Mandating vaccines shouldn’t be a restaurant worker’s job
In some parts of the US, customers in bars and restaurants are now required to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 in order to enter the business. This can give servers, hosts, and bartenders p...
31 Aug 202111min
Blaming Facebook won't solve the misinformation problem
The New York Times’ Shira Ovide, writes the popular and incisive On Tech newsletter, which means she gets to write about… everything. She sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss some of her lat...
30 Aug 202110min
Big Tech’s Taliban problem
For the first time in 20 years, the Taliban controls Afghanistan. This change in power raises questions for companies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube as they have to figure out how to handle what ...
27 Aug 202111min
Did we pull the plug on virtual school too soon?
Students and teachers are returning to classrooms after more than a year of virtual learning, but going back to school doesn’t mean going back to normal. Vox’s Anna North (@annanorthtweets) joins Reco...
26 Aug 202115min
Is the future of work in employees’ hands?
Many companies are preparing to return to the office this fall, but how is that going to work? Will the way we do our jobs be forever changed because of the pandemic? Do American workers have the moti...
25 Aug 202113min
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The World Wide Web is kept interconnected through hyperlinks. But what happens when those hyperlinks stop working? Researchers say hyperlinks are dying at an alarming rate, and it could signal trouble...
24 Aug 202115min
Your next office could be inside a VR headset
Work from home typically means Zoom calls and Slack, but Mark Zuckerberg is envisioning a new way to work remotely: virtual reality. Last week, he unveiled Workrooms: Facebook’s latest effort to enter...
23 Aug 202112min
TikTok is making tax policy cool
TikTok is the go-to place for memes and dance videos. But sometimes those pieces of content can play a critical role in letting lawmakers know which policies are working and which ones are not. Today,...
20 Aug 202116min
