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☆ 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( The Upshot Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Ten years ago this week, The New York Times introduced the Upshot, a section devoted to explaining “politics, policy and everyday life.” That’s a wide scope, by design. As a result, more than 5,000 articles later, the Upshot has been many things to many readers. To mark our 10th birthday, we’ve collected 100 stories that embody the Upshot. WordleBot Eden Weingart/The New York Times When Wordle first became popular, several people on the internet claimed, plausibly, that they had come up with the “best” opening word. Force of Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch Erin Schaff/The New York Times We think of the Upshot as a place where back-of-the-envelope calculations can be both helpful and welcome.

Persons: ”, Nate Cohn’s, we’ve, Kevin Quealy, John Branch, John, Patrick Thomas, tut, Trump, pollsters, Obamacare, Leif Parsons, We’re, Jason Henry, Tony Luong, Jordan, ‘, Ruth Fremson, Laurel, ’ Rodrigo Corral, Alex Welsh, Paul Romer, Tim Enthoven, Barack Obama, epidemiologists, It’s, you’re, WordleBot Eden, Wordle, Lila Barth, McCabe, Tom Brady, ChatGPT, —, Erin Schaff Organizations: New York Times, Facebook, Yankees, Red, State Newspaper, ESPN, The Athletic, The Times, You’re, Voters, Trump, Mr, Times, Siena College, Walmart, The New York Times, Jordan Siemens, Health, New, Nike, Democratic, Twitter, America, Iowa, Iowa Democratic, Cancer, Hit, Biden, Insurance, Roe America, Disorders, Republican, Republican Party of, U.S, Budget, NASA, National, Traffic, Administration, Yorkers, Force Locations: It’s, Red Sox, State, America, Dakota, Ireland, Chipotle, Japan, U.S, United States, Siena, New Pennsylvania, District, Iowa, Covid, York City, New York, Pennsylvania, Roe, Tonga, Arizona, York, Holland

☆ It's easy to bash tech, but I've started taking robotaxis — and they're awesome
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Unlike other hyped-up tech, self-driving taxis look like they could be the real thing. Which is exactly how I felt after my last trip to San Francisco, when I took several rides in Waymo's robotaxis. AdvertisementWe've heard about self-driving taxis forever, but they're just starting to become a reality. AdvertisementWaymo self-driving taxis are kitted out with cameras and other sensors, like this Jaguar model crossing an intersection in San Francisco. Waymo's self-driving cars aren't perfectYes, there are still some issues with Waymo, at least in the rides I took recently.

Persons: —, Waymo, We've, they're, Cruise, I'm, JASON HENRY, David Margines, honking, Mario Tama, Margines, Dmitri Dolgov, PyPqVaOc6B, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Service, Software, Google, San Francisco International Airport, Austin, Amazon, Warriors, Chase, Big, Elon Locations: San Francisco, Phoenix, Waymo's, Oakland, Los Angeles

The situation was so dire last year at one Walgreens store in San Francisco, employees resorted to padlocking frozen foods. The effort to undo some aspects of Prop 47 comes amid a broader check on some other liberal crime enforcement policies in America. Police data shows that larceny theft, which includes retail theft and car break-ins, is down 37% from this time last year. On Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved two ballot measures spearheaded by Breed. Last September, the state announced it would be sending $267 million to law enforcement agencies throughout the state to tackle organized retail theft.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, It’s, ”, Jason Henry, “, Marlene Harden’s, Harden, Chloe, …, ” Harden, Marlene Harden's, Thanh Tran, Tran, Ella Baker, CNN Lenore Anderson, ” Anderson, Richard Bailey of Coronado, Breed, Tayfun, –, Miracle, don’t, We’re, Newsom, He’s Organizations: San Francisco CNN —, Republican, Democratic, Democratic Gov, CNN, Public, Institute of California, state’s Department of Justice, Walgreens, Walmart, ” Walmart, Westfield San Francisco Centre, New York Times, “ Walgreens, ”, National Retail Federation, Target, Ella Baker Center for Human, Attorneys, San Francisco Mayor London, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Anadolu Agency, San Francisco Chronicle, Police, “, San Francisco, Breed Locations: San, California, San Francisco, America, Oregon’s, San Diego County, Francisco, Texas, South Carolina

The pay data includes salaries ranging from a data scientist position that offers $170,000 per year at Discord to a staff engineer role that earns $250,000 or more at Patreon. AdvertisementHere are the annual salaries for a job at FaZe Clan:Legal Counsel: $142,273 median starting range; from $133,308 to $194,437FaZe Clan did not respond to BI's request for comment. At LTK, a senior software engineer would make $130,000Courtesy of LTKLTK, formerly known as RewardStyle, is an affiliate-marketing and social-commerce platform used by influencers across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. At Teachable, a level II senior software engineer would make $190,000Teachable is a platform where creators can build and sell online courses and coaching programs. Here are annual salary ranges for several jobs at Teachable:Data Analyst : $69,826 to $85,000: $69,826 to $85,000 Senior Software Engineer : $160,000 to $180,000: $160,000 to $180,000 Senior Software Engineer - Core : $150,000 to $170,000: $150,000 to $170,000 Senior Software Engineer II : $190,000: $190,000 Software Engineer: $125,000 to $135,000Teachable did not respond to BI's request for comment.

Persons: upstarts, we're, Justin Kenna, they've, ByteDance, Teachable, Konstantin Savusia, James Nord, Brandon Brown, Ryan Brown, Brian Mechem, Warby Parker, Grin, Amanda Perelli, Anthony, Alex Zaccaria, Nick Humphreys, Linktree's, Amber Venz, Baxter, Read, Sydney Bradley, economy's, Patreon, Chris Best, Jason Henry Substack Organizations: YouTube, Business, FaZe, Safety, Software, Security, Enterprise Security, FaZe Clan, Fohr, Inc, Grin Technologies, Facebook, Keli Network Inc, Business Affairs, Jellysmack, Linktree, Ops, RewardStyle Inc, Networks, Mighty Networks, Mighty Software, Engineering, Sydney, Sydney Bradley One, BI, Staff, Social, Data Engineering, Trust, Quality Assurance, Hotmart, & $ Locations: California, New York, Texas, FaZe, Fohr, Jellysmack, Karat, Linktree, LTK, Instagram, Dallas , Texas, Teachable

☆ Instead of Knocking Down His California Home, He Spent Two Years Making It His Own
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Laura Hine | Photography Jason Henry For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Temperatures reached record highs this week. Here’s why you still need a sweater in the office
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ellie Stevens | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But if you work in an office, chances are the temperatures indoors felt the exact opposite. When air conditioning became standard in buildings in the 1950s, offices started “overcooling,” explains Salvatore Basile, the author of “Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything.” Building owners wanted to show that they offered the comfort of air conditioning, but sometimes they offered too much of it. “Air conditioning was a sexist technology. According to a 2015 paper by Kingma, temperatures in office buildings appear to be based on the heat needs of a 40-year-old, 154-pound man. “Start by raising the office temperature 5 degrees, and then give people the option to use fans, either at their desk or installed into the ceiling,” says Schavion.

Persons: “, ”, Salvatore Basile, Basile, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandburg, “ Lean, Jason Henry, Joe’s, David Lehrer, Sun, Thomas Barwick, Heather Abraham, Leann Parrish, Tik, ‘, Kassia Miller, Boris Kingma, Kingma, Stefano Schavion Organizations: CNN, Facebook, ” Architects, Bloomberg, Getty, NASCAR, UC Berkeley’s Center, Built, Center, Netherlands Institute of Applied Scientific Research, UC Berkeley Locations: San Francisco , California, Pittsburgh, Japan

☆ The Return to the Office Has Stalled
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Peter Grant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tech firms remain the most permissive on remote work, resulting in low return-to-office rates in cities such as San Francisco. Photo: Jason Henry/Bloomberg NewsWhen average city office occupancy rates at the start of the year surpassed 50% for the first time during the pandemic, many landlords viewed this milestone as a sign that employees were finally resuming their former work habits. Those office usage rates have barely budged as most companies have settled into a hybrid work strategy that shows little sign of fading.

☆ Intel Slashes Quarterly Dividend by 66%
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Colin Kellaher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Jason Henry for The Wall Street JournalAn Intel lab at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.Intel Corp. on Wednesday said it is slashing its dividend by about two-thirds as the chip maker seeks to cut $3 billion in costs this year. The Santa Clara, Calif., company said it is lowering its quarterly payout by nearly 66%, to 12.5 cents from 36.5 cents, as the board adjusts its capital-allocation strategy amid economic uncertainty.

☆ Lowriders, Stars of California Car Culture, Await the Return of Legal Cruising
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Jason Henry For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Robert Gutierrez was like a lot of California Latinos coming of age in the 1970s: He loved cruising the boulevard on weekend nights, in a 1972 tangerine Pontiac Grand Ville modified to ride low to the ground with hydraulics so it could bump up and down. On weekend nights, he joined thousands of others in processions of so-called lowrider cars, cruising back and forth along Story Road—with tunes like “Suavecito” wafting—on this city’s predominantly Latino east side.

☆ An SEO consultant transformed her hiring process to attract better talent and improve retention with a few tips from an HR pro
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Erica Sweeney | In Partnership With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When Zhe Scott founded her SEO consulting and marketing firm, The SEO Queen, in 2017, she expected her employees to stick around long-term. Their conversations led Scott to "think about talent acquisition the same way I think about customer acquisition," she said. He and Scott shared how they overhauled Scott's hiring process and came up with solutions to improve talent retention. Scott is continuing to work on finding her next great employee using the ideas she and Coleman came up with. Treating talent acquisition as an ongoing taskWhile she hasn't found any new employees yet using updated new process, Scott said, she's confident about the long term.

☆ Watch: Brittney Griner Arrives in the U.S. After Prisoner Swap
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Theranos Ex-President Sunny Balwani Sentenced to Almost 13 Years Theranos Inc.’s former No. 2 executive, Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, was sentenced Wednesday to just under 13 years in prison for his involvement in a fraud scheme at the blood-testing company. WSJ’s Heather Somerville breaks down the judge’s decision. Photo: Jason Henry for The Wall Street Journal

☆ Brittney Griner Returns Home: A Timeline of Her Detainment and Release
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Watch: Brittney Griner Flies Home After Prisoner Swap
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ The cofounder of Wunderkeks cookie company wanted to build a culture where 'hungry' workers apply and thrive — and his mentor helped him get there
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | In Partnership With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After having a bad employee experience, Hans Schrei, a cofounder of the cookie brand Wunderkeks, swore he would approach hiring differently this time. "How we build a team is going to impact the culture of the company and how it progresses," said Schrei, whose company is based in Austin, Texas. Learning from the pastEntering the mentorship, Wunderkeks needed to hire a CFO, content manager, sales manager, and head of e-commerce as part of its focus on scaling up. Establishing a hiring strategyAt the beginning of the mentorship, Nam expected to jump straight into helping Schrei write job descriptions and interview questions. Through the mentorship experience, Schrei has learned that hiring should be personal and deliberate, thinking of employees as people, not numbers, he said.

☆ Brittney Griner Released From Russian Custody, Biden Says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

To see how much jobs in the creator economy pay, Insider analyzed salary data from 142 work-visa applications filed with the US government and decided on between October 2020 and June 2022. The pay data includes salaries ranging from a data scientist position that offers $170,000 per year at Discord to a staff engineer role that earns $250,000 or more at Patreon. At Cameo, a principal software engineer would make $230,000Steven Galanis, CEO of Cameo. Senior Manager, DevOps : $140,000: $140,000 Statistician: $116,979 to $170,000 (Spotter said it internally calls this position "Data Analyst.") At Teachable, a senior software engineer would make $150,000Teachable is a platform where creators can build and sell online courses and coaching programs.

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