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Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'
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Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'

A Trades Union Congress official warns that U.K. workers could be "hired and fired by algorithm," and said new legal protections for regulating artificial intelligence...

Major Employers Scrap Plans to Cut Back on Offices
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Major Employers Scrap Plans to Cut Back on Offices

Most major global companies no longer plan to reduce their use of office space after the coronavirus pandemic, though few expect business to return to normal this...

Utah Program Helps Moms Transition to Tech Careers
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Utah Program Helps Moms Transition to Tech Careers

Valerie Witt made the transition from third-grade teacher to area partnership manager for Skill Struck, a provider of  computer science education platforms, with...

White Men Happier With Tech Salaries Than Others, Report Finds
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White Men Happier With Tech Salaries Than Others, Report Finds

More women technologists are dissatisfied with their current compensation than men, and races other than White are less satisfied with their salaries that White...

'Glass Ceiling Hasn't Cracked' for Women in Senior Tech Roles
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'Glass Ceiling Hasn't Cracked' for Women in Senior Tech Roles

Women are still severely underrepresented in senior roles in Israel's tech and innovation sector, according to a Start-Up Nation Central report.

Inside Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree
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Inside Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree

Google's programs are designed to address the unfilled digital positions and unemployment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Large Computer Language Models Carry Environmental, Social Risks
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Large Computer Language Models Carry Environmental, Social Risks

A review of literature on risks associated with the rapid growth of natural language processing finds that the capability comes with real costs, including perpetuating...

'You're Paid What You're Worth' and Other Myths
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'You're Paid What You're Worth' and Other Myths

Jake Rosenfeld at Washington University in St. Louis challenges the notion that compensation depends on productivity and occupation, and instead places power and...

Internships May Help Address Male-Female Pay Gap for STEM Grads
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Internships May Help Address Male-Female Pay Gap for STEM Grads

Researchers from Stanford University found that a confidence gap between men and women in STEM fields aligns with a gender pay gap.

Companies Reconsider Anonymous Employee Q&As
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Companies Reconsider Anonymous Employee Q&As

Some companies are considering getting rid of anonymous Q&A sessions during all-hands meetings, a practice many tech workers embrace as a workplace right.

One Researcher's Mission to Encourage Reproducibility in Machine Learning
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One Researcher's Mission to Encourage Reproducibility in Machine Learning

A researcher has started the "Papers Without Code" website with a goal of having a centralized list of machine learning papers that are not implementable.

Study Highlights Pitfalls of 'Cybervetting' Job Candidates
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Study Highlights Pitfalls of 'Cybervetting' Job Candidates

A recent study shows that online vetting of job candidates' social media profiles is often rooted in an assessment of their moral character and rarely involves...

AI Panel Urges U.S. to Boost Tech Skills Amid China's Rise
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AI Panel Urges U.S. to Boost Tech Skills Amid China's Rise

An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to maintain innovation leadership and counter...

Why Do Men Publish More Papers Than Women? Motherhood Plays Key Role
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Why Do Men Publish More Papers Than Women? Motherhood Plays Key Role

Women in academia typically experience a significant decline in productivity after having children while men do not, which researchers attribute to persistent differences...

Survey Reveals High IT Stress in Pandemic Transformations
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Survey Reveals High IT Stress in Pandemic Transformations

A global survey by AppDynamics suggests the last year took a substantial toll on IT teams at a time when many organizations either launched or accelerated digital...

Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids
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Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids

We have enormous power to change the world through the systems we create. A world with clean air and water in which every person is respected seems like something...

The AI Research Paper Was Real. The 'Coauthor' Wasn't
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The AI Research Paper Was Real. The 'Coauthor' Wasn't

An AI researcher at IBM found his name on two papers with which he had no connection.

Google Reorganizes AI Teams After Months of Turmoil
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Google Reorganizes AI Teams After Months of Turmoil

Google said it is restructuring its teams that focus on the development of artificial intelligence, a shake-up that follows months of turmoil after the departure...

Star Employees Get Most of the Credit – and Blame
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Star Employees Get Most of the Credit – and Blame

"Star" employees tend to get more than their share of the credit when things go well in a collaborative project, and more of the blame when they don't, a study...

Technologist Salaries Rose 3.6% in 2020, Says Dice Salary Report
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Technologist Salaries Rose 3.6% in 2020, Says Dice Salary Report

The average U.S. technology industry annual salary hit $97,859 in 2020, up 3.6% from 2019, according to the Dice 2021 Tech Salary Report.
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