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How Job Applicants Try to Hack Résumé-Reading Software
Last year, Shirin Nilizadeh got a call from a friend who had been worn down looking for a job. Her…
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The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry
Rhee said Traptic stood out from other companies in the space because its robot doesn’t touch the strawberry. Instead it…
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The Best Way to Learn Online? Be a Lurker
Lately I have been trying to get through the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s big report, the one that…
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The Psychology of Placing EV Chargers Along Roads Less Traveled
Gil Tal lives in Davis, California, where winter daytime temperatures are in the mid-50s and annual rainfall is well below…
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‘Flexible Hours’ Often Mean More Work—Especially for Women
If you look at the time-use diaries of mothers and fathers, mothers’ working hours are tainted, especially during the pandemic.…
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YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
Sports fans who tuned in to watch the Beijing Winter Olympics on YouTube are instead being served propaganda videos. An…
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Don't Let Reese Witherspoon Make You Crazy
Plus: Jaron Lanier’s VR dreams, Europe without Facebook, and a cooked-up crisis. Source link
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After the Great Resignation, Tech Firms Are Getting Desperate
Joy Nazzari, the founder of British proptech startup Showhere, is desperately trying to hire 16 people—a combination of senior-level developers,…
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Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Such problems led the IRS and many others to switch to alternatives, such as sending a code to a phone…
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Why OpenSea’s NFT Marketplace Can’t Win
What is a real ape? On OpenSea, the internet’s most popular NFT marketplace, answering that question incorrectly can be costly.…
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