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Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 days ago

China rushed to use OpenClaw. Now, some stressed-out users are forking out cash to uninstall the AI agent.

A new service industry emerged in China charging users to uninstall OpenClaw AI agents after initial installation hype, driven by government security restrictions on the tool in state institutions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

A feminised workplace' doesn't mean what you think it means | Letter

Feminisation in this sense describes the central role played by gender in the transformations of work over the past decades, from the decline of conventionally masculine forms of work in heavy industry to the rise of the service economy and the problematic idea that women's participation in paid labour is a measure of gender equality. This critical use of feminisation makes visible the ways that contemporary capitalism exploits our ideas about gender.
Women
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa review behind the scenes at the nail salon

A nail salon setting exposes power dynamics and commodified care where workers perform interchangeable roles while judging customers and asserting knowledge about them.
US politics
fromHackernoon
4 years ago

Productivity Metrics are a Scam | HackerNoon

Productivity measures, particularly in service economies, often misrepresent true economic efficiency by equating income with output.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
9 months ago

UK's free trade strategy out of sync with service-driven economy, says Tony Blair Institute

UK trade policy needs to pivot from traditional FTAs to focus on services and quicker market access deals.
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