#consultancy

[ follow ]
GameSpot
1 month ago
Video games

Halo On PlayStation Is Something Xbox Has Considered For A Long Time

Microsoft considered bringing Halo to PlayStation for financial gain and brand improvement.
Microsoft used a consultancy company to simulate scenarios involving competition like PlayStation for strategic planning. [ more ]
restaurants
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Historic downtown San Jose office building eyed for housing high-rise

SAN JOSE The iconic Bank of Italy office tower in downtown San Jose may gain a new mission as a housing high-rise, a conversion being discussed against the forbidding backdrop of an office market that continues to wobble.Converting the high-profile, nearly century-old tower to residential units could be a winner for the property, considering the shortage of housing in the Bay Area and the post-pandemic woes afflicting the regional office market.
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
East Bay (California)

Google moves into two big San Jose buildings within huge tech campus

A sign in a tech complex that Google has named its Brokaw Campus, located on Brokaw Road between North First Street and Bering Drive in north San Jose.SAN JOSE Google has moved into two San Jose buildings that are part of a huge tech campus where the search giant could eventually employ thousands if it fills all the buildings it has leased at that site.
Eater Chicago
1 year ago
Chicago

Guinness Targets a Summer Opening For Chicago Brewpub

Guinness won't make its Chicago dream come true this year by opening its brewpub in time for St. Patrick's Day.But opening a new restaurant in the summer in Chicago isn't a bad consultation prize.The brewpub, announced in September 2021, is coming along at the corner of Kinzie and Morgan, a three-minute walk north of Randolph Restaurant Row in a mostly industrial part of the West Loop where places like Recess and Tabu have found a home.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Google salvages and adapts older parts of downtown San Jose village

Sunlite Bakery Bread Depot building at 145 South Montgomery Street in downtown San Jose, entrance.(Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE Google has pushed ahead with efforts to salvage parts of older buildings as well as rescue complete historic structures that are within the footprint of the search giant's downtown San Jose transit village.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Google demolishes and rescues parts of old downtown San Jose bakery

Gateway section near Water Company Building within Google's Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose, concept.SAN JOSE  Google construction crews have begun in earnest the demolition and salvage of parts of an old downtown San Jose bakery building that's in the footprint of the tech titan's future transit village.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Fresh details emerge for big affordable homes complex in San Jose

SAN JOSE  Fresh plans have emerged for a big complex of hundreds of affordable homes that would replace a retail center in San Jose, according to city planning documents.The housing would be built at 2628 and 2638 Union Avenue near South Bascom Avenue, the public records show.The current version of the six-story mixed-use project proposes 260 apartments and 2,400 square feet of ground-floor retail, according to the proposal.
morerestaurants
www.standard.co.uk
10 months ago
London

Leytonstone School forced to close after IT system hacked in devastating' cyber attack

A London school has been forced to close after its IT system was hacked in a devastating attack.Leytonstone School in Waltham Forest has been closed since half term after it was targeted in a critical IT incident, in which a significant amount of personal data was accessed.Only pupils taking GCSEs are currently able to attend the school, while children in all other year groups at the 800-pupil secondary school are at home remote learning.
recent-years
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Second jobs for Chicago aldermen could be banned under proposal

The ability of Chicago aldermen to hold down outside jobs would be sharply curtailed under a proposed ordinance.Ald.Andre Vasquez, 40th, is taking another stab at the measure that was sidelined last term that would bar him and City Council colleagues from holding outside jobs.In a proposed ordinance filed last week, Vasquez's measure stipulates "serving as alderperson shall be considered a full-time job" and allows only a few carve-outs for attorneys performing pro-bono work and aldermen who are landlords for fewer than five properties.
Exchangewire
11 months ago
Marketing tech

The Current Retail Media Landscape

Touted as digital advertising's "third wave", retail media has emerged as one of the hottest topics in ad tech.Although the Covid-19 pandemic initially forced retailers to shift their focus onto the medium, retail media's exponential growth can be attributed to a couple of key factors.The first is how the medium fits in with evolving privacy regulations: retail media is a goldmine for detailed first-party data, allowing advertisers to sidestep privacy concerns associated with third-party data cookies entirely.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Ministers quietly scrap limits on Whitehall spending on consultants

Ministers have quietly dropped restrictions on spending controls, allowing Whitehall departments to spend millions more on external consultants.The limits were introduced under David Cameron in 2011, requiring central authorisation if contracts with firms such as Deloitte or KPMG lasted more than nine months or exceeded 20,000.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Making Science Recognised by Google Cloud as Fastest-Growing Partner in Sales in 2022

Making Science, a digital acceleration company, has received the Cloud 2022 Award in the Sales Growth in 2022 category, from Google Cloud.With this recognition, which is part of Google Cloud Iberia's 'Hackathon Awards 2022', the technology giant seeks to reward the work of various companies in areas such as growth, investment in capacities or growth, investment in capabilities or industry solutions.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Tourist destinations gear up for summer without Russian visitors

Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus face uncertain summer season as numbers of Russian tourists slump amid war on Ukraine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Sports

Peter Moore, a Force in the 1980s Sneaker Revolution, Dies at 78

He was a key member of the team at Nike that changed sneaker culture by developing the enduringly popular Air Jordan.
morerecent-years
Design
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

IDEO designs Pallana lamp with adjustable ring lights for Moooi

IDEO's Clark Scheffy and Thomas Overthun describe the "controlled chaos" of the design consultancy's Pallana suspension lamp in this exclusive Design Dreams video produced by Dezeen for Moooi.The Pallana light is a suspension lamp that supports six ring lights that can be angled according to the needs of its user.
www.dezeen.com
11 months ago
Design

Minnie Moll, Omar Gandhi and Zhu Pei named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges

Design Council chief executive Minnie Moll and architects Omar Gandhi, Zhu Pei, Olga Bogdanova and Byoungsoo Cho have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, is open for entries.There is less than one month left to submit your project before midnight London time on 1 June and avoid late entry fees.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

World's first fully biodegradable COVID test aims at tackling our massive medical waste problem - Yanko Design

A London-based design consultancy has created a concept testing device for Covid-19 that cuts down on the single-use plastic waste that has plagued us since the beginning of the pandemic.
moreDesign
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

"AI is not going away" - Canva founder Cliff Obrecht on the future of design

Canva has had an eventful few months.In March, the Australian design platform unveiled a whole suite of new branding templates and AI-powered tools, with its Magic Edit feature enjoying particular popularity on TikTok.And now, hot off the heels of its acquisition of Flourish, the company has introduced a host of new data visualisation tools.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

The world's first AI statue is a wild mashup of styles

(Image credit: Sandvik / Tecniska)
With the ever-encroaching advance of AI image generators, it was perhaps only a matter of time.But a museum in Sweden has marked a new milestone in AI art: the exhibition of what's described as the world's first AI-generated statue.The statue on display at Stockholm's Tekniska was created using text prompts to combine elements of the work of Michelangelo, Rodin, Käthe Kollwitz, Takamura Kotaro and Augusta Savage.
Itsnicethat
1 year ago
Graphic design

DixonBaxi makes over Paddington Central with a brand that changes day to night

Paddington Central, a British Land canalside location featuring office, residential, hotel, retail and leisure spaces, has received a new brand from DixonBaxi.DixonBaxi previously collaborated with property company British Land on what it called a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" rebranding Canada Water.
Medium
1 year ago
Graphic design

Pros and Cons of Being a Designer at an Agency vs. In-House

Let's jump right into it, shall we?
Itsnicethat
1 year ago
Graphic design

Sylvain MLS Next Pro rebrand includes a custom typeface that dodges and dashes like an athlete

Sylvain 's new identity for MLS Next Pro, with its animated custom typeface that moves like soccer players on the pitch, is about as far away as you can get from the current MLS brand.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Downtown San Jose housing and office complex may add live/work spaces

SAN JOSE Office and retail spaces in a prominent downtown San Jose residential and commercial complex near the footprint of Google's transit village might become live/work units under a new proposal.Vespaio, a seven-story building at 130 Stockton Avenue near the SAP Center and Diridon train station in downtown San Jose, is a mixed-use complex with residences, retail and creative office spaces.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Downtown San Jose building with Wild West ties might be bulldozed

115 Terraine Street, a building totaling 44,700 square feet in downtown San Jose, as seen in the 1940s when it was a Levi Strauss manufacturing center.SAN JOSE A veteran developer wants to bulldoze a downtown San Jose with ties to Wild West icon Levi Strauss & Co. and replace it with a parking lot.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

VTA lease is set to displace two popular downtown San Jose merchants

SAN JOSE  A regional transit agency's pursuit of an information office for future BART stations in downtown San Jose is poised to displace two long-time merchants in a prime location.The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has struck a deal to lease space on the ground floor of 2 North Market St. in San Jose, which is at one of the busy intersections in the city's downtown.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Singapore's Canary Wharf Is Running Out of Office Space

Gardens by the Bay, from left, Marina Bay Sands, and the central business district in Singapore, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021.Singapore is looking to launch new vaccinated travel lanes by the end of the year and is in negotiations with several countries including those in Europe and also the U.S., Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong said, signaling continued caution even as other advanced economies open up.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Silicon Valley real estate

Downtown San Jose tower lands real estate buyer from Beverly Hills

SAN JOSE  A big downtown San Jose housing highrise has been bought by veteran real estate players from Beverly Hills in a deal that points to ongoing confidence in the city's urban core.Centerra, a prominent 21-story residential tower in downtown San Jose, has been bought for $185 million, according to documents filed on Oct. 26 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

500-plus homes could replace surface parking lot in San Jose

SAN JOSE - A big surface parking lot amid north San Jose's tech hubs could be developed as a residential complex with more than 500 homes, city documents show.
Medium
11 months ago
Vue

How I've Shifted My Angular App to a Standalone Components Approach

The standalone components concept was introduced with Angular v14 as an experimental feature, which was announced as optional, easily coexisting with the traditional ngModule-basedapproach.Standalone components can be considered game changers in Angular-based applications, due to massive simplification and reducing bundle size by removing unnecessary imports.
Deep House London
11 months ago
London music

Kabana Ubud - The party hotel in Bali | News | Deep House London

K Club Hotel and Kabana Ubud are the best club and party hotel in Ubud - an idyllic paradise that invites you to stay in luxury bohemian villas, party deep in the jungle with mesmeric lights and lasers, dance by a lush infinity pool and head back to your villa for the afters with your own crew.The stunning club is the only one of its kind in the region and has welcomed the likes of Undercatt, David Mayer, Birds of Mind, Shouse, Zuma Dionys, Fake Mood, Darin Epsilon with much more planned this season.
RAIN News
11 months ago
Music

Post navigation

From Sirius to Soundrise Eileen Bagshaw, formerly an account director of podcasts at SiriusXM, announces that she has started as Director, National Accounts at Soundrise, a revenue development company for non-profit radio.It's the latest in an executive audio career that includes stints at Stitcher, NPR, and New York Public Radio.
AdExchanger
11 months ago
Marketing tech

Meet The Digital Marketer Who Spent Two Years Working For The FTC | AdExchanger

In May 2020, AdExchanger published an article with the headline, "FTC Seeks Ad Tech Pros To Bone Up On The 'Opaque' Business Of Digital Advertising."The story was pitched to us by the then-director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, who was looking for two people with a deep understanding of digital advertising to join the FTC for a couple of years to help the commissioners and staff develop in-house expertise.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

fifty-five's Record-Setting Growth in 2022 Sparks an Expansion of Services & Brand Refresh - ExchangeWire.com

fifty-five, a global martech consultancy that empowers brands to unite and fully optimise siloed data across all channels to drive business results, today (February 16th, 2023) unveiled record-setting growth for 2022 and an expanded suite of offerings to help companies drive data-driven privacy-centric solutions.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Recently Relaunched Agency Anagram Wants To Serve The Smaller Fish | AdExchanger

By
In October, Anagram spun off from programmatic platform Digilant and relaunched as a full-service media agency.Since then, it's set its sights on serving the little guys.The big holding companies often consider midmarket brands to be too small to pay attention to.Most holdco agencies "don't get out of bed for less than $100 million a day," said Keisha Andrews, Anagram's new VP and head of media.
MarTech
2 years ago
Marketing tech

Getting the right people to support your CDP implementation

A lot of research and planning goes into selecting the right CDP.
Digiday
11 months ago
Marketing

Commerce media grows more dominant by the year, forcing media agencies to keep pace with change

As the media and marketing industries grapple with economic worries that just won't let up, instinctually marketers and agencies have turned to performance-driven options that deliver a quick and obvious return on investment.Tie in that the pandemic put e-commerce into hyperdrive as people were stuck at home, and the result is an alignment of scenarios has led to the explosion of commerce media in the last two years.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Mental health

He passed the bee baton on to me': people who inherit hobbies

It's fair to say Alasdair Friend didn't always picture himself as a beekeeper.But when a diagnosis of motor neurone disease meant his father was no longer able to tend to his hives, Friend resolved to carry on his passion.He was not without doubts at first: I remember driving back with this actively buzzing box of 40,000 bees and thinking, what have I signed up for?
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Bringing Unwilling Licensors to the Table

"What is needed to bring unwilling licensors to the table is a set of ex-ante rules that apply pre-litigation that compel licensors to enter into FRAND licensing negotiations in good faith.The aim should be to decrease the amount of cases going to court."Editor's note: The author represents clients chiefly characterized as implementer companies, though many have considerable patent portfolios of their own, including SEPs, and participate in standards development.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

From Privacy-Safe To Privacy-Sensitive: A Better Way To Approach Data | AdExchanger

Data-Driven Thinking Today's column is written by Femi Taiwo, head of consultancy, Europe, at Assembly Global  " is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.It's no secret that marketing is transforming.Everybody wants to own or build their own ad network (we see you, Apple ... and the resurrection of Quattro Wireless).
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Daniel Greenberg becomes MPs' standards tsar in wake of outside job scandals

Daniel Greenberg has been confirmed as the UK's new parliamentary standards commissioner and will take over from Kathryn Stone in January.
ComputerWeekly.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Annual costs of Hackney ransomware attack exceed 12m

The cost of the October 2020 Pysa ransomware attack on the systems of Hackney Council in London continues to mount, with the local authority spending £12.2m during the past financial year (2021-22).
Podcasternews
11 months ago
Podcast

Tom Dark Launches Darkside Media

Tom Dark has launched Darkside Media, a multifaceted media company which specializes in TV promotion and podcast production.Darkside Media represents a new chapter in the career of the award-winning music TV and podcast expert who rose through the ranks during a 19-year career at Warner Records to become the label's Head of TV Promotions and Podcasting.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Businesses face 300m-per-year bill under new Government proposals'

Businesses across England could be saddled with bills for around 150 a year under new Government proposals intended to help them with their tax.A requirement for businesses to update the Government annually could cost a total of around 300 million a year, analysis by Gerald Eve, a real-estate advisory company, has found.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Is there an egg shortage?

Shoppers buying eggs have been faced with empty shelves and told to ration purchases as a shortage grips the UK.Customers at Sainsbury's and Tesco have turned up to stores to find eggs out of stock, while at least one Lidl branch has told shoppers they can only buy three boxes at a time.Wetherspoons is also reportedly serving full English breakfasts without eggs as it grapples with supply issues.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Egg shortage prompts supermarkets to ration supplies

Shoppers buying eggs have been faced with empty shelves and told to ration purchases as a shortage grips the UK.Customers at Sainsbury's and Tesco have turned up to stores to find eggs out of stock, while at least one Lidl branch has told shoppers they can only buy three boxes at a time.Wetherspoons is also reportedly serving full English breakfasts without eggs as it grapples with supply issues.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Treasury chief secretary barred from housing decisions because of property firm

The Treasury chief secretary has been barred from involvement in planning and housing decisions because of his lucrative property interests, he has revealed.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Russian ambassador summoned as Britain imposes new sanctions on Moscow

Britain has ramped up sanctions against Russia, with new measures targeting vulnerable sectors of the economy, in response to President Vladimir Putin's illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Government backs proposed restrictions on MPs' second jobs

The Government has backed MPs' plans that would tighten the rules around second jobs and consulting.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Warning: 10+1 UX Design Job Description Red Flags

During the past decade, I've applied for hundreds of UX designer jobs in the industry across multiple countries and noticed 11 red flags.I find these red flags in UX design job description signal potential issues with the role, the company, or the company's culture.Watch out for these and run away while you can.
Dezeen
1 year ago
UX design

Workspace Design Show returns with over 100 speakers

annual trade fair Workspace Design Show returns to London for its second edition, which will see design experts debate topics such as optimising real estate with flexible design, employee wellbeing and designing the future workspace experience.The Workspace Design Show takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington from 27 to 28 February 2023.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

China portrays Xi's Russia trip as bid for leadership of non-Western world

Newspapers featuring a front-page photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on Tuesday.(Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)For audiences in China, Xi Jinping's visit to Russia this week was a show of strength and a testament to Beijing's bid for global leadership.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Will capping the price of Russian oil end Ukraine invasion?

Western nations aim to cut off funds flowing to Moscow's war effort, but Ukraine says it's not enough.After months of negotiations, Western nations and their allies have agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 a barrel.Group of Seven (G7) countries, the European Union, and Australia hope it will reduce Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
Theregister
1 year ago
Europe news

Nvidia finally shuts down its Russian offices

GPU maker Nvidia is shutting down its operations in Russia following its earlier decision to stop selling products there.
Theregister
1 year ago
Europe news

UK imposes sanctions on IT services to Russia

Fresh export sanctions were leveled at Russia by the UK last week, with IT consultancy among other professional services that are banned.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Can Europeans live without Russian gas?

Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after they declined to pay for imports in roubles.
The crisis between Russia and Europe, sparked by the war in Ukraine, has taken yet another turn.
odsc.medium.com
1 year ago
Data science

Learn More About a Few ODSC East 2023 Instructors and Why They're Fit for the Job

As you know, ODSC East brings together some of the best and brightest minds in data science and AI.They are experts in machine learning, NLP, deep learning, data engineering, MLOps, and data visualization.However, our speakers are also experienced and acclaimed instructors, able to impart their knowledge in a manner that is engaging and effective.
VentureBeat
1 year ago
Data science

Two Sigma acquires Hivemind, strengthens data-driven investing

Were you unable to attend Transform 2022?Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now!Watch here.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Some buyers find deals in shifting Southern California housing market

Stephen Jackson lost out on more than a dozen properties ashomeprices surged during the pandemic housing boom.He finally called off his search in 2021 when someone outbid him for a Tarzana condo by $25,000 - and paid in cash."I was like, 'I am never going to get a freaking home here,'" the 31-year-old human resources manager said.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Winds shred tarp that had covered downtown San Jose historic building

A roofline and the structure of First Church of Christ Scientist, located at 43 East St. James Street in downtown San Jose, is exposed to the elements, February 2023.SAN JOSE Recent windy weather has shredded a tarp that had been covering an old church in downtown San Jose, exposing the historic building to winter's elements, including fierce rain storms.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Chinese real estate firm neglects San Jose historic church project

First Church of Christ Scientist, a historic building located at 43 East St. James Street in downtown San Jose, constructed in 1905.The building as it appeared in 2010.SAN JOSE A China-based real estate firm has neglected to follow through on the preservation and revamp of a century-old downtown San Jose church, leaving city officials increasingly frustrated by the developer's inaction.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ex-MP tried to claim up to 30,000 from taxpayer to fund cocaine habit'

A former MP tried to fraudulently claim up to 30,000 in taxpayers' money to fund an extensive cocaine habit, prosecutors have said.Jared O'Mara, 41, who represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, is on trial for submitting dishonest invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Sara Goldrick-Rab resigns from Temple, Hope Center

Sara Goldrick-Rab resigned Friday as founding president of the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University, and from her professorship at Temple, following an investigation into her leadership of the center.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Standards committee drops changes to limit time MPs spend on second jobs

An attempt to limit the amount of time MPs can spend on second jobs has been dropped, with other rules around lobbying tightened up to avoid a repeat of the Owen Paterson scandal.
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

New MPs' code of conduct to tighten lobbying rules

The planned rules were drawn up by the Commons Standards Committee after a string of lobbying scandals.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Why Macron Is Risking a Wave of Unrest Over Pensions

For more than a quarter of a century, there hasn't been a French president who didn't try to fix the country's gigantic state pension system, and Emmanuel Macron is no exception.The 45-year-old leader, who was elected for a second five-year term in 2022, is trying to erase the system's deficit and boost the economy by raising the minimum age for claiming a pension.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | The US Labor Market Is Looser Than It Appears

Most seers believe the US labor market is overly strong.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | FedEx's Pricing Power Isn't Working and Won't Last

After carving a fifth off the market value of FedEx Corp. last week when it withdrew its annual forecast and announced preliminary results that fell well short of expectations, investors were in a more forgiving mood on Thursday for the full quarterly report.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Wall Street Is in Denial Over the Economy

We know that the US economy is currently weak, but the real economy is really weak, and the Federal Reserve's commitment to precipitate a recession to curb high inflation will make this reality obvious to seemingly oblivious investors.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | New HSBC Breakup Plan Is Still Deeply Unconvincing

Ping An Insurance Co. has little chance of winning big backers for its quest to break up HSBC Holdings Plc if the best that can be said for the plan is a lackluster value analysis laid out by a Hong Kong-based consultancy.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Report: Tesla used PR firm to track workers on Facebook during 2017 union push

Tesla used a public relations firm to monitor employees' social media activity at a time when some were attempting unionize, according to a CNBC report.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

She Is Africa's First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable?

Before Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown exploded into a sprawling metropolis eating up wooded hills and encroaching on the Atlantic Eugenia Kargbo loved it for the pristine beaches and lush forests that once enveloped the city, and for its green landscape.Ms. Kargbo, who grew up in the capital in the 1990s, would like to see the city reclaim those vistas.
Medium
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT CEO Unveils His Plan for the Future

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Twitter that ChatGPT, the AI assistant based on the GPT-3.5 architecture for natural language interaction with humans, had reached one million users just a few days after its launch.The chatbot has been well-received for its high-quality, longer output and improved ability to follow instructions, surpassing the performance of previous models.
Bavarian Football Works
1 year ago
Bayern Munich

Herbert Hainer stresses Oliver Kahn's importance to the DFL

Donata Hopfen has officially stepped down from her role as CEO of the DFL, a position that she had taken over from Christian Seifert as of January 1st, 2022.She was the first woman in a top position in the German football governing body, but her tenure comes to an end well short of her contract, which was set to run through 2024.
TechRepublic
1 year ago
Business intelligence

What does 'data-driven' really mean?

"Data-driven" is a commonly-used term these days.Everyone is saying it, but do they really know what it means or how to develop data-driven operations in their businesses?There are many steps to becoming data-driven, whereby decisions are made based on data, not intuition; the early building blocks of data discovery and strategy are essential to becoming a truly data-driven enterprise.
Foodie in Barcelona
1 year ago
Barcelona food

Best Korean Restaurants Barcelona - Foodie in Barcelona

Mi Mi grew up in New York where she worked in PR for the Lifestyle, Travel + Hospitality sectors working with brands such as Chateau Marmont and The Standard Hotels.She moved to Barcelona during the first summer of the pandemic and shortly after we met for lunch and became food friends.Mi Mi had some stints in local PR firms, but decided to establish her own consultancy, LLUM Factory, serving local and international markets to the standards she learned during her many years working at top agencies in New York.
Adweek
1 year ago
Marketing

UK SEO Firm Rise at Seven Agrees to Co-Founder Management Buyout

Search-first creative agency Rise at Seven, which has offices in the U.K. and plans to open in New York, has restructured its leadership team following a full management buyout conducted by co-founder Carrie Rose.The consultancy, founded in 2019 and has worked with companies such as Park Dean Resorts, Game and Paymentsense, has undergone a debt-free buyout which will see co-founder Stephen Kenwright exit, leaving Rose with full ownership.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Why McKinsey sees 'commerce media' as the go-to media and marketing investment channel of the future

| By Michael Bürgi
Kevin Kim, directed by Ivy Liu
Theregister
1 year ago
Environment

New chipmaker consortium wants to hit net zero by 2050

A newly created semiconductor industry body is attending the COP27 climate conference this week to talk about members' aims to hit net zero emissions by 2050 - and hopefully clean up the chip industry's act.The Semiconductor Climate Consortium ( SCC) was formed at the start of November and comprises more than 60 founding members, including some of the biggest chip manufacturers such as Intel, Micron, GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Samsung and SK hynix.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Environment

Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says

Australia's Sky News channel has become a central source for climate science misinformation around the world, gaining high traction among conservative social media influencers and networks, according to a report.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Interest rates likely to jump as markets await Bank of England decision

Mortgage rates are expected to jump on Thursdayin response to the largest increase in the Bank of England's base rate since 1989, as the central bank tries to bring down an inflation rate expected to remain in double figures until at least next spring.Marking the eighth consecutive interest rate rise, the Bank of England is expected to push the base interest rate up by 0.75 percentage points to 3% after what is likely to be a tense meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC).
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Energy bill cap forecast to hit 4,347 after Truss U-turn on support

The average annual energy bill will rises to more than 4,000 from April after Liz Truss's U-turn over her policy to ease the cost of living crisis, according to the sector's leading forecaster.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Thatcher ministers turn on Liz Truss over tax cut plans

Tory grandees who served in Margaret Thatcher's final cabinet have warned that the former prime minister would never have approved of Liz Truss's plan to slash £30bn off taxes funded by borrowing, as Rishi Sunak denounced his opponent's plans as "immoral".
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

The top spies fighting terrorism three days a week

Vicky and Emily are GCHQ's deputy directors of counter-terrorism - one of the very first job shares in an operational intelligence position at such a senior level.
Curbed
1 year ago
Education

Joyce Szuflita Is Brooklyn's School-Admissions Whisperer

I spend the whole entire spring and summer telling people not to procrastinate, to do a consult in spring or summer or to book me for the fall," Joyce Szuflita says when her face fills my Zoom screen, sounding like a high-school soccer coach who warned everybody to run in the off-season.
ComputerWeekly.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Cisco confirms leaked data was stolen in Yanluowang ransomware hit

The content of these files match what we already identified and disclosed.
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Cisco's own network compromised by gang with Lapsus$ links

Cisco disclosed on Wednesday that its corporate network was accessed by cyber-criminals in May after an employee's personal Google account was compromised - an act a ransomware gang named "Yanluowang" has now claimed as its work.
IT Brief New Zealand
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Companies rushing to secure print infrastructure

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, IT departments were so busy running communications channels to support the sudden shift to remote work that some critical security maintenance tasks were placed in the 'important, but not urgent' bucket of to-do lists.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

State appeals court rules San Jose hotel tower was properly approved

SAN JOSE - A state appeals court has ruled that San Jose city officials acted correctly in their approval of a lodging tower next to a historic hotel in the downtown district, dealing a blow to a preservationist group.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Google pushes closer to downtown San Jose transit village launch

SAN JOSE - Google is edging closer to the launch of its development of a new downtown San Jose neighborhood by moving to complete land transfers for parcels whose creation dates back to the mid-19th Century.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

Somatoform Disorders: Symptoms, Types, and Treatment

Have you ever met someone who is always preoccupied with thoughts of being critically ill?
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

Rose Bowl could be filled by passionate Big Ten fans

The move by UCLA to join the Big Ten Conference could be a touchdown for the indebted Rose Bowl stadium.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Facebook Accused of 'Eviscerating' Small Tech Business's META Marks

"Having failed to acquire Meta, whether by willful intent or by a due diligence oversight, Facebook is now attempting to simply overwhelm Meta and drive it out of business...." - METAx complaint
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Charities refuse to help Home Office with 'scare campaign' against Channel crossings

Charities have rebuffed the Home Office's attempts to use their expertise in communications campaigns aiming to deter asylum seekers from crossing the English Channel.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Missguided collapse could leave thousands of customers out of pocket

Thousands of Missguided customers could be left out of pocket as administrators are not expected to pay refunds that were applied for before they were called in on Monday and deliveries of orders are not guaranteed.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Why are Monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?

The sudden emergence of monkeypox in several countries has raised questions about how the virus, which is most common in central and west Africa, has managed to spread.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Australian wholesale power costs soaring despite Morrison government's budget claims

Australia's wholesale power costs are soaring, with prices for most of the national electricity market running at double the rate promoted by the Morrison government in last month's budget.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Cars

Traditional carmakers could boost profits by accelerating move to electric

The world's largest traditional carmakers could improve their profit margins and boost their value to investors by accelerating the transition to electric cars in the next decade, a new analysis has found.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Commodities Will Be the Next Market to Succumb

Stocks have fallen to near-bear market territory.Bonds have suffered big price declines.Foreign currencies have nosedived against the US dollar.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Public health

Opinion | Russia's Attacks on Ukraine Health Centers Show a Vicious Pattern

On Feb. 24, the first day of the war in Ukraine, a Russian attack on a hospital in the eastern city of Vuhledar killed four people and wounded 10 others.
Washington Post
2 years ago
Business

Analysis | The Second Wave of the Russian Oil Shock Is Starting

The lights are dimming over the Russian oil industry - literally.The Kremlin is doing its best to conceal the full impact of formal and informal energy sanctions after its invasion of Ukraine.
[ Load more ]