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December 13, 2021 | 10:02 AM

Farming is grueling work, but a Pittsburgh startup is using technology to make it easier

“Farming is not a nine-to-five job. There are a lot of negative things in agriculture that can bring you down really fast. And so you need to stay positive and stay upbeat.”

By An-Li Herring/WESA
June 8, 2021 | 7:53 AM

Swaths of the internet go down after cloud outage

Dozens of sites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch, Reddit, the Guardian, and the U.K. government's home page, could not be reached.
By Associated Press via NPR
April 14, 2021 | 7:53 AM

Big Tech’s labor struggle has roots in Pittsburgh

It’s been a year-and-a-half since the Pittsburgh workers were believed to become the first white-collar employees to organize while doing work for a major tech firm. But they still don’t have a labor contract.
By An-Li Herring/WESA

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March 26, 2021 | 7:51 AM

5 takeaways from Big Tech’s misinformation hearing

The hearing was centered around misinformation. It was the first time the executives took questions from lawmakers since the riot at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters on Jan. 6 and since the widespread rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine began.
By Miles Parks, Shannon Bond/NPR