Long story short: Will robots take over the workplace? How to use tech for good
This week's top stories reveal how new technologies are changing how employees and HR leaders are engaging with each other in the virtual workplace.
Technology, media and telecom
Tech layoffs create rare chance for federal recruiters to snag talent
With a chronic shortage of tech workers, hundreds of open roles and extra money from Congress in last year's budget, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agency is keen to seize the opportunity from recent Silicon Valley layoffs.
8 tech tools to improve employee productivity
These tools will help make the work from home process easier.
First Netflix inclusion report shows gains for women, minorities
Large corporations have prioritized diversity in recent years — especially in the entertainment and tech industries — both in response to societal pressure and to improve their business performance.
Google workers unionize, escalating tension with management
The unionizing effort, a rare campaign within a major U.S. technology company, is supported by the Communications Workers of America as part of a recent tech-focused initiative.
Reddit will pay U.S. employees the same wherever they work
U.S. employees will now be paid the same, based on high-cost locations like NY or San Francisco, whether they work from those places or not.
A college degree is the ticket to still working from home
Among the quarter of American employees still working at home because of the pandemic, a majority were in jobs such as computer science, legal and finance.
Work from home forever? Businesses are divided on that
As some executives extol its virtues, other tech leaders aren’t so sure, opening a growing divide inside the industry over the future of work.
Microsoft sales rise as remote working buoys cloud services
Microsoft so far has thrived during the Covid-19 pandemic because of its focus on cloud offerings, like Office productivity tools, Azure services and subscription programs that are less vulnerable to spending slumps.
The coronavirus will make the digital divide even worse
25 million Americans do not have high-speed internet access, and as many as 14 million have no internet access at all.
Apple, Google bring coronavirus contact-tracing to billions of smartphones
The technology is designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus by telling users they should quarantine or isolate themselves after contact with an infected individual.
Apple tests its secrecy somewhere new: employee homes
The shift from office culture to remote work has been challenging for the hardware-focused company with a passion for secrecy.
