by dankeelan | Jan 16, 2024 | Automation, Jobs, Robots, Unions
Rising labor costs for U.S. automakers are sowing the seeds for deeper investment in automation after settlements last year to end a month of strikes at car plants across the country saw automakers agree to large wage increases for American auto workers. The Big...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Automation, Featured, Jobs
U.S. and Canadian officials announced the first Binational EV Corridor between the two countries that will have electric vehicle chargers along it. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra, Michigan Gov. Gretchen...
by dankeelan | Apr 26, 2023 | Automation, Future of Work, Jobs, U.S. Economy
The future of the American auto industry is electric — President Joe Biden has committed to making two-thirds of all new cars in the U.S. electric vehicles (EVs) by 2032, and major manufacturers, including General Motors, have announced that they’ll stop making...
by dankeelan | Sep 27, 2022 | Automation, Featured
Sports reflect a societal trend of increasing automation. Policymakers should wrestle with the impact that autonomous technological development will have on the workforce, and ensure that marginalized groups are not left behind. Having had the good fortune of...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Automation, Finance, Technology
Marqeta is bringing its experience in powering the technology behind gig-economy giants to Western Union, which can use the partnership to create a more cohesive menu of online services in Europe. Marqeta will integrate its card-issuing technology with Western...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Jobs
I’ll be the first to admit that my robot vacuum has made my life so much easier that I now own several – and wonder how I ever lived without them. (Full disclosure: I test tech products, so I didn’t have to pay for my favorite housemates.) It’s not hard for me to...
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