Low-cost private aviation

To be able to offer elite, private aviation to a wider audience, JSX co-founder and CEO Alex Wilcox has to stay one step ahead of federal regulations. As if it were an awkward joke by his grumpy character from the series Curb Your Enthusiasm, writer and actor Larry David has arrived at the wrong airport – Los Angeles instead of Burbank. “Wait a minute!” says the airline JSX co-founder and […]

There is chaos in the labor market even though unemployment has reached its lowest levels

A typical information technology innovation creates new jobs for IT sector employees, but someone else on the other side of the city loses their job, influence, or half of their income – accountants, taxi drivers, journalists. With generative AI it is different. Since it is based on text, it naturally affects professions that are based on language – programmers, journalists, and lawyers. Also in this case, journalists are […]

In the labor market, AI is more ruthless toward men

For women of Generation Z it is easier to find a job, because artificial intelligence is still not being introduced at the basic job level in industries dominated by women. In our patriarchal society it is not often that we hear men being disadvantaged in a particular situation, but that is exactly what a new study reports. Specifically, it applies to the group of people whose representatives are increasingly joining the ranks of employees – to […]

A special representative of the Saeima will be attending to the Republican-led US Congress

Adapting to the new working style of the administration of Latvia’s strategic partner, the Saeima Presidium has decided to send its representative to Washington, the capital of the United States, who will be responsible for good relations with the US Congress. Lithuania’s legislature has had such a representative for a longer time already, and their performance can only be envied. The Chair of the Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee, Ināra Mūrniece, a representative of the opposition National Alliance, has called this decision by the parliament’s Presidium […]

An alternative to huge wind turbines has been created

While in Latvia people are still fiercely debating the usefulness of wind energy and the impact of wind turbines on the landscape, the US company Airloom Energy has developed a new wind turbine system that more closely resembles a carousel and could create significant competition for the conventional turbines used until now, whose height can already even be twice that of St. Peter’s Church. The original article is available on Inc.com The article has been translated with […]