Tag: philippines
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Tele-operators in Manila control robots and train AI for global firms, as offshoring automation creates new tech jobs and new risks in the Philippines. https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/ more ›
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BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance. https://restofworld.org/2024/ai-reshaping-call-center-work-philippines/ more ›
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Beijing has become a go-to source of development finance and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Philippines. In , we meticulously piece together data from multiple sources to assess the… more ›
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The passing of Joe Frazier got the Sports Guy thinking about that epic battle in the Philippines and the book it inspired Note: With Joe Frazier passing away last night,… more ›
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Created in late 2021, Critterz incorporates nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency into the Minecraft universe, bringing a “play to earn” model to the best-selling video game of all time. Players… more ›
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In Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy is essentially people performing useless work, as a sort of subconscious self-preservation… more ›
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Efren Reyes would rather not have become the most famous and universally praised pool player in the history of the world. Would rather not have gone pro or been the… more ›
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‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’ » You hear a murder scene before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars.… more ›