In the spring of 2025, the CEO of a European childcare startup posted a brief write-up about the qualities of a good leader on their LinkedIn page. Dozens of executives...
Inside a multistory office building in Manila’s financial district, around 60 young men and women monitored and controlled artificial intelligence robots restocking convenience store shelves in distant Japan. Occasionally, when...
Artificial intelligence chatbots are starting to take over from low-wage workers, known as “chatters,” who impersonate OnlyFans stars in direct messaging with fans. The adult website’s creators rely on these...
(This is the second of a two-part series on migrant workers in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Read the first story here.) The chip worker set off from a small coastal town...
(This is the first of a two-part series on migrant workers in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Read the second story here.) A group of migrant tech workers from the Philippines sat...
Filipino digital workers launched a coalition to lobby for labor and free speech protections in the workplace as artificial intelligence is deployed. The AI tools raise new risks, and the...
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The Philippines has long been a hub for semiconductor manufacturing services — largely assembly, testing, and packaging. Now, the government is keen to go up the value chain with increased...
BINZHOU, CHINA - APRIL 1, 2024 - A worker is producing semiconductor products for export to Europe and the United States at a production line of a semiconductor manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, April 1, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)