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#information-technology

Hiring kit: Computer research scientist

PURPOSE Industries that depend on information technology and related fields of research often call upon the computer research scientist for innovative ideas.This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium provides an adjustable framework your business can use to find the right person for the job.

A report by the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on security shortcomings at America's K-12 schools isn't good news.The Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K-12 organizations from Cybersecurity Threats study and its accompanying digital toolkit conclude that K-12 organizations, which cover American schoolchildren from the age of five up until graduation around the age of 18, are all suffering from a lack of resources, clarity, and prioritization of IT security needs.

Demo: How to use Microsoft Lists with Power BI

This is the demonstration file to accompany the article, How to use Microsoft Lists with Power BI by Susan Harkins.Finding the right person to fill the role of robotics engineer can be tricky because of the combination of skills required.This kit includes a detailed job description, sample interview questions and a concise want advertisement to simplify the task.

Organizations, regardless of size, face ever-increasing information technology and data security threats.Everything from physical sites to data, applications, networks and systems are under attack.Worse, neither an organization nor its managers need to prove prominent or controversial to prove a target.

Use of free open-source code can be a massive accelerant when building complex software applications.Why reinvent wheels?And depending on resources and budget, sometimes it's the only practical way.But like with most things, free often isn't really free.The cost is just transferred somewhere else.When it comes to open source, these short-term savings can have significant long-term consequences for your intellectual property rights.

Thank you for the front-page story about the Jackson Park cherry trees ( "Failure to bloom," May 1).Our family has been the landlord for the purple martin towers there for nearly 20 years, and we have enjoyed watching the trees' progress and the pleasure they bring to visitors.The Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge, which connects the banks of the Columbia Basin where the trees are planted, has been fenced off for 10 years now.

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology said on Monday it will support enterprises in building large AI models that compare to ChatGPT, as China's tech giants rush to deliver their own generative AI chatbots.The agency announced it would support enterprises to build the models as well as an ecology of open source frameworks.

Lloyd Morrisett, a psychologist whose young daughter's viewing habits inspired the creation of the revolutionary children's educational television program Sesame Street, and whose fund-raising helped get it off the ground, died on Jan. 15 at his home in San Diego.He was 93.His daughter Julie Morrisett confirmed the death.

True story: When I won the Nobel Prize in 2008, Princeton quickly set up a special event on campus and reserved a parking space for me in front of Robertson Hall.But when I drove up in my 2004 Jetta, the security people frantically tried to wave me away.They clearly didn't find it plausible that a laureate would be driving such a modest car.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed on Wednesday a package of seven bills designated to help struggling families, working parents, guardians and caregivers in the city.Two bills in particular - Intros 487-A and 485-A - contribute to the mayor's Accessible, Equitable, High-Quality, Affordable: A Blueprint for Child Care & Early Education plan by establishing accessible portals for child care subsidies, as well as a directory of child care programs across the city.

City Department of Social Services (DSS) boss Molly Wasow Park refuted a new analysis from the city Independent Budget Office (IBO) finding Mayor Eric Adams' administration's migrant crisis cost estimate of $4.3 billion is overblown, during a Monday City Council hearing examining her agency's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year.

As inclusive as I try to be, I'm as limited as anyone by unconscious bias.Take, for example, my latest response to a young-looking man wanting to look more mature."I found your advice wanting for people like me," said David Barrett, a retiree in Ellicott City, Md., and self-described "brown-skinned, African American male."

A "standout" student at Bowdoin College died from an allergic reaction this week, just a few months into his freshman year.Omar Osman died on the way to the hospital the night of Dec. 3, Bowdoin President Clayton Rose announced in a statement.Osman had a severe nut allergy, and was rushed to a hospital after an unexpected exposure, according to a letter written by Jake Langlais, the superintendent of Lewiston (Maine) Public Schools, where Osman attended high school.

China's social media platform has more than 106.9 million adult users in Indonesia.Bali, Indonesia  Like many in his village, Inggit Pambudi and his wife Mudya Ayu earn a living making and selling headscarves.The couple are part of the thousands of home industries in West Java's district of Cicalengka, known as Kampung Hijab, or Hijab Village.

March 21, 2023 - On March 14, two departments at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health celebrated Pi Day by sharing and eating a wide variety of homemade pies.Pi Day recognizes the number π, or pi, and its mathematical significance in describing circles.The day is observed on March 14, corresponding to the first three digits of pi, 3.14.

Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Twitter will start suspending accounts linking to "prohibited platforms" such as Facebook and Instagram if those accounts are "used for the main purpose of promoting content on another social platform," the Elon Musk-owned company announced Sunday.

Moscow has blocked all access to Twitter since February in a wider effort to limit the spread of propaganda.... [+]
getty  Users in Russia won't be able to use Twitter even though Elon Musk restored thousands of accounts.Moscow blocked Twitter access in February as part of its wider effort to stop the spread of information after it invaded Ukraine unprovoked.