In Automating Finance: Infrastructures, Engineers and the Making of Electronic Markets, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra offers a new examination of how stock exchanges have been automated through an incremental process, focusing on the infrastructural objects and work involved […]
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Future of human-robot collaboration the subject of a new book
Listen to this article As COVID-19 has made it necessary for people to maintain “social distancing,” robots are stepping in to sanitize warehouses and hospitals, ferry test samples to laboratories, and provide avatars for telemedicine. […]
Book Review| A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind
A file photo of an attendee playing a game of Scrabble against a robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, US (Bloomberg) David Ricardo deliberated about the impact of technology on the […]
Google Duplex Can Book Haircuts, 2 Years After Stage Demo
on October 14, 2021 at 9:00 am The Google Duplex voice AI service can now book haircuts for clients, a service Google demonstrated when it announced Duplex in 2018. Duplex uses the Google Assistant AI […]
Generation Farms launches Fresh for the Future website – Produce Blue Book
Vidalia, GA — Generation Farms BB #:369223 (generationfarms.com), a grower-shipper of premium-quality conventional and organic fruits and vegetables, today launched their redesigned website, focused on the company’s vision for the future of fresh produce. The […]
Superior Fresh rebrands, updates salad packaging – Produce Blue Book
Northfield, Wis. – Superior Fresh, BB #:366219 the world’s largest aquaponic farm, growing USDA certified organic produce and Atlantic salmon, solidifies its position as one of the largest organic salad producers outside of the West […]
Fruit World enters citrus season with new recyclable packaging – Produce Blue Book
Reedley, CA – Fruit World, BB #:187196 a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit, enters their 2020 citrus season with bold, new recyclable packaging and increased availability of 100% California-grown organic and conventional […]
Chelsea Green Prepares Naomi Wolf Release
From her offices in White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green president and publisher Margo Baldwin says she has every reason to be pleased. To date, sales are up 40% this year over the same time […]
Rose Madder Is Not Stephen King’s Worst Book | Podcast
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS The spine cracks, the pages unfold, and the Losers are suddenly inside a world where paintings breathe and horned monsters bite down to the bone. At the center of […]
Global Augmented Reality Book Market
The ‘ Augmented Reality Book market’ study recently added by Market Study Report, LLC, offers an in-depth analysis of the current market trends influencing this business vertical. The study also includes market valuation, market size, […]
Where to book last-minute camping reservations
When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Yagi-Studio/Getty Images When it comes to traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic, vacation rentals are generally agreed upon by experts […]
Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann rips Trump, Barr in new book
Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor on the special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, offered a scathing review of Mueller’s handling of the probe and the actions of President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr in […]
The Cover is Not the Book | 5 Homes with Handsome Libraries - Sotheby´s International Realty
Nothing quite matches the experience of relaxing with a good book. From formal and wood-clad to modern and creatively illuminated, these five libraries are distinctive places to display and enjoy a collection of favored tomes. […]
The Power Book II: Ghost Cast Plays ‘Would You Rather’
Power Book II: Ghost is now in full swing, with Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey) quite busy trying to get his momma Tasha (Naturi Naughton) out of jail, keep Saxe (Shane Johnson) in check, maintain Davis […]
H-E-B plans automated micro-fulfillment centers – Produce Blue Book
PRESS RELEASE: MASON, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2020 — As demand for online grocery services continues to accelerate, Swisslog, leading provider of best-in-class warehouse automation and software has partnered with H-E-B BB #:106490 in San Antonio, Texas to support the company’s […]
The Villain of J.K. Rowling’s New Book Is a Male Serial Killer Who Wears Dresses
J.K. Rowling This week, author and transphobic bigot J.K. Rowling is set to release her new book Troubled Blood. An early review reveals a not-so-subtle plot involving a cis male serial killer who dresses as […]
The future comes closer – Produce Blue Book
The U.S. produce industry seems to be trapped in a race against time. Will it solve its labor difficulties—exacerbated but not created by the coronavirus—in time? “Labor has and continues to be the biggest challenge […]
Fauci: Trump attention span is ‘like a minus number’: Woodward book
Dr. Anthony Fauci privately said that President Donald Trump’s attention span is “like a minus number,” according to Bob Woodward’s new book. Fauci also told an associate that Trump’s “sole purpose is to get reelected,” […]
Republican senator dismisses bombshell book on Trump
Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana says he is not interested in any “gotcha” books, including Bob Woodward’s latest, which revealed President Donald Trump consistently claimed the coronavirus was no worse than the flu when […]
Judas Priest Announce 50th Anniversary Photo Book
Judas Priest are commemorating their 50th anniversary in style with a 648-page coffee table photo book. Titled Judas Priest – 50 Heavy Metal Years, the title is available in four editions and available for pre-order […]
Book review: A robotic heroine tries to recalibrate a better life
The notion of constructing a synthetic creature that could supplement or supplant organic women extends back at least as far as E.T.A. Hoffmann’s short story “The Sandman” (1816). Fritz Lang’s film “Metropolis” (1927) provided one […]
Open Book Extracts Welcomes 2020 Harvest Featuring High CBG and CBC Strains
ROXBORO, N.C., Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With demand increasing for traceable, high quality, hemp-derived minor cannabinoid ingredients like CBG and CBC, Open Book Extracts, an industry-leading producer of cannabinoid-based health and wellness products, is pleased […]
Melania Trump thought plagiarized RNC Obama speech was set-up: book
Melania Trump’s speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention backfired when people noticed how similar it was to one given by Michelle Obama. Her former friend, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, writes in a new book that […]
How to Survive a Robot Invasion, book review: Humans are the problem
How to Survive a Robot Invasion • by David Gunkel • Routledge • 78 pages • ISBN: 978-1-138-37071-5 • £45 (hardback) / £15.30 (ebook) Douglas Adams, whose vividly sentient android, Marvin, remained in a state […]