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Supreme Court Backs Google In $9 Billion Software Battle With Oracle

In a decision released, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google in a decade-long dispute with Oracle that has profound implications for the software industry

26 апреля 2021 3 мин. 7751

The G7 Must Act to Vaccinate the World

LONDON – “Nobody is safe until everyone is safe” is the defining mantra of the COVID-19 era. It captures a fundamental truth. Faced with a virus that recognizes no borders, no country is an island - and there is no substitute for international solidarity.

23 апреля 2021 7 мин. 10372

Bernie Sanders Introduces New Wall Street Tax To Fund Free College Tuition

It would also make tuition free at private Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other minority-serving institutions for students from families in that income bracket

22 апреля 2021 2 мин. 5924

Apple Forces Competitors To Play By Its Rules With A New Operating System

Tim Cook, Apple Inc.’s chief executive officer, has turned user data privacy into both a business strategy and an ethical imperative

21 апреля 2021 6 мин. 9044

The Promise Of International Travel: EU Restrictions

The picture across the EU area (plus the U.K.) in April is one of cautious optimism; countries are planning how to emerge from current lockdowns and open up to international travel

20 апреля 2021 18 мин. 10568

America’s Undimmed Global Culture

NEW YORK – Amanda Gorman’s remarkable performance of her poem “The Hill We Climb” at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration touched millions

19 апреля 2021 5 мин. 8505

Rethinking the EU’s Fiscal Framework

MILAN – Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020, the European Union activated the Stability and Growth Pact’s general escape clause, thereby suspending the Union’s limits on member states’ fiscal deficits and government debt. The clause envisages an almost automatic return to the SGP’s rules once the crisis is over, but EU policymakers should chart a different course

16 апреля 2021 6 мин. 7570

Employment in the Platform Age

NEW DELHI – One of the most significant socioeconomic changes accelerated by COVID-19 must surely be the rise of digital labor platforms. Of course, platform-based employment had already been growing exponentially before the pandemic. But the combination of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, and the consequent greater reliance on remote work, has dramatically increased both their spread and intensity of use