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Invisible AI uses computer vision to help (but hopefully not nag) assembly line workers

“Assembly” may sound like one of the simpler tests in the manufacturing process, but as anyone who’s ever put together a piece of flat-pack furniture knows, it can be surprisingly (a

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With funding from Indie.vc, ReadySet is scaling to meet the demands of a changing workplace

ReadySet, a diversity, equity and inclusion startup led by Project Include Founding Member Y-Vonne Hutchinson, has raised its first, and perhaps last round of funding from Indie.vc.“We were luck

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Student Discount: Join Extra Crunch for $50 per year

Graduation season is here, and to celebrate we are offering annual Extra Crunch memberships to students for half price. That’s a full year of Extra Crunch for only $50 (plus tax). To sweeten the deal,

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Uber and Lyft face worker misclassification lawsuit from CA Attorney General and city attorneys

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra along with city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco are filing a lawsuit asserting Uber and Lyft gain an unfair and unlawful competitive

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Gig workers in San Francisco are mostly people of color and many are immigrants, according to survey

Gig workers have become an essential part of our society during the COVID-19 global health crisis. But even before the pandemic, gig workers had become a staple in the lives of many people who use ser

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Global automakers cautiously try to recover production under COVID-19

A VW logo squashing the coronavirus on a building at Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany April 25, 2020. /Reuters Global automakers have been slammed by the coronavirus pandemic wh

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UK COVID-19 deaths reach 28,446 as another 315 patients die

Another 315 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain, bringing the total novel coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 28,446, Minister for the Cabinet Office M

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The Latest: Italy sees new COVID-19 cases falling, ICU patients keep decreasing

Parliament members wearing face masks arrive at the parliament in Rome, Italy, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)A further 474 people had died of COVID-19 in Italy in the past 24 hours,

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Italy reports 207,428 COVID-19 cases, cautious ahead of easing lockdown

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 28,236 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities, and recoveries to 207,428, latest data from the country's Civil Protectio

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Google travel data show lockdown fatigue in U.S., Australia

More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as in

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A leaf out of China's book in the post COVID-19 world

Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus pose for a selfie in the Forbidden City in Beijing, May 1, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Iram Khan is a Pakistan-based commentator

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Biden declares sexual assault ‘never, never happened’

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied all egations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, d

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Boris says face coverings will remain useful after reopening

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will announce a "comprehensive plan next week" on how to reopen the country. /AP U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that face covering

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The Latest: Italy records 203,591 coronavirus cases, death toll at 27,682

Photo taken on April 21, 2020 shows the She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus statue in Rome, Italy.(Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)The daily death toll on Wednesday was 323, bringing the total to 27,682 f

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Squad hits desktop as the social screen-sharing app aims to become Gen-Z Zoom

Zoom is an enterprise software company built to help employees meet virtually, it was never intended to be the social platform that guided a disconnected world through a lockdown.On the back of a big

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WHO appeals for aggressive measures as European nations see silver linings in combating COVID-19

As more European nations are pondering next steps to ease restriction amid encouraging news, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that the novel coronavirus remains "extremely dang

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Italian PM announces plan to ease coronavirus lockdown

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Sunday that beginning on May 4, the manufacturing, construction, and wholesale sectors can go back to work. They will be followed by retailers, museums, ga