There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data – The Markup
A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements
The geography of AI
Much of the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) discussion revolves around futuristic dreams of both utopia and dystopia. From extreme to extreme, the promises range from solutions to global climate …
Data shows the true productivity cost of the city exodus
Researchers have found proof of how much the end of the office will impact productivity
How disruptive technologies diffuse
It has long been recognised that innovation is unevenly distributed, but whether such technical progress may be the root cause of the rising income and wealth inequality in the US has been a matter
Remote work won’t save the heartland
While aspects of the corporate relocation story may be real, new evidence raises questions about the true potential of the remote-work-driven renewal storyline.
How the Boring Area Code Became a Hot Branding Commodity
It’s not just a 3-digit number but a kind of secret handshake that locals — and consumers in-the-know — can recognize
City Observatory - Race and economic polarization
The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.
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