#digital-technology

#digital-technology

Understanding artificial intelligence (AI) should be part of teacher training courses, the professional body for computing has said.Using digital technology, including AI, should be prominent in initial teacher training (ITT) and headteachers' leadership qualifications, according to BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] , a hub where the public can explore their creative imaginations in society through the use of digital technology, announces exhibitions of new works by CCBT 2022 artist fellows in Tokyo.Beginning with the exciting new work by Tokolo Asao, Hiramoto Tomoki, and Iguchi Kota (all contributors to the much-discussed drone display at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games), exhibitions of projects by CCBT's artist fellows will include Tomo Kihara and Playfool's original game co-created by humans and artificial intelligence, and an augmented reality event held in the streets of Shibuya.

Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5 per cent of its workforce, in response to what it described as "macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities."The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that had just notified employees of the layoffs, some of which will begin immediately.

Those who, like this columnist, spend too much time online will have noticed a kind of feeding frenzy over the past two weeks.The cause has been the release of an interesting chatbot  a software application capable of conducting an online conversation.The particular bot creating the fuss is ChatGPT, a prototype artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that focuses on usability and dialogue and was developed by OpenAI, an AI research laboratory based in San Francisco.

Watch as Jeremy Hunt spells out his plans for the economy, two months before his Budget statement in which he is expected to announce measures to boost the UK's slow pace of growth.The chancellor dismissed gloom around the prospects for the economy and said the UK government will bring about prosperity in a plan energised by Brexit.

Opposition to new housing developments could be reduced if there was a greater focus on design, Michael Gove has suggested.The levelling up secretary hit out at indifferent or insipid planning and suggested that the potential of some public spaces was being squandered as a result of poor design and maintenance.

Under budget constraints but also under pressure to generate growth, marketing and marketing ops leaders have been taking a close look at the ROI on martech solutions.We want to know what conclusions you have been reaching.Have you been consolidating your existing stack?Have you been gambling on promising new tools?

Global software and ERP giant SAP has sold its entire stake in Qualtrics as part of a definitive agreement to acquire the experience management platform entered into by Silver Lake, a technology investment firm, and Canada Pension Plan Investments.SAP had owned a controlling share in Qualtrics.The all-cash agreement reflects a $12.5 billion valuation of Qualtrics.

Salesforce has announced an integration between Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Google Merchant Center to help merchants highlight the availability of products in stores.The move builds on Salesforce data that suggests both the widespread use of online search in advance of brick and mortar store visits, and an increased likelihood of shopping trips when consumers can see that a store has an item in stock.

Facing a strong U.S. dollar and weakening personal computer sales, Microsoft on Tuesday reported its slowest growth in five years.The technology giant posted an 11 percent increase in revenue to $50.1 billion for the three months ended in September, as profit fell 14 percent to $17.6 billion from a year earlier.

Facing a strong U.S. dollar and weakening personal computer sales, Microsoft on Tuesday reported its slowest growth in five years.The technology giant posted a 11 percent increase in revenue to $50.1 billion for the three months ended in September, as profit fell 14 percent to $17.6 billion from a year earlier.

Jessica Hodgson, a graduate student at the University of Leicester, was poring over a medieval manuscript in the Bodleian Libraries' collection at the University of Oxford when she spotted a faint etched inscription on one of the pages.It seemed to spell out the name "Eadburg," but the etching was too faint for full confirmation.

In the winding streets off the Bay of Naples, lived and worked Cesare Attolini, the great master tailor of the soft-shouldered suit.The maestro, who died in November at 91, numbered among his clients A-listers from movies past and present: Clark Gable, Al Pacino, Marcello Mastroianni and Denzel Washington.

Q: I moved out of New York City to an apartment in New Rochelle.Instead of keys, tenants use a smartphone app to open doors to the building lobby and individual apartments.The app often fails when I use it, but I don't have a key as a backup.This policy wasn't disclosed when I signed the lease, which does not mention the lack of keys.

Although we hesitate to use the term post-pandemic with any confidence, marketing takes place today in a space changed - perhaps irrevocably - by COVID-19.Yes, marketers are making their way back to the workplace; many conferences and expos are back in person; it's possible to meet and greet prospects face-to-face instead of face-to-video.

No fewer than 98% of brands believe that CTV advertising will be bigger than mobile.That's the eye-grabbing headline from a report released today by mobile analytics and attribution platform AppsFlyer.A quarter of respondents say that CTV advertising will overtake mobile in the next two to three years, and around a third believe CTV is a measurable performance channel.

Salesforce's key announcement at this year's Dreamforce was a new data platform solution, Genie.Genie is the latest stage in Salesforce's multi-year customer data journey.It launched a CDP, to be known as 360 Audiences in 2020.In early 2021, the name was withdrawn in favor of the simple Salesforce CDP.

Prior to working in tech journalism, Kim was Associate Editor at a New York Times hyper-local news site, The Local: East Village, and has previously worked as an editor of an academic publication, and as a music journalist.He first wrote about marketing technology as editor of Haymarket's The Hub, a dedicated marketing tech website, which subsequently became a channel on the established direct marketing brand DMN.In 2022, consumers will not concentrate their holiday shopping activities around big November dates like Black Friday and Cyber Week.