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Business storytelling might be stylistically and structurally different. But here’s a list of 15 books released this year that defy limitations, covering an array of topics, from cryptocurrency to ‘climate capitalism’ and surveillance, and will appeal to a wider readership.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books is Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 at the University of San Diego campus, with dozens of author panels, readings, children's activities and booksellers.

An AI-generated deepfake blitz would accelerate the ongoing erosion of public confidence in the news, wearing out by sheer volume people’s capacity to identify machine-made lies.

What does good culture fit look like in your organisation? “A key component is kindness. Kindness means recognising each other as the human beings we all are. We all have lives outside our jobs and we should respect boundaries and help each other when we can.”

We’ve uploaded everything anyone has ever known onto a worldwide network of machines. What if it doesn’t have all the answers?

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The state law requires any records showing discrimination by law enforcement be released to the public. The questions remains: is the public seeing everything it should? Then, Amtrak weekend services returned on Saturday for the first time since operations were suspended in October to repair a section of track along the San Clemente coast that was damaged during a storm surge. Next, California just enacted a law that requires employers to post the pay range of jobs they’re seeking applicants f...

Opinions are mixed on whether it can help end racial and gender pay disparities or if it’s an invasion of privacy.

California just enacted a law that requires employers to post the pay range of jobs they're seeking applicants for. In other news, more University of California academic workers are saying they are the victims of retaliation, after their historic strike late last year. Plus, the Comic-Con Museum has a new exhibit on display.

Orly Lobel, author of The Equality Machine, says movements for data privacy may be misguided. She says we need more information and better ways to analyze it as we strive for greater equality in our society and institutions.