IIT-Madras–incubated startup Modulus Housing has raised USD 7.83 million in a Series A funding round led by Kalaari Capital, Hero Enterprise and Samarthya, giving fresh momentum to its push toward ...

Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

Hello! My name is Theo Wells-Spackman, and I joined VTDigger in July to cover wealth, poverty and economic inequality in Vermont. My position is made possible by Report for America and by VTDigger ...

There are competing narratives about artificial intelligence’s impact on inequality. Some argue AI will exacerbate economic disparities, while others suggest it could reduce inequality by primarily ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

If we’re not careful, we could see widening gaps within countries and between them. Prominent AI researchers expect the arrival of artificial general intelligence anywhere between “the next couple of ...

The gender pay gap - the difference between what men and women are paid for the same role - has doubled from 2.9% in 2022 to 6.0% in April 2024. According to data pulled from over 1 million resumes in ...

Modulus Financial said Nvidia's 'Modulus' software will cause confusion Financial software maker asked court to force Nvidia to drop name April 8 (Reuters) - Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab has been ...

Working out who earns what is surprisingly tricky. Both the very rich, who sometimes try to keep their wealth from the taxman, and the very poor, who are sometimes mistrustful of clipboard-wielding ...

A UC Berkeley-led study revealed that disparities in the share of Black and Latino students admitted to America's elite colleges and universities have endured and even widened over the last 40 years.

How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion ...