Read these articles about how technology is changing the workplace and answer these questions. [In your response, be sure to mention points from all the articles to show that you have read them all.]

• How will these new technologies affect a firm's costs?
• How will these new technologies affect productivity?
• Why will they affect a firm's costs and profits?
• Are there other changes in production that you think might occur and, if so, how might they affect production costs?

Articles:

100m shirts and counting: Textile maker esquel embraces technology to cut costs and protect the environment

Wanted: Workers willing to defy their robot bosses

Wearables in the workplace and the dangers of staff surveillance