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A year ago, engineers at Snowflake, the American cloud-based data platform, still spent part of their day on routine tasks – such as scanning dashboards to ensure systems were running …
The new boss at work may not be human Read More
You’d be forgiven if you passed by St. James Towers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, or Southbridge Towers in Lower Manhattan without noting their exceptional qualities or sensing the tumult within. The …
Turkey’s translators are training the AI tools that will replace them Read More
“Sleep is for the weak.” This expression is often tossed around jokingly. However, some effective altruists believe there is a moral imperative to get the human race to sleep less, …
Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More Read More
Ken Lewis moved from Grenada to New York City in 1989 at a time when he says employment options for immigrants were limited. “You either got into construction or drove …
Worker-Owned Apps Are Redefining the Sharing Economy Read More
Kat Johnston didn’t expect the pandemic to make her less stressed about her finances. After all, she temporarily lost her job at the library where she worked full time. But, …
Inflation is expected to remain high later this year even as the economy slows and layoffs rise Read More
Now lasting for over 100 days, food couriers in Sheffield are continuing to lead a strike in protest of their pay cut. It’s unusually cold in Sheffield. The sunrise on …
The UK’s longest gig economy strike isn’t letting up Read More
Workers everywhere are acquiring green skills and taking up green jobs. The share of green talent among our membership increased from 9.6 percent in 2015 to 13.3 percent in 2021 …
Skills are critical, but lagging, in the race to green the economy Read More
Argentinian musician Frank Tavis had the life he always dreamed of. The 26-year-old was traveling the world and performing on the streets and in bars in more than 20 countries—each …
An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy Read More
Early last year, after winding down a long-term work contract in Hong Kong and relocating to England, for the first time in 20 years, I found myself with plenty of …
The Great Resignation has morphed into the Great Sabbatical Read More
Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus …
Child labour on the rise for the first time since 2000 Read More