aims to launch a new technology platform in early 2026 to support further scaling.Dawn Dawnthe only autonomous vehicle manufacturer to operate driverless long-haul trucks on public roads has revealed some remarkable facts about progress towards growing their fleet size and expanding freight operations. How; New technology and new suppliers. “Six months before launch, we’re achieving more industry initiatives, expanding rapidly and paving the way for the deployment of hundreds of trucks next year,” said Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO of Aurora. “Expanding to El Paso, going over 100,000 driverless miles and integrating our new…
The interest rate decision by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the other voting members of the Federal Reserve will be formally announced on Wednesday.Getty ImagesHere are five commodity trade numbers I’d like to have if I were asked to vote today with the Federal Reserve on whether to lower interest rates a quarter for the second consecutive month. The Fed is grappling with a conflict: A weakening labor market makes the case for lower interest rates, while rising inflation supports keeping or even raising them. With one hand tied behind his back because of it US government shutdownthe Fed…
Several new polls include a version of the familiar right-way/wrong-way poll question. Like the Archive of the Roper Center According to surveys, pollsters have been asking this question since at least 1971, when the Opinion Research Corporation found that 29% thought things in the country were “generally going in the right direction” and 63% thought things had “gone very seriously wrong.”Since then, the question has been asked many times. There have been only a few times when Americans told pollsters that the country was on the right track. In 1984-85, during the Reagan presidency, when Americans finally felt things were…
Medical technology concept with 3D rendering of artificial skin robot analyzes tooth x-ray tomographygettyWe’re getting a lot of information from AI that previously eluded even modern generations of scientists – and some of the most important are coming back to oral health.This is revolutionizing an area of medicine that, by most accounts, could use some modernization. Dental work has been largely the same for the past 30 or 40 years – but that is likely to change soon. Artificial intelligence is changing almost everything about how professionals deal with “caries” or missing teeth or protect moths from decay in other…
UN missions attend ‘Threads of Tradition’ in an immersive interactive event on Tajikistan in New York, May 2025Melik KailanReaders of this column know that Central Asia has been in the spotlight especially in recent years. The region gained added importance with the end of the Afghan war freeing up the direction neighboring countries could take in the future. Strategically, economically and culturally it matters which direction the ‘Stans’ take because of the implications for the rest of the world, especially nearby powers like Russia, China and India. To this end, columns were devoted to pan-Turkish cultural/political harmonization of countries from…