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Machines that understand what their human teammates are doing could boost productivity without taking jobs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A platform called Coworker has helped effect change for nearly a decade. As the coffee chain’s workers organize, its role has evolved in kind. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The social media giant banned networks of fake accounts for promoting disinformation, spam, or propaganda—and kept the money it made from ads. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

While suburban drivers can comfortably charge at home, those in low-income areas face higher prices—if they can find a station that works. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tesla’s Autopilot and other automotive safety features are involved in plenty of car crashes. But thanks to spotty data, it’s still not clear how many, or what to do about it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cryptocurrencies are behaving exactly like the rest of the stock market, but the faithful say that's no reason to jump ship. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Democrats are pumping the brakes on an ambitious Senate bill over long-shot concerns about content moderation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Arguments over whether Google’s large language model has a soul distract from the real-world problems that plague artificial intelligence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the Russian siege drags on, Ukraine's media campaign has shifted from glorified myths to accounts of everyday bravery. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

From Avis-Budget to Hertz, traditional rental companies are struggling to restock their fleets. Now peer-to-peer upstarts are scrambling to fill the gap. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hundreds of prospective employees have been left adrift, including some who were counting on the position for their visas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company has backed down on its proposal to address school shootings, but the damage was already done. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At least one employee borrowed $100,000 from the company—and now has just 30 days to pay it back. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After filing for bankruptcy, Google could withdraw from Russia or antagonize the country's regulators from overseas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Traditional hurdles stand in the way of ambitious plans to use imagery to help feed people, reduce poverty, and protect the planet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It might be years before flying cars take to the skies, but designers and engineers are already testing the infrastructure they’ll need to operate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Electricity costs more, Bitcoin is worth less. What can possibly go wrong? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The supply chain issues have no end in sight, so manufacturers are being forced to improvise. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The platform has a history of standing up to governments. Its billionaire suitor wants to follow their rules to the letter. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The incident, which cost first responders valuable time, underscores the challenges that Cruise and other companies face on the road to driverless taxis. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Increased demand and staffing shortages are already contributing to huge delays and airport logjams across the country. Here’s what you can do. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The way people buy automobiles is changing—so Honda and other manufacturers are adapting in kind. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As AI invades the interview process, the DOJ and EOCC have provided guidance to protect people with disabilities from bias. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sellers keep getting hit with fee increases—at a time when shelves are sitting empty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An epic crash in algorithmic stablecoins spells trouble for the entire industry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The future of computing is AI-powered chatbots that have read the entire internet—if Google can figure out how to tame them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For years, the tech industry has relied on an six-shade scale to classify skin tones. The search giant’s open source alternative could change that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It’s probably not a good idea for important platforms to be in the business of frequently banning users for life. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Elon Musk’s intervention demonstrates how satellite internet could route around war or censorship far beyond Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Philippine researcher Fatima Gaw says the platform has become a hub for pro-Marcos historical revisionism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For some women, inappropriate conduct from other conference-goers continued to haunt them online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

OpenAI’s new system is adept at turning text into images. But researchers say it also reinforces stereotypes against women and people of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Alphabet, Meta, and others collect heaps of user data that could be exploited by law enforcement—and create legal hazards. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After pandemic safety measures ended in the US, ride-hailing companies lifted their requirements for riders—leaving those behind the wheel on their own. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What if no one cares whether it’s a Ponzi scheme? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Censors are cracking down on free speech online, but people are finding new ways to get around them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Digital Services Act will extract more new information from the young app than from older platforms like Facebook. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Data scientists, coders, and other techies could prove decisive in future conflicts—if Uncle Sam can recruit them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Elon Musk's “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the "replatforming" has only just begun. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The landmark Digital Services Act has a glaring omission: It ditches plans to tighten rules that could have protected survivors of revenge porn and other forms of sexual abuse. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Range anxiety is bad enough. But even when they find a station, drivers often have to deal with broken equipment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

His weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The government wants to restart production and shipping to meet global demand, but some people may trade a lockdown at home to being locked inside factories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The killer app for GPT-3 could help marketers lure clicks and game Google rankings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Online activists Gen-Z for Change targeted Starbucks and Kroger for anti-union firings. Now they plan to take aim at Amazon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Moxi and other delivery-focused assistants have become even more critical as the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed health care workers to their limits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The global chip shortage has triggered a surge in demand for prized, pricey used electric vehicles. It's only just beginning. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At TED, the Tesla CEO made his case for owning Twitter—and rewrote his own history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A majority of editors voiced support to end such donations, arguing that the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks consume too much energy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices