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Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech could start popping up everywhere. Here’s how it works.

The technology, which debuted in 2018 with the first Amazon Go convenience store in Seattle, uses artificial intelligence, a lot of cameras and some sensors to enable shoppers to grab what they want and leave without stopping at a cash register.

Red states fight growing efforts to give ‘basic income’ cash to residents

Basic income advocates say the concept is an effective way of reducing poverty.

A Digital Ads Tax Would Devastate Small Businesses Like Mine

Affordable online advertisements are critical for thousands of brick-and-mortar businesses that need to reach out to national customers to survive.

Using dating apps in the rural West, a.k.a. ‘the void of a sagebrush sea’

The reality, though, is something different, as my Montana friend Nicole knows. Noting that you first need to cull the felons and those with substance abuse, weight or health issues, Nicole says, “It’s like screaming into the void of a sagebrush sea.”

Repairing the Pipeline for Rural Career and Technical Educators in Wyoming

Rural Wyoming is running out of Career and Technical educators, negatively affecting rural communities and economies. The University of Wyoming is partnering with local community colleges to prepare the next generation of CTE teachers.

CBS Sunday Morning – How Houston is successfully reducing homelessness

In 2012, the nation’s fourth-largest city went all-in on a new system to address homelessness in which dozens of agencies join forces under a single umbrella organization to put those without homes in their own apartments, rather than in shelter beds. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at a concept that has succeeded in reducing homelessness in the greater Houston area by 63%.

Revolution’s Steve Case Says We Need to Double Down on Entrepreneurship

The AOL co-founder and mid-America VC says the nation’s status as a top innovator shouldn’t be taken for granted, especially with AI technology up for grabs globally.

Burnout fears force bosses to explore a four-day workweek

Nearly one-third (30%) of large companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.

Digital Divide: Bridging the Urban-Rural Connectivity Gap

Addressing the rural-urban education gap should be a priority for today’s policymakers.

Rise in investor-owned single-family rentals prompts policy responses – Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Policymakers taking note of investors’ increased share of the single-family rental market face decisions in a data-poor environment

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