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Why big tech is firing employees by the thousands? Should we be worried?

What exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?

Why does Nepal's aviation industry have safety issues: An explainer

Topography has gifted Nepal with picturesque landscapes, but posits unrivalled challenges to flight operations

The rise of AI tools ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of creative process

'Leaving aside the very real ramifications of robots displacing artists who are already underpaid, we believe that AI art devalues the act of artistic creation for both the artist and the public'

Global economy 2023: How countries are tackling the cost of living crisis

Inflation increased significantly in the US in late 2021 and early 2022, reaching levels higher than at any time in the last 40 years

Brazil insurrection: How so many people came to attack their own govt

Bolsonarism is a profoundly anti-democratic movement that conflates elements of the US far-right and Brazil's long history of social inequality and militarism into a whole new digital language

Women work harder than men, finds anthropological study in rural China

Women walked on average just over 12,000 steps per day, while men walked just over 9,000 steps