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Taking a ‘Flexible Job’? Beware the Never-Ending Workday
The rise of “asynchronous” working has great potential for companies and employees alike—but it comes with unexpectedly rigid downsides. Source…
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The Gig Economy’s Days in Europe Are Numbered
When former Uber driver Yaseen Aslam first started campaigning for app workers’ rights back in 2014, the battle felt hopeless;…
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This New Tech Cuts Through Rock Without Grinding Into It
Bob Goodfellow has spent 30 years in underground construction and design projects and now works on the Los Angeles Metro…
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Facebook Says Its New AI Can Identify More Problems Faster
Few-Shot Learner is pretrained on a firehose of billions of Facebook posts and images in more than 100 languages. The…
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Renewable Energy Is Great—but the Grid Can Slow It Down
Say you want to build a wind farm. You find a nice empty knoll in northern Vermont, where the breeze…
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E-Scooters Are Everywhere in Europe. So Are Grisly Accidents
The summer of 2020 was something of a heyday—and a Wild West—for e-scooters in Scandinavia. Rental companies had been swarming…
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DoorDash Joins the Instant Delivery Game—With Employees
DoorDash said Monday it’s doing something different in New York City: It’s hiring about 60 delivery people as employees, rather…
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What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse)
That doesn’t have to mean everyone talking at once. Instead, Szafranksi predicts, we’ll all learn to make better use of…
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There’s $2B for Broadband on Reservations. It Won’t Be Enough
The nationwide shift to remote learning last year left many students stranded in the “homework gap,” unable to attend class…
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The FTC Sues Nvidia to Block Its Historic Deal With Arm
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm, the semiconductor design firm, saying that the blockbuster…
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