California voters rejected Proposition 40, the one-time 5% tax on billionaires, the AP reported Monday. Tech leaders outspent backers roughly 10 to 1 to defeat it, and the founders and economists TechCrunch interviewed before the vote were split on whether it would have driven out wealthy residents or just trimmed their fortunes.
Americans’ vote for anti-data center candidates and ballot measures could rein in AI’s expansion and hobble economic growth.
New Zealand’s weakening currency is compounding the cost-of-living pressures turning voters away from the country’s main political parties ahead of next week’s election.
For months, election deniers claimed without evidence that the vote would be rigged. Now they appear to be accepting crushing defeats.
From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day.
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It was an ambitious notion – now Californians will vote on a one-time 5% billionaire tax, and state’s super rich have pulled out all the stops in opposition One year ago, the idea of a billionaire tax in California was still in its infancy. It wasn’t yet one of the most contentious ballot measure fights in state history – pitting Democrats against Democrats, drawing national attention from political heavyweights, and netting hundreds of millions of Silicon Valley dollars to fight it. Back then, it was a bold and desperate answer to Donald Trump’s healthcare cuts. Continue reading...
From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attention Gen Z voters: tell us what is guiding your vote in the US midterm elections? Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok. “My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said. Continue reading...
