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There’s a bright yellow billboard along I-95 between New York City and Philadelphia. You can’t miss it. “Potholes suck. AI can fix them.” That’s something most drivers can get behind. Will it be Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs? Amazon delivery drones? Is some other company building androids with jackhammer arms and stomachs full of asphalt millings? […]
Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times […]
Ranked: Top Countries by GDP per Hour This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. This chart ranks countries by GDP per hour worked, or their labor productivity. Data is sourced from the International Labour […]
There is something inherently wrong with our national priorities if we allow Crisafulli’s LNP to prop up mining and development interests, and decide women’s reproductive choices while denying hungry children, writes managing editor Michelle Pini. IT TAKES a special type of hard heart (or is that heartless monster?) to not only disapprove of an initiative that […]
Right-wing parties in the upcoming Queensland State Election are campaigning on divisive issues, including the gaoling of Indigenous children. Dr Lee Duffield writes. THE UPCOMING Queensland Election turns on the Liberal-National proposal to gaol Indigenous children. That proposal conjures up core ideas about civilisation: whether to deal with a crisis in a considered way or […]
“Jarrod, if you’re watching – and I know you are – just remember this: if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.” Sound familiar? The key difference between Harris v Trump and Dick v Bleijie (aside from the welcome absence of nuclear codes) is that Queensland’s Westminster parliamentary system means Bleijie and […]
The U.S. National Labor Relations board accused Apple of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the agency said on Friday. The NLRB complaint, issued on Thursday, accuses the iPhone maker of maintaining unlawful work rules around the acceptable […]
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There’s a powerful fantasy in American society: the fantasy of the ideal mother. This mother is devoted to her family above all else. She raises the kids, volunteers at the school, cleans the house, plans the birthday parties, cares for her own parents. She’s a natural nurturer. And she’s happy to do it all for […]
Chairman Klein and members of the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee- My name is David Heinemeier Hansson, and I’m the CTO and co-founder of Basecamp, a small internet company from Chicago that sells project-management software and email services. I first testified on the topic of big tech monopolies at the House Antitrust Subcommittee’s field […]