There’s no shortage of apocalyptic headlines about the future of work in the era of artificial intelligence. For workers, the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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