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Workers are faking productivity levels, and it’s hitting businesses hard – ‘productivity theater’ is placing the burden on a smaller pool of workers and causing stress levels to soar
Two-thirds of UK workers are pretending to be more productive than they are and carrying out tasks to appear busy without actually doing meaningful work. Research from Asana found 67% of workers admit to ‘productivity theater’ in their daily workflows. This, the study noted, is a term used to describe workers performing tasks to appear productive without actually progressing in…
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Apple Launches Smaller Mac mini with M4 Chips, 64GB RAM, and Thunderbolt 5
Today is Day Two of Apple’s “exciting week of announcements,” and we’ve got the next generation of Apple’s portable desktop computer — the Mac mini. As anticipated, the Cupertino giant skipped the M3 chip and jumped straight from M2 to the flagship M4 chipset. With a fresh and ultraportable design, the 2024 Mac mini marks the first-ever major redesign of Apple’s…
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How to make Taskbar icons smaller on Windows 11
To make icons smaller in the Taskbar for Windows 11, open Settings > Personalization > Taskbar, click on “Taskbar behaviors,” and choose the “Always” option for the “Show smaller taskbar buttons” setting. On Windows 11, you can now change the size of the app icons that appear in the Taskbar to make them smaller. Although Microsoft still doesn’t want you…
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Proofpoint touts the benefits of having smaller models in its cybersecurity tools
Proofpoint is focused on having smaller, more efficient AI models to power the company’s cybersecurity tools, according to execs at Proofpoint Protect London 2024. Daniel Rapp, VP of AI at Proofpoint, described the firm’s concerns on stage for the opening keynote, saying that one of the challenges it is facing is how to reduce the size of its models for…
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Windows 11 adds option to make Taskbar icons smaller (build 22635.4291) in Beta Channel
Microsoft releases Windows 11 build 22635.4291 (23H2) with changes to privacy settings, improvements to the Task Manager, and a new option to make Taskbar icons smaller. Windows 11 build 26120.1912 (24H2) was also released with 6GHz support for the Mobile hotspot feature. Microsoft has announced the release of two new previews for Windows 11, including build 22635.4291 (KB5043166) in the…
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Checkr ditches GPT-4 for a smaller genAI model, streamlines background checks
Checkr provides 1.5 million personnel background checks per month for more than 100,000 businesses, a process that requires generative AI (genAI) and machine learning tools to sift through massive amounts of unstructured data. The automation engine produces a report about each potential job prospect based on background information that can come from a number of sources, and it categorizes criminal…
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Why You Should Incorporate Smaller Races Into Your Marathon Training
I love running, but I do not love racing. I find that races suck out the joy of running for mental clarity, and replace it with long bathroom lines. And yet, I’m addicted to crossing that finish line after 26.2 miles. This week, after running a half-marathon where I improved my race pace by about a minute per mile, I’m…
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With genAI models, size matters (and smaller may be better) – Computerworld
Brown described data scientists as unicorns right now — rare and often demanding the pay of a mythical creature, as well. “And rightly so,” he said. Most organizations can only employ a handful of data scientists at best, whether due to a scarcity of qualified talent or the cost of employing them, “which creates bottlenecks when it comes to effectively…
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