The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East ~games Article 1769 words 32 votes
Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’ ~tech social media Article 285 words 51 votes
Coinbase says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m ~finance cryptocurrency Article 371 words 17 votes
Former employees, community members allege AbleGamers founder fostered abuse behind closed doors ~games Article 3749 words 10 votes
Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch ~tech amazon Article 817 words 10 votes
United Airlines cuts thirty-five daily flights at Newark airport, citing shortage of air traffic controllers ~transport Article 433 words 10 votes
The disturbing history of Dr. Oetker's success. What started as a small pharmacy in Bielefeld, Germany, grew into a food empire that aligned with Adolf Hitler’s regime and profited from the war. ~food history Video 5:37 17 votes
Volvo Cars cited a planned inventory reduction, as well as wider global auto industry turbulence as reasons for its lagging first quarter performance ~transport Article 205 words 8 votes
Nail salon employee pleads guilty after holding thirteen remote IT jobs worked by developers outside of the US ~tech Article 22 votes
Paradox Interactive's return-to-office policy may be driving employees away from the studio ~games Article 2225 words 25 votes
Torben Alstrup-Nielsen is a bus driver at the age of 83 – with too few younger workers in Denmark, fit senior citizens like him are in high demand to fill the labour gap | Focus on Europe ~life work Video 4:22 8 votes
Meta wins emergency arbitration ruling on tell-all book, Careless People by former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams - book promotion to be limited ~books Article 286 words 89 votes
Swedish fashion retailer H&M will use AI doppelgangers in some social media posts and marketing in the place of humans, if given permission by models ~tech social media Article 691 words 10 votes
Video game workers launch industry-wide union with Communications Workers of America ~games Article 884 words 65 votes
Electric vehicle battery startup Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden – firm unable to ‘secure the necessary financial conditions to continue in its current form’ ~transport Article 544 words 9 votes
Anger is a flow of emotion like water through a hose − at work, it helps to know when to turn it up or down and how to direct it ~science psychology Article 1006 words 14 votes
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is disappearing in Hollywood. Was it ever really here? ~movies Article 1723 words 9 votes
Disney to cut nearly 6% of staff across ABC News, Disney Entertainment Networks ~finance business Article 78 words 22 votes
Swedish studio Liquid Swords confirms layoffs after pledging to implement 'sustainable work model' ~games Article 253 words 6 votes
I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour. ~tech social media facebook Article 907 words 19 votes
Phishing tests, the bane of work life, are getting meaner ~tech security.cyber internet Article 32 votes
The full story of the US Federal Aviation Administration's hiring scandal ~transport Article 3985 words 15 votes
Cruise announces US layoffs as GM acquires defunct robotaxi company ~transport Article 258 words 10 votes
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week ~life work Article 644 words 32 votes
Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union ~tech amazon Article 352 words 57 votes
NASA moves swiftly to end Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, ask US employees to “report” violations ~space Article 305 words 30 votes
Strikes against Tesla Sweden leave over 100 charging stalls waiting for power – IF Metall has been lodging strike efforts against Tesla for over a year now ~transport Article 758 words 20 votes
Sweden's green industry hopes hit by Northvolt woes – growing calls for increased state support to help Sweden maintain its position in future technologies ~tech Article 1282 words 12 votes
GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam” ~games Article 310 words, published Dec 20 2024 64 votes
Doctor fired after running emergency department warns about effect of for-profit firms on US health care (2022) ~health healthcare Article 2183 words, published Mar 28 2022 40 votes
Uber for nursing: How an AI-powered gig model is threatening US health care ~health healthcare Article 1838 words 7 votes
Kenyan single mothers ‘trapped’ in Saudi Arabia as exit visas denied to children born outside marriage ~life.women Article 832 words 7 votes
US jury finds discrimination in H-1B visa tech worker case ~life work Article 916 words, published Oct 8 2024 16 votes
Amazon workers died at New Jersey warehouses and advocates want information about how and why they died ~life work Article 1181 words, published Nov 27 2024 31 votes
Utah labor safety agency and Northrop Grumman reach cheap deal over worker deaths on job site ~life work Link 8 votes
AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse ~tech Article 1495 words, published Nov 26 2024 11 votes
Amazon workers in twenty countries to protest or strike on Black Friday November 29 ~life work Article 773 words 36 votes
Japanese workers in their twenties turn to resignation agencies ~life work Article 982 words, published Nov 12 2024 48 votes
Thunderful Games announce 100 layoffs and cancel projects – say they'll publish more games by other studios, but fewer of their own ~games Article 456 words 5 votes