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Researchers to Follow the Trail of Misinformation
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Researchers to Follow the Trail of Misinformation

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Boleslaw Szymanski of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will examine the flow of misinformation in social media,...

Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top
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Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top

Despite gains made in gender diversity in Fortune 100 companies, the distribution of women remains uneven across types of leadership roles, with most women relegated...

Scientists Develop Model That Adjusts Videogame Difficulty Based on Player Emotions
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Scientists Develop Model That Adjusts Videogame Difficulty Based on Player Emotions

A research team from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology developed DDA agents that adjust a videogame's difficulty to maximize a player's affective...

The Way You Talk to Your Child About Math Matters
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The Way You Talk to Your Child About Math Matters

Encouraging children with responses related to their personal traits or innate abilities may dampen their math motivation and achievement over time, according to...

Chinese Game Company Appoints Humanoid Robot as Its CEO
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Chinese Game Company Appoints Humanoid Robot as Its CEO

China-based mobile game company NetDragon Websoft has appointed an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot named Ms. Tang Yu as CEO of subsidiary Fujian NetDragon Websoft...

PetTrack Lets Owners Know Where Their Dog Is
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PetTrack Lets Owners Know Where Their Dog Is

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed the PetTrack system which uses a combination of sensors to tell pet owners where their animal is in...

Using Mathematics to Resolve Human Conflicts
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Using Mathematics to Resolve Human Conflicts

Game theory mathematics is being adapted through big data to resolve highly contentious issues between people and the environment.

Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation
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Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation

The types of work relationships that encourage innovation tend to be hard hit when workers go remote, according to a study conducted at MIT.

Lab Leaders Wrestle With Paucity of Postdocs
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Lab Leaders Wrestle With Paucity of Postdocs

A complex mix of politics, economics, and shifting career priorities has made it hard for principal investigators and high-profile scientists to recruit new lab...

Can You Get a Master's Degree in CS Without a CS Background?
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Can You Get a Master's Degree in CS Without a CS Background?

Master's degree programs in computer science generally look for applicants to have at least some experience in the field, but that's not a hard-and-fast requirement...

When Immersed in Sexual Harassment, Workers Can't Identify It
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When Immersed in Sexual Harassment, Workers Can't Identify It

Workers in the information and other industries with high levels of sexual harassment have a harder time identifying inappropriate workplace behavior, according...

Gender-Diverse Teams Produce More Novel, Higher-Impact Research, Study Shows
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Gender-Diverse Teams Produce More Novel, Higher-Impact Research, Study Shows

A research team's gender balance is an under-recognized, yet powerful indicator of novel and impactful scientific discoveries, according to an examination of about...

The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science
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The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science

A toxic culture has emerged in conference program committees that carry out the bulk of the peer reviewing in computer science, where conference publications dominate...

Tech Companies Tilt Power in Performance Review Shift
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Tech Companies Tilt Power in Performance Review Shift

Tech executives have been turning up the heat on employees by giving performance reviews more teeth. For staff used to being coddled with softball reviews, the...

The Kids Are Alright
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The Kids Are Alright

Big tech interns are upbeat about prospects despite turbulence.

Hybrid Work Is Not a Silver Bullet
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Hybrid Work Is Not a Silver Bullet

The hybrid workplace could make tech companies less inclusive.

Meta Lets Algorithm Pick 60 Employees to Fire
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Meta Lets Algorithm Pick 60 Employees to Fire

The staff had no warning and noone to appeal to; all video calls were anonymized.

The Making of an IT Strategy Consultant
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The Making of an IT Strategy Consultant

Years ago, my mentor asked me how I envisioned my career. I replied, "It's important that my work is fun." She replied rather dryly, "You can't live off fun, Kristian...

Students Want to Learn to Code, Lack of Access Is a Barrier
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Students Want to Learn to Code, Lack of Access Is a Barrier

Forty-nine percent of 16-to-24 year olds in the U.K. see coding languages as being either more or equally as valuable as foreign languages skills in furthering...

Data Science Jobs Are a Top Pick for Gen Z, Report Finds
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Data Science Jobs Are a Top Pick for Gen Z, Report Finds

Gen Z considers the role of data scientist to be a top occupation, ranking it No. 4 in job satisfaction, according to a Glassdoor report.
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