Capital Spending Boom Helps Raise Productivity, Contain Costs
American businesses are ramping up technology investment and other capital spending as they emerge from the pandemic. If sustained, that investment boom…
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Have Bitcoin, Will Travel? 4 Strategies for Crypto-Vacations
MAYBE YOU’RE still flush with crypto cash. Or perhaps your Bitcoin portfolio is hemorrhaging value amid the recent turbulence. Either…
Startups Make It Easier to Get ADHD Drugs. That Made Some Workers Anxious.
Cris Wibby joined online mental-health company Cerebral Inc. as a nurse practitioner last spring, looking for the flexibility to work from home while helping…
Metaverse Fashion Week Draws Big Brands, Startups
Brands including Forever 21, DKNY and
Estée Lauder
have joined in the first Metaverse Fashion Week, which began Thursday and…
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s Leadership Take Remote Work to the Extreme
The company’s management team, including Chief Executive
Mark Zuckerberg,
is scattering to locations far from its Silicon…
Google to Allow Alternative In-App Payments for Spotify Users, a New Step in App Battle
Spotify Technology SA
has reached a deal with Google to offer an alternative payment method within its…
Facebook Parent Sued Over Scam Ads by Australian Regulator
An Australian regulator is suing
Meta Platforms Inc.,
FB 1.56%
accusing it of not doing enough to remove…
WSJ News Exclusive | After Walt Disney, Robert Iger Heads to the Metaverse
Robert Iger
spent decades helming a company known for its animated characters. For his next act, the former…
Videogames ‘Fortnite,’ ‘Minecraft’ Catapult Smiley Salamander to Global Fame
Pollution and other man-made ills weigh heavily on Mexico’s axolotl, a rare salamander popular among Aztecs back in the day.Its population in the wild has…
How the Pandemic Broke Silicon Valley’s Stranglehold on Tech Jobs
Silicon Valley, make way for Silicon U.S.A.In a feedback loop that could transform the economic geography of the U.S., millions of Americans are moving, and…