As a highlight of many tech company calendars, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was sorely missed in 2020. Back with an albeit smaller, socially distanced bang in June 2021, MWC still didn’t disappoint. One of the event’s greatest takeaways was that — whether telcos are ready or not — we’re entering a new, digital era. Let’s […]
Search results for "ai training"
Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike. That’s when she discovered something surprising — she did not miss the gym. At least not the driving back and forth, filling water bottles, changing […]
China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba, said Monday it fired a manager accused of sexual assault and pledged to strengthen its anti-sexual harassment policy, after a female employee accused the company of suppressing her report of the assault. The unidentified female employee went public Saturday with an internal post detailing the alleged sexual assault by her […]
U.S. based- video game company Activision Blizzard was sued on Tuesday over a culture of constant sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The lawsuit filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against the company was a result of a two-year investigation that revealed top executives were aware and/or involved of unequal pay, promoting men over women, and widespread sexual harassment. The complaint highlights those male employees of the gaming company discuss sexual encounters […]
The agency in charge of Ireland’s cyber security is to get an increased budget and a major staff increase, the Government announced today. The expansion would bring the strength of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from 25 to 45 within 18 months, with a further promise to increase it to 70 within five years. […]
TikTok launched on Wednesday an avant-garde pilot program that allows users to upload video resumes for jobs based in the U.S. through a new feature, TikTok Resumes. The culture fueling platform announced the launch of its new tool, resurfacing from the content that appears on the platform organically, such as #CareerTok. This step, if succeeds, […]
IBM introduced on Wednesday its latest open-source serverless framework, with the solemn purpose of simplifying integration and efficient scaling of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) workflows into its hybrid cloud. IBM’s recent technology, CodeFlare, is designed at the rank of a promising open-source distributed computing framework for machine learning (ML) applications commonly referred to […]
Mexico’s richest man has pledged to rebuild and pay for a segment of a Mexico City subway line that collapsed on May, killing 26 people, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday. López Obrador said telecom and construction magnate Carlos Slim has promised to pay for the rebuilding out of his own pocket and have […]
The U.N. disarmament chief warned Tuesday that digital technologies are lowering barriers to malicious intrusions and opening potential areas for governments, armed groups, terrorists and criminals to carry out attacks, including across international borders. Izumi Nakamitsu told a U.N. Security Council meeting on cybersecurity that there has been “a dramatic increase in the frequency of […]
Sweden-based music streaming company Spotify are launching a global female empowerment program meant to equip women of the world with proper training within the podcasting realm. The program, called “Sound Up!”, aims to identify under-represented communities and enables participants to enhance their podcasting skills through training, mentoring workshops, and full-program support provided by the audio streaming […]