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    Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang Wants To Make You $12,000 Richer

    Oct 10, 2019

    Entrepreneur Andrew Yang's most recent visit comes at an opportune time -- the presidential gun forum.

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    Will Your Job Still Exist In 2030?

    Jul 11, 2019
    New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn't go to college or didn't finish high school.
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    MGM Tells Employees About New Technology That Could Cost Jobs

    Mar 07, 2019

    MGM Resorts International plans to implement new technology that may result in staff layoffs for bartenders and cashiers.

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    What The Future Of Work Means For Cities

    Jan 15, 2019
    One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.
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    Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
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    'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerable

    Feb 19, 2018
    Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often rigged against the very people who need it most.
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    Employees work on automobile parts at a production line at the BMW factory in Shenyang, China, on Nov. 22. Twelve percent of workers in China could need to switch jobs by 2030, researchers say.
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    Automation Could Displace 800 Million Workers Worldwide By 2030, Study Says

    Nov 30, 2017
    But in the long term, new technology could create more jobs than it eliminates, a new report says. It says governments and businesses have to prioritize retraining workers for the new economy.
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    Be Our Guest? Robot Joins Team At Strip Hotel

    Dec 01, 2017

    Pepper the robot assists guests at the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas. Is this entertainment, or a push toward automation?

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    A prototype Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai. Per Cromwell, the project's lead designer, says four to six additional mobile supermarkets are planned in the coming year.
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    Too Convenient? A Mobile Supermarket That Comes To You

    Jul 05, 2017
    The Moby Mart concept is being tested in China. A 7-Eleven meets driverless tractor-trailer, the store could be summoned by an app and staffed by a holographic clerk. Are we entering WALL-E world?
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    Women, Minorities Are More Likely To Lose Jobs To Automation

    Jun 29, 2017

    In the near future, repetitive jobs will be replaced by automation.

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    Robots move racks of merchandise at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif. When a robot finds its storage unit, it glides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker.
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    Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them

    Jun 19, 2017
    On the outskirts of the Bay Area, farming communities are hoping that warehouse jobs tied to the e-commerce surge will boost the local economy. But automation is expected to take over many such jobs.
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    Most Las Vegas Jobs Could Be Automated By 2035

    May 11, 2017

    Imagine checking into a hotel via kiosk and then heading downstairs for a cocktail served by vending machine. That could be a reality soon.

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    Hungry? Call Your Neighborhood Delivery Robot

    Mar 23, 2017
    Self-driving delivery robots have popped up on the sidewalks of Washington, D.C. — and other locations have expressed interest. The bots learn about traffic patterns with every trip they take.
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    As the technology improves and expands for self-driving cars, Alain Kornhauser says that does not mean the trucks will be driverless. It's likely a trucker will still sit in the driver's seat ready to take control should something go wrong.
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    For The Long Haul, Self-Driving Trucks May Pave The Way Before Cars

    Oct 13, 2016
    Despite being self-driving, big rigs will still need truckers to ride along and take control of in case of emergency situations. But some say they may be the last generation to do their jobs.
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    This 1947 photo shows an early airplane autopilot system.
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    If To Err Is Human, Should Technology Help Us Shed Some Humanity?

    Jul 06, 2016
    Over the past half-century, advances in technology have forced a drop in deaths caused by technical lapses. And now, we count on technology to save us from our own errors. But we can do better.
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    Eatsa's virtual cashier takes customers' orders and remembers them on return visits.
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    The Restaurant With No (Visible) Workers

    Aug 31, 2015
    A new, highly automated restaurant in San Francisco looks to speed up service through efficiency. You won't see any people taking your order or serving you at Eatsa, a fast-casual quinoa eatery.
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    Mcity's "downtown" is actually a silk-screen recreation of a street in Ann Arbor, Mich. Researchers have built the small fake city at the University of Michigan as a testing ground for autonomous vehicles.
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    In Michigan, A Testing Ground For A Future Of Driverless Cars

    Jul 31, 2015
    Automakers and researchers are using a 32-acre fake city at the University of Michigan to simulate a real-world environment for autonomous vehicles. How will such cars affect urban planning?
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    Are You Ready For Driverless Cars?

    Jan 29, 2013
    Robots on the open road. That could be the future for Nevada, which opened its roadways to driverless cars in 2011.
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