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For decades, the conventional wisdom held firm: when recessions hit, it was the office workers who trembled while plumbers, electricians, and warehouse hands kept their livelihoods intact. Physical labor, the thinking went, was insulated from the forces of automation and economic downturns in ways that knowledge work was not. A viral new report is now challenging that assumption head-on, arguing that the next wave of artificial intelligence and robotics will erode the supposed recession-proof status of blue-collar employment far sooner than most Americans expect.

For decades, Taiwan has occupied a peculiar position in global affairs — a self-governing island of 23 million people that most nations refuse to formally recognize as a sovereign state, yet one that holds the world’s most powerful economies hostage through its near-monopoly on advanced semiconductor manufacturing. That tension has never been more acute than it is now, as geopolitical friction between Washington and Beijing intensifies and the chips powering everything from artificial intelligence to guided missiles flow overwhelmingly from a single island in the western Pacific.

Canva, the Australian-born design platform valued at roughly $26 billion, has made two strategic acquisitions aimed at expanding its capabilities in animation tools and marketing workflow automation. The deals, reported by TechCrunch, represent the company’s latest effort to transform itself from a simple graphic design tool into a comprehensive visual communications platform that serves enterprise clients and creative professionals alike.

When a major automaker tells you your electric vehicle is totaled, most owners reluctantly accept the verdict, sign over the title, and move on. But a growing cohort of EV owners across the United States and Europe are doing something radically different: they are ripping apart their broken cars, sourcing parts from salvage yards and online forums, and rebuilding machines that manufacturers insist cannot be saved.