What to watch for on Election Day as Harris and Trump face off
Election Day 2024 has arrived. Billions have been spent pushing voters to back specific candidates and causes. Vice President Kamala Harris upended the presidential race with her late entry. Pre-election polling showed her race against former President Donald Trump could be the closest in history. The margins are so tight that a potential polling error…
The election is a big test for AI companies
Perplexity just launched an Election Information Hub to help voters get more information about candidates and voting logistics. Election week has finally arrived. This time around, it will serve as an important test for the AI companies willing to provide their users with election-related information and updates on voting results. ChatGPT didn’t exist during the…
Why quant giant D.E. Shaw seeks out academics, doctors, and veterans to work at the $60 billion hedge fund
From left to right, D.E. Shaw’s Tim Willenken, Jeremy Reff, and Ana Díaz Rivero. It was 2011, and Tim Willenken had just spent the past 12 years — four as an undergrad and eight in a doctoral program — preparing to be a philosophy professor. There was just one problem: He didn’t want to be…
How companies are looking to cash in on Election Day
From the polls to the bars. For many Americans, election night is a chance to blow off steam after an intense few months of campaigning that included a last-minute candidate switch and two assassination attempts. B-17 has a story on how businesses are leaning into the election season finale with events and promos. As polarizing…
Target changes app to curb ‘double-tapper’ customers who caused chaos with drive-up orders
Target workers have three minutes after a drive-up customer says they’ve arrived to fulfill the order. Target is rolling out a much-requested app fix for a shopper behavior that has been a frequent source of frustration for some of its fulfillment workers. Whether by accident or on purpose, hundreds of Target drive-up customers using the…
Boeing machinists’ bumper pay packet is just the latest win for unionized workers
Boeing machinists won a 38% pay rise after seven weeks on strike. Striking Boeing machinists’ victory in securing a major pay increase is the latest to highlight the power of labor unions in the US. After seven weeks and billions of dollars in expected losses for the company, Boeing workers accepted a 38% general wage…
A rare bee species reportedly put an end to Meta’s plans for a nuclear-powered AI data center
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the race to build out AI infrastructure, Meta met an unlikely roadblock in one case: bees. A rare species of the insect threw a wrench in the company’s plans for an AI data center, the Financial Times reported Monday. Meta had been in talks with a nuclear power plant operator…
I moved from Brazil to the Midwest at 19. My parents were born in the US, but I still wasn’t prepared for the culture shock.
I moved to the Midwest to pursue a college education. When I moved from Brazil to Michigan at 19, it was my first time in the US — and, despite having parents from the Midwest, I didn’t know much about the country. By the time I was born, my parents, who had relocated to Brazil…
One of the world’s best airlines is adding a flyer-favorite feature to its business class as premium competition heats up
Singapore is finally introducing sliding doors to its long-haul business class. Singapore Airlines plans to spend more than $800 million to retrofit its long-haul planes as customers demand more luxury at 35,000 feet. The carrier, which is regularly ranked among the world’s best airlines, on Monday unveiled plans to retrofit 41 Airbus A350 aircraft. The…
