We may now be nearing the point where humanoid robots are no longer just clumsy curiosities, but genuine candidates — if not outright replacements — for human jobs. As the Wall Street Journal reports, ...

Amazon announced a controversial decision to use robotics in place of hiring an additional 160,000 workers by 2027. Unsurprisingly, this has rekindled the timeless debate over technology and its role ...

Parcels zoom past on high-speed conveyor belts in a South Yorkshire warehouse, ready to be dispatched across the country. Four decades ago coal was king in these former pit towns, now it’s fast ...

Amazon is ramping up hiring at its New Stanton warehouse this month and is planning to place 600 employees at the site by the end of the year. The e-commerce giant began staffing shifts earlier this ...

The wheels of a tall, metal cart squeak as Chris Beatty, 26, pulls it through a maze of aisles inside a cosmetics warehouse in Burlington, N.J. A hand-held scanner helps Beatty find specific items, ...

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A new foothold for the unsteady working class might be found on the floor of giant e-commerce warehouses springing up across the country. Entire towns are becoming hubs for these "fulfillment centers" ...