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Apple Went Rotten After Steve Jobs' Death - Slashdot Sep 29, 2018 Uber Cuts 3,000 More Jobs, Shuts 45 Offices in - Slashdot Uber is cutting several thousand additional jobs [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], closing more than three dozen offices and re-evaluating big bets in areas ranging from freight to self-driving technology as Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi attempts to steer the ride-hailing giant through the coronavirus pandemic.From a report: Mr. Khosrowshahi announced the The Big Levandowski: Could an Uber - yro.slashdot.org Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: For nearly 20 years," writes WIRED's Alex Davies in How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry, "the French-American Levandowski has played a kind of purposeful Forrest Gump for the world of … Slashdot Media | LinkedIn

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May 24, 2020 A Study Finds Half of Jobs Are Vulnerable To - Slashdot The Economist reports of a new working paper by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that assesses the automatability of each task within a given job, based on a survey of skills in 2015. "Overall, the study finds that 14% of jobs across 32 countries are highly vulnerable, defined as having at least a 70% chance of automation," reports Economist. LinkedIn Cuts 960 Jobs as Pandemic Puts - it.slashdot.org

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Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? - Slashdot Jul 01, 2008 Scientists Find Physically Demanding Jobs Are - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from Metro: Researchers in the Netherlands claim that a "physical activity paradox" exists, where exercise may only be good for you if it's done outside of your job.Manual laborers may be physically active all day but that doesn't actually help them. In fact, the research claims that it might actually increase their risk of dying early.