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Tech Jobs in the Time of COVID
The first-quarter report of job search firm Dice reveals that overall hiring demand for tech professionals increased in many U.S. regions as the coronavirus emerged...
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How Many Jobs do Robots Really Replace?
Two economics professors have determined that the replacement of human workers by robots is a tangible trend, although they say claims of total automation are overstated...
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Australians Urged to Take Up Mental Health Telehealth, Put On 'Digital Sunscreen'
Since the Australian government announced it would fast-track digital alternatives to in-person medical care, a million mental health telehealth consultations have...
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How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home
As we shelter in place in the pandemic, more employers are using software to track our work — and us.
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IT is Essential. Furlough Elsewhere
IT is central to continuity and recovery and job cuts should be avoided, but there are plenty of other places savings can be made.
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The Evolution of Brick and Mortar
New technologies are transforming the future of in-person retail.
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A Private Equity Firm Is Blocked From Buying .Org
The deal for the Internet domain for nonprofit organizations had set off fierce opposition.
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Supply-Chain Attack Hits RubyGems Repository with 725 Malicious Packages
ReversingLabs researchers found more than 725 malicious packages in RubyGems, the official channel for distributing programs and code libraries for the Ruby programming...
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Beyond Encryption: Protecting Consumer Privacy While Keeping Survey Results Accurate
Researchers have proposed a new technique for permanently altering survey datasets to shield consumers’ privacy, while retaining a reasonable degree of accuracy...
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Pakistan's Younger Women Riding Digital Wave in Drive for Better Jobs
Social enterprises like Circle have initiated programs to improve women's job prospects in Pakistan's information technology sector.
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NTU Singapore Researchers Build Disinfection Robot to Aid Cleaners in COVID-19 Outbreak
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have developed a semi-autonomous robot that can quickly disinfect large surfaces.
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Coronavirus Disruption Puts Supply Chain Software to the Test
Software firms are strengthening their algorithms as the coronavirus outbreak stresses food supply chains.
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COBOL Programmers are Back In Demand. Seriously.
States race to upgrade their legacy mainframe systems to meet the cascade of unemployment claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Will ‘Big Data’ Restore Active Managers’ Mojo?
Sophisticated tech used to gather and analyze information may be able to improve returns, but the data isn't showing it.
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Coronavirus Forces Silicon Valley to Reset its Moral Compass
The coronavirus pandemic has stirred up a missionary zeal throughout Silicon Valley.
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Can't Scout Players in Person? The NFL Turns to Brooklyn Startup
The National Football League is using a startup's artificial intelligence technology to remotely scout prospective players during the coronavirus restrictions. ...
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Deceiving the Masses on Social Media
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
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Robots Welcome to Take Over, as Pandemic Accelerates Automation
Labor and robotics experts say social-distancing directives could spur more industries to automate.
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'Unkillable' Android Malware Gives Hackers Full Remote Access to Your Phone
A researcher at cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab found the xHelper malware uses a system of nested programs that makes it difficult to root out.
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