Perhaps such activities as simple as searching on the Internet or sending an email, artificial intelligence or AI depends on data processing…
The real fear on humanoid killer robots and slaughter-bots isnāt the killing of people literally but that they will kill millions of…
In terms of recent collective bargaining successes, the situation of workers in Europe can be summed up as: real wages still need…
Next to Marxās understanding of exploitation that is popularly known, a new form of exploitation comes with algorithms. Neither traditional nor algorithmic…
Ascertaining the role of trade unions is crucial for the debate on algorithmic management. This cannot be restricted to online platforms as…
Perhaps many people are somewhat familiar with the worn out phrase nothing is certain except death and taxes. While death is indeed…
On the overall balance sheet of industrial actions and strikes in 2023, it has been a rather unusual year for German unions.…
In recent months, more and more corporate managers in Germany have come forward to warn of the strengthening of the far-right, and…
Seemingly, right-wing populism is on the rise almost everywhere and with the evil twins of Donald Trump and āhisā propaganda stooge Steve…
Germanyās far-right extremist party ā the AfD ā has achieved a domineering presence on āsocial mediaā ā commercial online platforms like Facebook,…
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