Salaried Workers Beware: GM Cuts Are a Warning for All

TOM KRISHER and JOSH BOAK / The Associated Press Dec 1, 2018 With technology transforming the labor market, white-collar employees are subject to the huge layoffs factory workers know all too well. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Artificial Intelligence May Destroy Humanity by Accident (but It Won’t Apologize)

Lee Camp / Truthdig Nov 27, 2018 This is a highly probable scenario that the Department of Defense, for one, is having trouble taking on board. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Trillion-Dollar Fantasy at the Heart of the Global Economy

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Aug 8, 2018 It may be a heady time for the tech titans in Cupertino, but we should worry when a super-sized market sector is effectively fueled by magical thinking. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?

MATT O’BRIEN / The Associated Press Jul 3, 2018 As face-scanning technologies find new applications in store checkout lines, police body cameras and war zones, developers struggle to balance business opportunities with difficult moral decisions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Is Trying to Save Jobs—in China

The Associated Press May 13, 2018 The president says he has ordered the Commerce Department to help get a Chinese telecommunications company "back into business" after the U.S. cut off access to its American suppliers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We Are Not Alive

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High-Tech Devices Offer No Panacea Against Police Abuse

JONATHAN DREW / The Associated Press Mar 9, 2018 The issue is underlined by a North Carolina case in which a video showed a white officer beating a black pedestrian. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Wizard and the Prophet—Dueling Scientific Visions to Shape Tomorrow

Fred Pearce Feb 9, 2018 A new book unpacks the polar opposites of extreme pessimism and optimism about the future of humanity, through the lives of two of their earliest and most compelling advocates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dow Drops Another 1,000 Points as Selling Spreads

MARLEY JAY / The Associated Press Feb 8, 2018 The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 market indexes have dropped 10 percent from their all-time highs, set Jan. 26. This puts them in what Wall Street calls a correction, their first in almost two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan to Form Health Care Company

TOM MURPHY / The Associated Press Jan 30, 2018 The aim of the new firm, which will be independent and “free from profit-making incentives and constraints,” is to help address their workers' health care costs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amazon Gives Customer Data to the Government at a Record Pace

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2018 The technology giant reports a spike in the amount of consumer information turned over to U.S. law enforcement in the first six months of 2017. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )