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Taller, slicker data centers could be the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Oct 1, 2024
Data centers are getting taller and slicker as they move closer to urban and suburban areas.
A construction crew works on a CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Demand for smartphones is down, even with the lure of new technology

by Samantha Fields
Sep 19, 2024
Early pre-order and shipment data indicates demand is not that strong for the iPhone 16. Smartphone sales overall have fallen in the U.S.
The first iteration of Apple's iPhone on display in 2007. In the early years of smartphones, some consumers were getting new phones every two years.
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My Analog Life

Record scratch: A DJ remembers her analog days

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 15, 2024
DJ Asha recalls that at the beginning of her career, she lugged vinyl records across London.
Los Angeles-based DJ Asha uses a controller and laptop on Catalina Island, California, in June. "I'm really grateful for the technology because it's allowed us to do so much," she says.
Courtesy DJ Asha
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Remember what “9 to 5” used to look like?

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 3, 2024
“Office jobs involved a lot of paperwork,” recalled Stephanie Sharf, who entered the labor force in 1968.
"Our word processing center, it was the model for the movie '9 to 5,'" said Stephanie Sharf. "Jane Fonda actually came into our office and walked around and observed." Above, a screenshot from the documentary “Still Working 9 to 5.”
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A former file clerk remembers the camaraderie at her first job

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 2, 2024
As one of five teenage girls on the file clerk team, Lisa Cintron said her days were filled with chit-chat and music reverberating from a boombox in the back. 
A photo of Lisa Cintron’s office where she worked as a file clerk, circa 1980-1981.
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In the era of hand-drawn drafts, one landscape designer remembers: “I was creating a piece of art”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 1, 2024
In the first installment of our series “My Analog Life,” a landscape architect reminisces about drafting by hand.
A hand-drawn landscape design by Eric Weishaar in 2001. The project was for a client whose son was in a wheelchair and wanted an accessible landscape on their home.
Courtesy Weishaar
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Work from home rates have reached a new normal

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jun 28, 2024
BLS survey data showed that in 2023, 35% of employed people did some or all of their work at home.
A man works from his at-home office. If anything, work from home rates will only increase over time, says economist José María Barrero, thanks to technology that makes virtual collaboration possible.
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The case for wage insurance to offset future job disruption

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Jun 24, 2024
There's already unemployment insurance. But new research makes the case for wage insurance as further protection for workers.
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Ford renews a Detroit train depot in hopes of anchoring a new tech hub

by Nova Safo
Jun 3, 2024
Ford reportedly invested nearly $1 billion into the once derelict Michigan Central Station, which officially reopens this week.
A view of the newly renovated Michigan Central Station, following nearly $1 billion in investment.
Stephen McGee/Michigan Central
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"Indie Game: The Movie"

Indie games are a “heart-dominant” business

by David Brancaccio
May 14, 2024
David Brancaccio on the parallels between Super Meat Boy and Picasso’s masterpieces.
Tommy Refenes, one of the developers of Super Meat Boy.
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