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C-Term 2022 Academic Technology News | Announcements | News | WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

We hope everyone had a restful break and is ready to begin 2022! Here’s your periodic reminder that the ATC is here to help facilitate delivery of academic content on-campus or remotely. If you have a...

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Live news from January 10: Pfizer and Moderna step up efforts on Omicron-targeting vaccine, Fed’s second-in-command resigns after trading scandal, US and Russia extend talks over Ukraine crisis

A second Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York has unionised, strengthening an unprecedented wave of labour organising throughout the coffee chain.The National Labor Relations Board announced Monday th...

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NC State Distinguished Education Professor Hollylynne Lee Receives Cherry Award

For Immediate ReleaseHollylynne S. Leehollylynne@ncsu.eduLaura Oleniacz, NC State News Servicesljolenia@ncsu.eduHollylynne S. Lee, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education at No...

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NMSU names Kevin James Comerford dean of Library

LAS CRUCES - Following a national search, New Mexico State University has selected Kevin James Comerford as the next dean of the NMSU Library.Renay Scott, NMSU’s vice president for student success and...

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Conferences comeback faces climate challenge

Jan 28 (Reuters) - The coronavirus may have transformed office life but it hasn't altered the conference circuit.Event organizers are planning a return to in-person confabs as soon as the pandemic dis...

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AMTRON Recruitment 2022 – IT Manager Vacancy, Job Openings

About Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON): AMTRON has always been ahead on the Technology Curve since the very inception in 1984. We take pride in being amongst the first focused s...

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EU backs U.S. tech trade declaration after French concerns

BRUSSELS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - European Union governments committed to a joint EU-U.S. declaration on technology cooperation on Wednesday, just in time for a key transatlantic meeting, after France thr...

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Why gaming is the new big tech battleground

San Francisco/Tokyo | Microsoft’s audacious $US75 billion ($104.5 billion) move on games publisher Activision Blizzard has detonated a bomb under the games industry.Along with the proposed deal’s...

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France rebukes U.S. AI company for privacy breaches

PARIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - French data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered U.S.-based Clearview AI, a facial recognition company that has collected 10 billion images worldwide, to stop amassing and using...

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Why aren’t more girls in the UK choosing to study computing and technology?

Getting women into tech careers has never been more important, but teachers believe old-fashioned stereotypes about subjects such as design and technology and computer science put girls off choosing t...

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Facial recognition technology ramps up, but lacks "checks and balances"

For the first time in the United States, some schools could start using facial recognition for security. Lockport Public Schools in western New York started testing it this week.It's one of the many a...

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Hot topics: China’s crackdown on entertainment industry targeting overpaid actors, ‘sissy idols’, fan culture and more

The crackdown began in June when the Cyberspace Administration of China posted a statement on its official website. It said that fans had been fighting and spreading rumours online, which “disrupted t...

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TikTok user discovers best word to kick off Wordle puzzle

If you’ve been on the internet over the past month you would no doubt be familiar with Wordle, the puzzle game taking social media by storm. But have you ever wondered what the best word to kick off t...

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Year in Review – Climate Change and the Construction Industry

Key trends over the past yearIn the past year we have seen a multitude of legal issues relating to climate change which are relevant for construction clients.In Australia, they include the following:C...

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Advancing precision medicine through agile governance Advancing precision medicine through agile governance

SummaryThe convergence of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, including genome editing and artificial intelligence, are revolutionizing modern medicine. At the nexus of these tools sits the eme...

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