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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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With Gig Economy Booming, Job Marketplaces Find A New Role

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Among others, the gig economy is powered by millennials still on their parents’ health insurance plans and baby boomers looking to stay busy in retirement, said Jim McCoy, vice president of solutions at the ManpowerGroup. As more workers trade their traditional 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. workforce in the near future.

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What Do Hillbillies Have To Do With Payments Innovation?

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While Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of 3 million, it was the collective votes of the roughly 110,000 people in the working class counties in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin who turned those blue states, red — and put President Donald J. Trump into the White House. WHAT’S AN ELEGY, ANYWAY?