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- The Disconnect – Issue One
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- Rage against the machine: self-driving cars attacked by angry Californians | Technology | The Guardian
The two human-on-robot assaults are not the first time San Franciscans have fought back – physically – against robots.
In December, the local SPCA animal shelter removed its 400lb Knightscope security robot from the streets around its building amid backlash from residents and the homeless population who complained the robot was harassing them. While most residents simply complained about the robot’s presence, one person reportedly “put a tarp over it, knocked it over and put barbecue sauce on all the sensors”.
- The Wire, 10 years on: ‘We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead’ | Television & radio | The Guardian
Greek tragedy for the new millennium,” with sclerotic institutions playing the role of callous, indifferent gods
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- United Airlines employees shocked: Bonuses replaced with lottery – Chicago Business Journal
Kirby issued an employee memo in which he announced that the Chicago-based airline is dropping the quarterly performance bonuses the carrier had been giving out to all employees qualified to receive them.
Kirby said in the memo, obtained by the Chicago Business Journal, that the bonus payouts are being replaced with a new program called “core4 Score Rewards,” which Kirby said would include quarterly prizes like cash ranging from $2,000 to $40,000, luxury cars, vacation packages, and a grand of prize of $100,000 awarded to one eligible employee per quarter.