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This is the most scary technological trend that should concern political leaders

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It is coming and just like that robots will systematically displace humans of jobs. First, it was outsourcing of jobs to cheap labour countries. Now. it will be sending the  jobs to robots within national boundaries. In this age of Trump, the political calculus will not be to blame trade treaties.

In a new report from Digitimes, Foxconn executive Dai Jia-peng has laid out the company’s three-step plan for automating its Chinese factories. The company’s ultimate goal is to fully automate production of things like PCs, LCD monitors, and its most famous product—the iPhone.

Foxconn makes its own manufacturing robots, known as Foxbots, and has already deployed about 40,000 of them. Some, which the company considers “stage one,” assist workers at their stations. Foxconn already has individual fully automated production lines—they’re “stage two”—in factories in Chengdu, Chongquing, and Zhengzhou.

Stage three of the process would be fully automated factories, with only a handful of workers.

If this happens, even the Chinese government will be concerned since the peace of that country depends on the ability to provide jobs to the citizens Every other country should also be concerned. Why? The economic inequality will experience the highest level ever because only the rich and investors will benefit from robotic automation as workers will lose their jobs.

This French Law makes email whole by banning work emails after working hours

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We do not think this is necessary because there are people the only fun they have is work. Nevertheless, there needs to be a balance in everything. Off-clock needs to be respected by employers.

A new French law establishing workers’ “right to disconnect” goes into effect today. The law requires companies with more than 50 employees to establish hours when staff should not send or answer emails. The goals of the law include making sure employees are fairly paid for work, and preventing burnout by protecting private time.

The German labor ministry enacted an only slightly less sweeping ban in 2014, prohibiting managers from calling or emailing staff after work hours, except in an emergency.

Just as we have the standard 8-hour day, I think globally we need to update labour laws and policies globally.

This will be the biggest threat of Trump Presidency

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A man watches a television screen reporting news of North Korea's latest submarine-launched ballistic missile test at a railway station in Seoul on August 25, 2016. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared a recent submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test the "greatest success", Pyongyang's state media said on August 25. / AFP / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Here is it Mr. Trump. It is North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

North Korea tested ballistic missiles at an unprecedented rate during 2016, although some experts have said it is years away from developing an ICBM fitted with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States.

“Research and development of cutting edge arms equipment is actively progressing and ICBM rocket test launch preparation is in its last stage,” Kim said during a televised New Year’s Day speech.

The country has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. The sanctions were tightened last month after Pyongyang conducted its fifth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 9.

Your Volvo 90 Series car will now have Skype for Business in it

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Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that it will introduce Skype for Business, Microsoft’s leading collaborative productivity app, to its new 90 Series cars. Volvo Cars is the first carmaker to launch such an in-car productivity tool.

 “We’ve all been there. Sitting in the car trying to join a conference call. You either fumble with or drop your phone while trying to connect or you forget the long pin code to join. It’s not the best way to start an important call in the car. On top of all that your attention is not where it should be – on the road. With the addition of Skype for Business all that goes away,” said Anders Tylman-Mikiewicz Vice President Consumer Connectivity Services at Volvo Car Group.

 Skype for Business is actively used by millions of people at work around the globe. In Volvo’s 90 Series cars people will be able to view their upcoming meetings and participant details, and join meetings with one click via the large centre display.

HERE and Mobileye partner to link technology

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Sensor supplier Mobileye and high-definition (HD) mapping specialist HERE have announced a new partnership, aimed at combining their technologies. According to a joint statement, the two will integrate Mobileye’s Roadbook, which gathers landmark and roadway information, with the HERE HD Live Map cloud service. Mobileye’s Roadbook data will be integrated into a layer of HERE’s real-time cloud service.

The two companies say that this will “provide an important additional layer of real-time contextual awareness by gathering landmark and roadway information to assist in making a vehicle more aware of and better able to react to its surroundings, as well as allow for more accurate vehicle positioning on the road”.

HD mapping will be critical for the implementation of autonomous vehicle technology