According to a global survey from Coursera, employers and students alike see value in microcredentials that document job-relevant skills and experience.Read More
Field work on and ice shelf with RV Xuelong II in 2020. Ruibo Lei; Di Qi Key Laboratory for Polar Science of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China Climate change is changing the chemistry of the Earth’s oceans. The heat from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is…
Even creative solutions to power Bitcoin mining, such as this site in Texas using methane waste, can’t eliminate the currency’s severe climate impacts. François Picard/AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are notorious for their massive energy consumption, relying on power sources that emit greenhouse gases responsible for climate change. But even if digital…
Everyone’s favorite text-to-image generator Dall-E has a new competitor from Meta: A video-to-text generator called Make-A-Video. The tool generates short, soundless video snippets based on the same type of text prompts you feed to Dall-E. But Dall-E is child’s play compared to Make-A-Video, at least according to Mark Zuckerberg. The Meta CEO noted in a…
Back in my day, you turned devices off when you didn’t need to use them. But in the age of Amazon, your “smart” home and its ecosystem of gadgets will ideally always be turned on. That vision even has a cool-sounding name: ambient intelligence. It’s A.I. with a new spin and the promise of a…
Tropical Storm Ian appears headed for South Carolina as of Thursday, after already dealing untold damage as it cut a path across Florida Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. During its landfall in Florida, it was a Category 4 hurricane, and forecasters are warning South Carolina that it is likely to strengthen into a hurricane once…
Lenovo has released a business-focused mixed-reality headset as it looks to help companies of all sizes explore the possibilities of the metaverse. The ThinkReality VRX all-in-one headset boasts a Snapdragon XR platform, pancake optics, four front-mounted cameras with 6DoF tracking, and two high-resolution passthrough cameras. “Our customers are looking for reliable, flexible and scalable gateways…
Google Chrome extensions are set to see another year of support for enterprise use following the company’s decision to postpone their deletion from the Chrome Web Store until January 2024. The announcement on the Google Chrome Developers blog offers a stay of execution for sweeping changes to the Chromium engine that privacy advocates say will…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Win McNamee/Getty Images A “market riot” won’t stop until the Fed reverses course on its aggressive tightening strategy, Societe Generale global strategist Albert Edwards said. UK gilts “have crashed horribly,” forcing the Bank of England to temporarily halt its quantitative tightening by buying long-dated bonds, he said Thursday. The “markets…
As US sports leagues and tournaments resume normal operations, the business of sports video is mostly back to pre-pandemic levels. And sports gambling, which is now legal in nearly half the US, is emerging as a market opportunity for brands and broadcasters alike. Do you work in the Marketing, Media & Advertising industry? Get business…