Amazon surprises DMV students with engineering scholarships ARLINGTON, Va. — Dozens of local students in the D.C. region now have money to pursue an education in computer science and engineering. Forty high school seniors visited Amazon's HQ to in Arlington ... 04/12/2024 - 2:51 am | View Link
Banks pulled in both directions by battle over fossil fuels This week the US state of West Virginia added four banks to its Restricted Financial Institutions List, established in 2022 to bar firms from state contracts if they are “engaged in boycotts of fossil ... 04/11/2024 - 1:26 pm | View Link
Is Amazon a good place to work? A new report reveals warehouse workers are suffering under oppressive working conditions amid record company profits. 04/10/2024 - 1:17 am | View Link
Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show Amazon employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees from 2023 to 2024. 04/8/2024 - 9:03 am | View Link
Will collapse of arena deal affect the next big opportunity in Virginia? The stark warning belies the commonwealth's economic development prowess, long coveted by many rivals. Virginia's decade-plus of wins have straddled both GOP and Democratic administrations and blue, ... 04/1/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."