Can Rent Control Be Saved?
President Biden recently announced a system to put a 5% cap on annual rent increases by large landlords. Rent control is a notoriously ineffective policy. […]
Month: July 2024
North Korean cyberspies trick developers into installing malware with fake job interviews
In November, the Lazarus group, North Korea’s main cyberespionage and sabotage arm, compromised a Taiwanese multimedia software company called CyberLink and hacked the installer of […]
As the skills gap widens, organizations must do these 3 things to improve resilience
The cybersecurity industry needs nearly four million professionals to fill vacant roles, and as adversaries improve their tactics, this number will grow. Meanwhile, this skills […]
Raj Chetty’s new paper on changes in opportunity
Here is the paper, with co-authors Will Dobbie, Benjamin Goldman, Sonya R. Porter, and Crystal S. Yang. Here is the abstract: We show that intergenerational […]
Investigate? Market Predictions End of July
At the winners party, 50-50 starting at noon ET today (PredictIt): There has been a gap since midnight this AM. In the last 90 days: […]
The Nationalist Argument Against Protectionist Tariffs
Nationalism is the support of one’s national interests, often to the detriment of the interests of other nations. Defense and nationalism often go hand in […]
The underreported news of the day
The attack affected the online services of all major Russian banks, national payment systems, social networks and messengers, government services, and a host of other […]
Don’t Let Your Domain Name Be a “Sitting Duck” – Krebs on Security
More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and product protection companies — are at risk of being taken […]
The best-selling product on the darknet: Hacked GenAI accounts
Cybercriminals looking to abuse the power of artificial intelligence to build sophisticated phishing and malware campaigns can now buy easy access to it on underground […]
Links 7/31/2024 | bare capitalism
Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollinators without contact (press release) University of Bristol Killer Whales Sink Yacht in Med: ‘I Didn’t Know What […]