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Welcome to robot city
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Job titles of the future: Pharmaceutical-grade mushroom grower
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The Download: workplace surveillance, and fighting EV fires
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How AI is used to surveil workers
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Are friends electric?
To the best of my knowledge, I am not a robot. And yet, like other…
Your boss is watching
A full day’s work for Dora Manriquez, who drives for Uber and Lyft in the…
One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.
In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a…
The Download: dismantling US science leadership, and reproductive care cuts
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The Download: Microsoft’s quantum chip, and explaining rising energy demand
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