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The Peer-Review Crisis
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The Peer-Review Crisis

The peer-review system, which relies on unpaid volunteers, has long been stressed. COVID-19 is making it worse — a lot worse. Possible solutions include paying...

Tech Firms Urged to Keep Women Safer Online
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Tech Firms Urged to Keep Women Safer Online

A study of online lives in the U.K. reveals that women are less confident about their online safety than men, more negatively affected by discriminatory, hateful...

Why Companies' Diversity Messages May Backfire
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Why Companies' Diversity Messages May Backfire

Companies that make a business case for their diversity efforts can undermine the sense of belonging for current and potential employees from underrepresented groups...

Microsoft Drops Non-Compete Clauses and NDAs from Employee Contracts
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Microsoft Drops Non-Compete Clauses and NDAs from Employee Contracts

Microsoft will no longer add non-compete clauses in its contracts for employees in the United States, and is  ending the practice of having workers sign non-disclosure...

U.K. Starts Four-Day Work Week Trial
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U.K. Starts Four-Day Work Week Trial

Thousands of U.K. workers started a four-day work week on Monday (June 6) with no cut in pay in what organizers call the largest trial of its kind in the world....

'There's Never Been a Better Time to Look for a New Job'
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'There's Never Been a Better Time to Look for a New Job'

The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics latest jobs report signal that it's never been a better time for employees to find a new job, with better wages and more opportunities...

TomTom to Cut 500 Jobs Due to Improved Automation
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TomTom to Cut 500 Jobs Due to Improved Automation

TomTom will cut 500 jobs due to improvements in automating its mapmaking activities, the Dutch company said, adding that the cuts would amount to around 10% of...

Tech Companies Lay Off Workers at Highest Rate Since 2020
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Tech Companies Lay Off Workers at Highest Rate Since 2020

Technology companies in May axed employees at the highest rate in two years, as rising interest rates and a stock market selloff squeeze startups and big tech firms...

Large Language Models Will Change Science
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Large Language Models Will Change Science

Advances in natural language processing and large language models are making it possible for machines to understand natural language, including the prose in scientific...

Signs of Trouble Could Mean a Talent Bonanza for Big Tech
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Signs of Trouble Could Mean a Talent Bonanza for Big Tech

After years of fighting to keep engineers and other sought-after employees from leaving for rivals or buzzy startups, big tech companies are increasingly attractive...

Remote Work Is Fueling IT's Unsustainably High Attrition Rates
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Remote Work Is Fueling IT's Unsustainably High Attrition Rates

Attrition rates for some IT companies have hit between 20% to 30%, which means they are theoretically replacing their entire work force every three-and-a-half years...

Research Suggests Diversity as Key to Human-AI Collaboration
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Research Suggests Diversity as Key to Human-AI Collaboration

New research points to diversity as being a key parameter for making AI systems better collaborators with humans.

Digital Workplace Requires a Transformation in How People Think and Work
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Digital Workplace Requires a Transformation in How People Think and Work

CIOs and other IT leaders discussed trends, new technologies, and their vision for the years ahead at MIT's CIO Consortium on Monday.

U.S. Warns Against North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Freelancers
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U.S. Warns Against North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Freelancers

Skilled software and mobile app developers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are posing as "non-DPRK nationals" in hopes of landing freelance...

Shortage of AI Experts Worsens the Skills Crisis
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Shortage of AI Experts Worsens the Skills Crisis

Slow progress in some countries' adoption of artificial intelligence means businesses can't harness the technology to solve the shortage of labor and skills they...

Survey Paints a Disheartening Picture of Cybersecurity Work
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Survey Paints a Disheartening Picture of Cybersecurity Work

A survey of 500 security professionals and software developers at companies in the United States with 2,000 or more employees shows how cybersecurity teams are...

How It Feels to Build a Videogame and Watch It Die
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How It Feels to Build a Videogame and Watch It Die

How do developers feel about working for years on videogames that fail and vanish for reasons beyond their control? "Disappointing and frustrating," one said.

Why Teams and Departments Go Off the Rails
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Why Teams and Departments Go Off the Rails

Two studies examine how counterproductive behaviors and bottom-line thinking spread dysfunction through the workplace, sending teams off the rails and ultimately...

Gender Gap in Seattle Tech Largely the Same Over Past Decade
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Gender Gap in Seattle Tech Largely the Same Over Past Decade

The gender gap in Seattle's tech jobs hasn't changed much in the past decade, and is wider than the national average.

Microsoft Boosts Pay in Effort to Keep Top Talent
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Microsoft Boosts Pay in Effort to Keep Top Talent

Microsoft said it would "nearly double" its salary budget and increase the range of employee stock compensation by at least 25% as it looks to reward its workforce...
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