⚖️ Biden to propose $1.8 trillion plan aimed at families, tax hikes for wealthiest americans
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Biden to propose $1.8 trillion plan aimed at families, tax hikes for wealthiest americans. President Biden plans to lay out a $1.8 trillion proposal that includes new spending on child care, education and paid leave and extensions of some tax breaks, using a prime-time address Wednesday to pitch a package he says will benefit the U.S. economy and workers. (Catherine Lucey via Wall Street Journal)
What really happened at Basecamp. The controversy that embroiled enterprise software maker Basecamp this week began more than a decade ago, with a simple list of customers. Around 2009, Basecamp customer service representatives began keeping a list of names that they found funny. (Casey Newton via The Verge)
Why we shouldn't trust aI to tell Us what we feel. At a remote outpost in the mountainous highlands of Papua New Guinea, a young American psychologist named Paul Ekman arrived with a collection of flash cards and a new theory. It was 1967, and Ekman had heard that the Fore people of Okapa were so… (Kate Crawford via The Atlantic)
Pfizer CEO Says Antiviral Pill To Treat Covid Could Be Ready By End Of The Year. A pill that can be ingested orally at home to combat Covid-19 when illness is first detected could be available to the public by the end of 2021, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC on Tuesday, noting that the antiviral treatment is expected to be effective against variants of the virus. (Tommy Beer via Forbes)
Stripe acquires TaxJar to add cloud-based, automated sales tax tools into its payments platform. Stripe, the privately-held payments company now valued at $95 billion, has made an acquisition to expand the range of tools (and services) that it provides to online businesses. (Ingrid Lunden via TechCrunch)
Alphabet will report first-quarter earnings after market close. Alphabet reported huge beats on its top and bottom lines for its first quarter of 2021, as well as a new $50 billion stock buyback, which boosted the shares more than 4% in after-hours trading. (Jennifer Elias via CNBC)
CEO of $2 Billion Startup Ousted for Taking LSD at Work. Justin Zhu, co-founder of Iterable, said he was trying microdosing as a way to boost focus. Marketing startup Iterable Inc. dismissed its chief executive officer over violations of company policy, Iterable said in a note to employees on Monday. (Sarah McBride via Bloomberg)
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