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How ‘World of Warcraft’ Devs Launched One of the Biggest Unions in Video Games
They started with fliers. The group of World of Warcraft developers at Activision Blizzard, determined to unionize, were…
Chatbots Are Entering the Stone Age
For all the bluster about generative artificial intelligence upending the world, the technology has yet to meaningfully transform…
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’
AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the…
Machine learning system offers new hope for diagnosis of rare genetic disorders
Diagnosing rare Mendelian disorders is a labor-intensive task, even for experienced geneticists. Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine…
Google Fires Twenty-Eight Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal with Israel
Google fired twenty-eight employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract…
Exploring the versatile roles of tissue macrophages beyond immune defense
A recent study published in Science Immunology summarized the role of resident tissue macrophages (RTMs) in homeostasis and…
Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel
Nine Google workers were removed by police from company offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, late Tuesday…
California health workers may face rude awakening with $25 minimum wage law
Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be…
Esketamine after childbirth cuts risk of postnatal depression by three-quarters
In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers investigated whether low-dose esketamine delivered after labor…
Heat protections for California workers are in limbo after Newsom abandons rules
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses,…