Learn to love the real job killer
Trade protectionism will not stop the advance of automation Source: Learn to love the real job killer
Why Germany needs to accelerate into the digital fast lane
A wave of disruption looms for the country’s flagship industries — cars and machines — from Silicon Valley innovation Source: Why Germany needs to accelerate into the digital fast lane
How to Make America’s Robots Great Again – The New York Times
Bye-Bye Compliance Jobs
The Financial Times reported that thousands of regulatory and compliance jobs will disappear “as the world’s biggest banks harness artificial intelligence systems.” “In a report called ‘digital disruption’ sent to clients this week, Citi said there was a ‘huge cost take-out opportunity for financial institutions’ from the fast-growing area of regulatory technology or regtech.”
Outsourcing IT: In San Francisco, Some Tech Jobs Are Moving To India : All Tech Considered : NPR
Companies in San Francisco pay six-figure salaries to entry-level tech workers. But a public university there is laying off some of its own IT staff and sending the jobs to a contractor in India. Source: Outsourcing IT: In San Francisco, Some Tech Jobs Are Moving To India : All Tech Considered : NPR
America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs – WSJ
The discontent driving Donald Trump’s campaign stems in part from the dashed employment promises of the late 1990s. Technology companies moved manufacturing jobs outside the U.S., the newest giants need fewer workers and the number of startups fizzled. Source: America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs – WSJ
Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope – The New York Times
American tech giants stand to benefit from Canada’s smoother immigration process, and Vancouver is looking to feed its own homegrown tech ambitions. Source: Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope – The New York Times
Why the World Is Drawing Battle Lines Against American Tech Giants – The New York Times
“What’s happening right now is the nation-state is losing its grip,” said Jane K. Winn, also a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, who studies international business transactions. “One of the hallmarks of modernity is that you have a nation-state that claims they are the exclusive source of a universal legal system…
Silicon Valley faces fear and loathing in Europe – FT.com
That has made Europe’s failure to create homegrown platforms a source of increasing political risk for American tech companies and their investors. Silicon Valley may be right in arguing that it is impossible to turn back the digital tide, but that does not mean the headlines will get any friendlier. Source: Silicon Valley faces fear…
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