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This discussion by Charles Schwab & Co highlights that the ratio of workers to non-workers is dropping and may reach 1 to 1 in another 20 years in many parts…
The user was to select from a menu of options including “Missile Alert” and “Test Missile Alert”, which were next to each other on the options menu. The system also…
If workers can keep their jobs, they’ll enjoy higher wages. But rising labor costs are pushing employers toward robots. Source: California’s $15 minimum wage may mean more automated jobs |…
Some of the best inventors I know didn’t have a deep knowledge of any particular technology. They had a deep understanding of what the need is and what we would…
There are downsides to blockchain technologies and processes (blockchain algorithms power Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies): Each purported use case — from payments to legal documents, from escrow to voting systems…
Just a tip to help users of the Android version of the Starbuck’s app. If you try to make a mobile order using the app, but you see no stores…
Having customers place their own order has been in trials – or already implemented – at many restaurant chains as a way to reduce labor costs. “We need to answer…
I discovered after a Mac OS X update that my very old Nook e-reader app for Mac OS X no longer works – and that Nook discontinued the app for…
San Diego raised its minimum wage very rapidly. Data suggests that while the wage hike benefits those with minimum wage jobs, it is also rapidly eliminating low wage jobs all…
Internet-of-things water bottle will inform you of your drinking habits Source: Internet-of-things water bottle will inform you of your drinking habits / Boing Boing