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Why Isn’t New Technology Making Us More Productive?

Innovations like cloud computing and artificial intelligence are hailed as engines of a coming productivity revival. But a broad payoff across the economy has been...

Four-Year College Degree Requirements in Hiring Are Slowly Easing

New research finds companies are starting to rely less on the college filter in hiring. But it remains an obstacle to opportunity for many.

Chatbots Are Becoming Smarter

Customer service chatbots may finally become more intelligent, more conversational and more helpful.

Google Invests in Skills Training Program for Low-Income Workers

The project is a big bet on scaling up programs that have proved effective in lifting low-income workers into middle-class jobs and careers.

Google Invests in Skills Training Program for Low-Income Workers

The project is a big bet on scaling up programs that have proved effective in lifting low-income workers into middle-class jobs and careers.

Wary of Economic Neoliberalism, Groups Fund Research on Alternatives

Two foundations committed funding for economic and policy research focused on alternatives to traditional economic thinking.

A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy

Is Illumina, a gene-sequencing powerhouse, trying to speed innovation in the field of cancer blood tests or thwart it with an acquisition?

IBM Is Selling Watson Health to a Private Equity Firm

The sale is part of IBM’s effort to tighten the focus of its business and shed operations.

Millions Have Lost a Step Into the Middle Class, Researchers Say

The new figure points to the challenge for the majority of Americans who do not have a four-year college degree.

Economists Pin More Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

Recent research underlines the central role that automation has played in widening disparities.