Software Industry AI has helped design over 100 chips, should we be worried? Uncharted territory By Shawn Knight, February 9, 2023, 2:57 PM 10 comments
Industry AI-powered Amazon warehouse robot performs the "repetitive tasks" carried out by human workers Employees are unlikely to be excited by Sparrow By Rob Thubron, November 11, 2022, 10:15 AM 23 comments
Electronics You can now purchase the Stretch warehouse robot from Boston Dynamics But it won't be delivered until at least next year due to strong pre-orders By Rob Thubron, March 31, 2022, 7:56 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Software Automated hiring systems prevent millions of good candidates from getting through the front door Automation is hurting the US labor market more than you think By Adrian Potoroaca, September 6, 2021, 3:43 PM 31 comments
Electronics LG is integrating transparent OLED displays into sliding glass doors Say hello to advertisements on sliding doors By Adrian Potoroaca, December 7, 2020, 4:17 PM 10 comments
Electronics Walmart drops inventory-tracking robots after humans prove just as effective Machines don't always do a better job than people By Rob Thubron, November 3, 2020, 11:16 AM
Industry Apple Apple unsuccessfully invested millions of dollars across several years to replace human labor with robots It turns out humans are still a lot better than machines on some assembly tasks By Adrian Potoroaca, June 5, 2020, 1:32 PM 17 comments
Industry Big U.S. banks will automate away 200,000 jobs in the next 10 years Paving the way for the "golden age of banking efficiency" By Adrian Potoroaca, October 4, 2019, 3:21 PM 13 comments
Google AI A quarter of Google Duplex calls are made by humans The system still relies on call center workers By Rob Thubron, May 23, 2019, 7:27 AM
Electronics Tech Culture Amazon is replacing order packers with machines that are five times more efficient Boosting efficiency through automation By Shawn Knight, May 13, 2019, 10:24 AM 45 comments
Industry Amazon could do away with human forklift drivers Further automating of the warehouse By Greg Synek, January 10, 2019, 10:59 AM
Industry AI Machine-learning algorithm beats 20 lawyers in NDA legal analysis AI learned from tens of thousands of legal documents By Cal Jeffrey, October 31, 2018, 1:17 PM 19 comments
Industry AI Amazon is embracing automation at its corporate headquarters AI is taking jobs from office staff By Greg Synek, June 13, 2018, 9:03 AM
Electronics Industry Most Americans consider technology a bigger threat to jobs than immigration and outsourcing Only Republican survey respondents thought otherwise By Rob Thubron, March 12, 2018, 7:26 AM 9 comments
Industry Nearly three-quarters of Americans worry about machines taking human jobs But only 30 percent think their jobs are under threat By Rob Thubron, October 5, 2017, 10:22 AM
Electronics Philips Hue switches can now control Apple HomeKit-enabled devices Control your thermostat or open the blinds with the press of a button By Cohen Coberly, October 3, 2017, 4:55 PM
Industry Car Tech Amazon wants to use self-driving tech to help with deliveries But the company won't be building its own autonomous vehicles By Rob Thubron, April 25, 2017, 7:45 AM
Weekend Open Forum AI Weekend Open Forum: Should we be worried about robots taking human jobs? By Rob Thubron, March 24, 2017, 6:30 PM 36 comments
Electronics Industry Bill Gates says that job-stealing robots should pay taxes The money could be used to retrain the humans who have been replaced By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2017, 6:15 AM 38 comments
Tech Culture KFC trials machine that guesses your order using facial recognition tech How can this possibly go wrong By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2017, 12:30 PM
Car Tech Tesla acquires Grohmann Engineering to maximize vehicle production By Shawn Knight, November 8, 2016, 3:00 PM
Industry Tech Culture Walmart automation will eliminate 7,000 jobs By Shawn Knight, September 2, 2016, 12:45 PM 29 comments
Industry The Web Facebook's Trending Topics algorithm surfaces fake and inappropriate news items By Rob Thubron, August 30, 2016, 4:30 PM 19 comments
Industry The Web Facebook brings more automation to Trending Topics section, lays off entire editorial team By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2016, 6:15 AM 9 comments