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Remote Work a Double-Edged Sword for Women's Career
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Remote Work a Double-Edged Sword for Women's Career

Remote work has advantages and disadvantages, but researchers at George Washington University are finding that, for women especially, virtual work can harm a career...

2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Finalists Announced
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2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Finalists Announced

The SC22 conference schedule provides a first glimpse of the finalists for the 2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, awarded annually to recognize "innovation in applying...

Why Thinking Hard Makes You Feel Tired
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Why Thinking Hard Makes You Feel Tired

The desire to shut down after a day spent toiling at the computer could be a physiological response to mentally demanding work, according to a study that links...

Cash May Not Be The Only Way to Motivate Employees
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Cash May Not Be The Only Way to Motivate Employees

Employees can be motivated by both cash and tangible rewards, and managers should frame them differently to maximize their motivational benefits, researchers say...

Six Ways to Tackle the Software Engineering Skills Shortage
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Six Ways to Tackle the Software Engineering Skills Shortage

Cloud computing remains the number one most sought-after skill. There are six fundamental ways to address the talent crunch.

Gamified Education Keeps Kids Connected to STEM
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Gamified Education Keeps Kids Connected to STEM

Gamified education can improve spatial reasoning skills and shape positive attitudes towards STEM and design thinking, according to research from the University...

Tech's Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive
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Tech's Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive

Companies that once battled to hire employees close to home are now turning to Latin America and other markets for talent.

Network Architect Who Built His Own ISP Is Expanding His Service
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Network Architect Who Built His Own ISP Is Expanding His Service

Jared Mauch, a Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home Internet provider because he couldn't get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with...

Why Can't Tech Fix Its Gender Problem?
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Why Can't Tech Fix Its Gender Problem?

Despite the tech sector's great wealth and loudly self-proclaimed corporate commitments to the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and racial minorities, tech remains...

China Tops U.S. in Quantity and Quality of Scientific Papers
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China Tops U.S. in Quantity and Quality of Scientific Papers

China now leads the world both in the number of scientific research papers as well as most cited papers, a report from Japan's science and technology ministry shows...

Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Court Rules in Blow to AI
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Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Court Rules in Blow to AI

The term "individual" in the Patent Act refers only to humans, meaning an AI doesn't count as an inventor on a patentable invention, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Surgeons Ask AI Which Patients Need Better Pain Management
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Surgeons Ask AI Which Patients Need Better Pain Management

Cedars-Sinai's Department of Computational Biomedicine developed artificial intelligence tools to help spine surgeons predict patient outcomes and address pain...

Women More Concerned Than Men About Some AI Developments
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Women More Concerned Than Men About Some AI Developments

Women in the United States are more skeptical than men about some uses of artificial intelligence, particularly the possible widespread use of driverless passenger...

Computer Scientists Develop System That Helps AI Understand Human Goals
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Computer Scientists Develop System That Helps AI Understand Human Goals

Researchers have presented a framework for what they call "explainable artificial intelligence" (XAI) which shows that real-time human-robot mutual understanding...

Demand Cools for Less Experienced Software Engineers
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Demand Cools for Less Experienced Software Engineers

The job market for less experienced software engineers is worse now than a year ago, with companies more likely to hire experienced engineers.

GitLab U-Turns on Deleting Dormant Projects After Backlash
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GitLab U-Turns on Deleting Dormant Projects After Backlash

GitLab has reversed its decision to automatically delete projects that have been inactive for more than a year and belong to its free user tier.

Researchers Want to Use AI to Talk to Animals
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Researchers Want to Use AI to Talk to Animals

Earth Species Project wants to harness the power of machine learning to decode communication across the entire animal kingdom. The project has its doubters.

Just 9% of Tech Workers Feel Secure About Their Jobs
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Just 9% of Tech Workers Feel Secure About Their Jobs

Just 9% of tech workers are feeling confident in their job security, according to a June survey from Blind, a stark shift from earlier this year.

Psychological Safety Can Enable Innovation, Study Says
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Psychological Safety Can Enable Innovation, Study Says

Psychological safety is an internal resource that managers can leverage to support a firm's capabilities to innovate, according to a study published in the International...

Can An Algorithm Help Scientists Write Better Quantum Programs?
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Can An Algorithm Help Scientists Write Better Quantum Programs?

Timothy Proctor, a quantum physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, is leading a research project to help quantum computer scientists write better programs that...
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