LA’s Mansion Tax, Intended to Aid Affordable Housing, May Have Backfired
City’s home-construction permits fall, while surrounding suburbs’ development expanded
We’re All Being Tracked. What Can We Learn From It?
A primer for researchers on use of smartphone location data offers a glimpse of how we’re watched
Unintentionally, EU Data Protections Impede Development of New Medicines
That’s bad for patients, who’re the citizens the privacy law means to help
How Medical Device Makers Reacted to Publication of a Once-Secret Database of Millions of Adverse Events
New product filings to FDA included stronger safety features and larger technological advances
Most Job Seekers Skip Negotiation — and Pay a High Price
Even in lucrative fields, candidates leave money on the table by taking the first offer
Is Telling the World of Your Success Worth Five Times Your Private Knowledge of It?
The difficulties of study design in a braggy culture where few readily admit to bragging
Unflattering Facts Don’t Dent Positive Self-Assessments
People rate selves better than average, even faced with objective data to the contrary
Barred From Stalking Us Across the Internet, Returns for Some Advertisers Plummet
Small businesses hit particularly hard when Apple made it easy to opt out of app tracking
Workers Increasingly Can Tap Earnings Throughout the Week, No Waiting for Payday
Programs make it easier to hire and retain workers; the convenience is typically not free