The irony on these sorts of things is always amusing to me.
-- the international ban of chlorofluorocarbons in the 1980s that were shown to damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer. Some scientists today say that closing the hole in the ozone over the Antarctic could have a troubling side effect.
Soon, your boss could be a piece of software.
IF YOU’VE ever joked about your boss being a robot, stop laughing, they soon could be. A web service has launched that allows software algorithms to automatically recruit, hire and pay workers to do a wide variety of tasks.
Can you say Skynet?
In the cool marble and gilt splendour of one of the old cafes of Buenos Aires, a customer picks up a book from a smart new bookcase.
He takes it back to his table and begins reading while he sips his coffee.
Lovers of literature have been meeting in the cafe at the Hotel Castelar in the centre of the Argentine capital for decades.
Trying to buck the trend.
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