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The Future of Remote Work: How IT Outsourcing is Shaping Global Workforces

​[[{“value”:” In today’s rapidly evolving world, remote work has become a reality for many industries. This shift was greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but even before then, the tech industry was leading the way in adopting flexible, remote work practices. One key factor behind this transformation is IT outsourcing, with companies like ALLSTARSIT playing a major role in shaping…

What was the role of French colonial companies?

What was the role of French colonial companies?

​[[{“value”:” What was the role of French colonial companies? Published: Studying the role that commercial and colonising companies played in the formation of the French empire and state reveals some surprising connections between business and governance. At the Université de Montréal in Canada, Associate Professor Helen Dewar explores how these companies shaped the French Atlantic world, balancing economic interest with…

Getting Started With Digital Badges

Getting Started With Digital Badges

​[[{“value”:” How to Get Started With Digital Badges What does an A really mean? The answer is often elusive. Grades as they are typically used offer little insight into what students know and are able to do. Conversely, digital badges are changing assessment as we know it, as they make learning visible and clearly delineate what a student knows and…

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

​[[{“value”:” The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat with your coworkers, but do users want that? And […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Intel moves to spin out foundry business, inks AI chip deal with AWS

​[[{“value”:” Intel has announced a key customer win and changes to its foundry business as the beleaguered chipmaker looks to execute a turnaround. Intel is taking steps to transition its chip foundry division, Intel Foundry, to an independent subsidiary, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger said in a blog post. Intel Foundry’s leadership isn’t changing, and the subsidiary […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Tech’s emissions may be way higher than disclosed due to ‘creative accounting’ of carbon

​[[{“value”:” Accounting for the emissions of a global tech empire is not a simple task, and what industry standards we do have for disclosure may allow tech companies to systematically understate their carbon footprint. A Guardian report compares official declarations of carbon emissions, including what amount to offsets purchased elsewhere, with “location-based” emissions, another standard metric […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

UK’s privacy watchdog takes credit for rise of ‘consent or pay’

​[[{“value”:” The U.K.’s data protection watchdog claims a crackdown on websites that don’t ask for consent from visitors to track and profile their activity for ad targeting is bearing fruit. However it’s admitted some of the changes driven by the intervention have seen sites adopting a controversial type of paywall that demands users pay a fee […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee

​[[{“value”:” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the internal commission OpenAI created in May to oversee “critical” safety decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. In a blog post today, OpenAI said the committee, the Safety and Security Committee, will become an “independent” board oversight group chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, and including […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

​[[{“value”:” After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon and specifically offers a unique “Highlights” feature that […] © 2024 TechCrunch….