Month: April 2017
Rockstar is not happy about driverless cars learning from ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ without permission
Driverless cars that work are cool, but using another company’s work without their permission maybe isn’t. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that manufacturers of driverless cars were using video game environments as a testing ground to help teach their cars how to drive themselves. One video game in particular became the go-to for the impressive […]
The robot debate is over: the jobs are gone and they aren’t coming back
New report shows automation is already causing losses, depressing wages and likely to have lasting, devastating effect. In 2013, the Oxford Martin School released a report that looked at the automation of work, assessing the likelihood that robots and other technologies would replace humans. It concluded that of the 702 job categories examined, 47% were […]
College majors dominated by women lead to lower-paying jobs, Glassdoor found
The gender pay gap is linked to college majors, but even choosing a high-paying field doesn’t always help. Image: Shutterstock / silvabom The gender pay gap in the United States starts early with what you choose as your college major. Majors that tend to lead to higher-paying jobs are dominated by male college students and […]
A new on-demand battle is speeding toward the US, and VCs are seeing dollar signs
While Uber’s woes take center stage in the U.S., a different on-demand battle that’s been playing out in China is coming to the States. The battle isn’t over car sharing. It’s not over bus sharing, either, though that, too, is a growing focus for investors and automotive companies that are desperate to understand how cities […]
Journalism faces a crisis worldwide we might be entering a new dark age | Margaret Simons
Almost anyone can use the worldwide web to be a media outlet, so how will we differentiate between truth, myth and lies? Australia’s two largest legacy media organisations recently announced big cuts to their journalistic staff. Many editorial positions, perhaps up to 120, will disappear at Fairfax Media, publisher of The Age and The Sydney […]