At CES tech show, seeking robots neither too human nor too machine
With big, expressive eyes, elfin ears and adorable cooing, Miroka and Miroki could be an apparition from your favorite cartoon.
Jan 10, 2024
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Amazon offers up to $3,000 signing bonus for new holiday hires
E-commerce giant Amazon is offering signing bonuses of up to $3,000 at certain facilities in the United States as it ramps up hiring for the busy holiday season.
Nov 24, 2020
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The robots are coming. Company offers solution to labor shortage in housing industry
Meet Axl and Slash. The pair of mechanical arms named after Guns N' Roses members each weigh more than a ton but possess the deftness to nail wood without splitting. "Metallic beasts," is how BotBuilt cofounder Brent Wadas ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
'The only enemy is Amazon': Chris Smalls talks Bezos, unions during WA visit
When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff Bezos is—and often criticize him.
Jul 22, 2023
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How Canadian companies can use tech to identify forced labor in their supply chains
Levi Strauss Canada is yet another company facing allegations of forced labor in its supply chain. The allegations, which Levi Strauss denies, center on whether the company is working with suppliers using Uyghur forced labor. ...
Nov 4, 2023
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Fast internet everywhere could add $160 billion to US economy
The U.S. economy stands to gain $160 billion a year in extra output from a successful national high-speed internet plan that would boost labor productivity and allow more people to work from home, according to new research.
Jul 29, 2021
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Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant's history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Gag order ruling could free up ex-Twitter employees to criticize Elon Musk
Shut up and take the money, companies told laid-off employees. Literally.
Feb 24, 2023
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Amazon faces new union organizing push in US
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York are seeking to unionize, the organizing group said Thursday, six months after a similar attempt in Alabama failed.
Oct 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Countries transitioning to zero carbon should look at more than technology cost
A 'one-size-fits-all' approach to producing cleaner energy based on cost alone could create social inequalities, finds a new study.
Aug 12, 2020
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