If Brexit and Covid wasn’t enough, the extra cost of using a mobile in the EU is making a comebackIf you are planning a winter holiday elsewhere in Europe this year, get ready to pay more to use your mobile phone while away – as roaming charges are abo…
Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office
A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hopeExplainer: what are UK workers’ rights when asked to return?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNot so lo…
“Covid or Brexit, what’s worse?” English coastal towns struggle with staff shortages
There are plenty of tourists, but UK hospitality firms are plagued by labour shortages this summerFor Lynton, a small village perched on a picturesque hill overlooking the north Devon coast, this year’s summer tourist season has been exceptional. Holid…
テスラが挑む「ヒト型ロボット」の開発は、人材確保のための“宣伝”なのか？ 「AI Day」で明かされた戦略の現実味
テスラが人工知能（AI）分野の人材を確保するために開いた発表会「AI Day」で、ヒト型ロボットの開発を表明した。今回の発表会で披露されたのは、白いタイトなボディスーツに身を包んだ人物がロボットのふりをしてダンスするというパフォーマンス。2022年中にはプロトタイプができるという高度なロボットだが、はたして本当に完成するのか。それとも、人材確保のための“宣伝”にすぎないのか。
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A Third of Stitch Fix Employees Quit After New CEO Ends Flexible Work Hours
Hundreds of workers at the personal styling service Stitch Fix have quit their jobs after incoming CEO Elizabeth Spaulding announced earlier this month that employees would no longer be allowed to work any hours they choose, according to interviews wit…
Apple’s Double Agent
For more than a year, an active member of a community that traded in illicitly obtained internal Apple documents and devices was also acting as an informant for the company. An anonymous reader shares a report: On Twitter and in Discord channels for th…
Retailers warn of more stock shortages after sales fall
Industry faces mounting problems as Covid and Brexit pressures continue, says retail expertCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRetailers are warning of further disruption on Britain’s high streets from shortages of stock caused …
The World’s Largest Computer Chip
silverjacket writes: A feature article at The New Yorker: ‘A typical computer chip is the size of a fingernail. Cerebras’s is the size of a dinner plate. It is the largest computer chip in the world.’ An excerpt from the story: Even competitors find th…
The Guardian view on high pay: the fat cats are still there | Editorial
Vast disparities in income may have lost some of their power to shock. But they remain a gross injusticePublic anger about the vast salaries extracted from business by the highest-paid people surfaces less often than one might expect, given highly cons…
Morrisons shares driven up as investors bet on bidding war
Analysis: private equity rivals Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Fortress are leapfrogging each otherMorrisons shares have surged again as investors bet the £7bn price tag on the company could go higher still amid a private equity bidding war for contr…