July 19th was a day for help-desk heroes and support superstars. A routine software update by CrowdStrike, a cyber-security company, caused computer outages in offices, hospitals and airports ...

Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine” compares the labor struggles of the Industrial Revolution to today’s abusive gig economy. By Gavin Mueller When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

Elon Musk’s department has shrunk the federal workforce by 40,000 since Trump’s inauguration - Benoit Tessier/Reuters Elon Musk is planning to replace tens of thousands of sacked government workers ...

For many workers in Venezuela, artificial intelligence has become an economic lifeline. Digital platform companies need workers to generate, curate, and verify the enormous amount of data that powers ...

Bangladesh’s narrow, garment-heavy export base and weak investment diversification have prevented new industries from absorbing workers displaced by machines ...

Recently there has been economic turmoil tied to President Trump's tariffs policies. But there is also a flipside push for more factory production in the United States and right here in Western New ...

According to two Reuters sources, China now has a prototype EUV chipmaking machine. It's not yet produced a working chip—that's anticipated to happen in 2028 by the Chinese government and more likely ...

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