Author: By OLIVIA PERRY operry@sixriversmedia.com and BEN SMITH bensmith@sixriversmedia.com

Last year, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law overhauling Tennessee’s regulatory structure for hemp, transferring enforcement power from the Department of Agriculture to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. A primary provision of the law effectively bans THCa, by far the most popular hemp product sold in the state.Read More

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From one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies comes a story that echoes the challenges to the dignity of work raised by Leo XIV in *Magnifica Humanitas*. In this case, the ‘handover’ was voluntary, but there is a growing trend towards zhengliu, the digital ‘distillation’ of employees’ skills. And there are young workers in the tech sector who are trying to protect themselves with tools that ‘hide’ parts of their work.Read More

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From one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies comes a story that echoes the challenges to the dignity of work raised by Leo XIV in *Magnifica Humanitas*. In this case, the ‘handover’ was voluntary, but there is a growing trend towards zhengliu, the digital ‘distillation’ of employees’ skills. And there are young workers in the tech sector who are trying to protect themselves with tools that ‘hide’ parts of their work.Read More

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