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OpenAI Will Work on Hardware Products With Jony Ive
Jony Ive, the famous designer responsible for many of Apple’s most well-known products, is teaming up with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. This new company will focus on hardware that incorporates AI. This partnership, which has led to the creation of a new company called “io,” will bring AI even closer than before. The plan is to use OpenAI’s…
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Beyond the office: Preparing for disasters in a remote work world
Despite high-profile return-to-office mandates from the likes of Amazon, AT&T, Dell, and even the US government, many organizations continue to support employees who work remotely. According to a November 2024 Gallup poll, 26% of US workers with remote-capable jobs work outside the office full-time. Embracing remote work opens the door to having employees located in different parts of the country…
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Hybrid models have changed the way we work – but not where we live
The rise of hybrid working has changed office life — but not had that much of an impact on the rest of our lives. That’s according to academic research from the ESRC Centre for Population Change project. A recent study found disadvantaged regions hadn’t benefited from the rise in working from home, which many hoped would help spread talent and…
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‘Employees aren’t having it’: European workers are pushing back on the US-style ‘always on’ work culture – many are worried about the rise of ‘hustle culture’ and a third would quit if forced back to the office
European workers are looking warily across the Atlantic, worried that US corporate culture could start creeping in across the region. More than eight-in-ten employees across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain told careers site Zety that high-pressure US work environments, highlighted by figures such as Elon Musk, could start influencing their own workplace. A third said they’d start looking…
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How gen AI can make your business work faster – really – Computerworld
About Smart Answers Smart Answers is an AI-based chatbot tool designed to help you discover content, answer questions, and go deep on the topics that matter to you. Each week we send you the three most popular questions asked by our readers, and the answers Smart Answers provides. Developed in partnership with Miso.ai, Smart Answers draws only on editorial content…
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The days of bringing your own device to work could be coming to an end
While bringing your own device to work might be convenient, many enterprises look set to crack down on the practice, new research shows. In a survey conducted by Kinly, more than half (52%) of enterprises said they are mulling a ban on personal devices at the office, with laptops, tablets, and webcams all set for the chopping block. A key…
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Almost a third of workers are covertly using AI at work – here’s why that’s a terrible idea
Almost half of office workers say they’re using AI tools that aren’t provided by their employer, with nearly a third keeping it a secret. For 36%, the reason is that they feel it gives them a secret advantage, while three-in-ten worry their job may be cut. More than a quarter say they’re suffering from AI-fueled imposter syndrome, saying they don’t…
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What Is Cryptography and How Does It Work?
Ever wondered how your online data and conversations stay secure from hackers and intruders? That’s the work of cryptography, a technology we rely on daily, often without even realizing it. Here’s how it all works behind the scenes. What Is Cryptography? Lucas Gouveia / How-To Geek | PrimSeafood / Shutterstock Imagine sending a secret note to a friend in class.…
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What It’s Like to Work in Space: Inside an Astronaut’s Routine
Working in space is more than floating in microgravity. Astronauts train intensely and use advanced tools to not only survive, but also conduct advanced scientific research. Given the difficulties, how do they pull it off? An Astronaut’s Workplace Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is a the workplace and home of astronauts on long-duration missions in…
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‘TPUs just work’: Why Google Cloud is betting big on its custom chips
Google’s investment in tensor processing units (TPUs) is necessary to meet growing demand for AI inference, according to an expert at the firm. At Google Cloud Next 2025, the cloud giant unveiled ‘Ironwood’, its seventh generation TPU, which it billed as a market-leading solution for running AI workloads at scale. The chip will power Gemini and other AI models within…
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