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☆ Chemical toxins from food processing migrate into our bodies, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“The study also shows that food contact materials can contain mutagenic chemicals that harm our DNA, such as heavy metals,” Wagner said. Another chemical group in food packaging that has migrated into people is phthalates, the research revealed. “We’ve got, say, 60 years of research into the migration of chemicals into food from food processing and packaging equipment. “Given that there are (tens) of thousands of food contact chemicals, biomonitoring programs do not have the capacity to test for all chemicals we are potentially exposed to,” Wagner said. “However, there are also important gaps that need to be addressed as we undertake the work to strengthen our food chemical safety activities,” he said.

Persons: ”, Martin Wagner, Wagner, Jane Muncke, ” Muncke, Muncke, “, ” Wagner, “ We’ve, It’s, there’s, Melanie Benesh, you’re, ” Benesh, GRAS, Jim Jones, Benesh Organizations: CNN, Norwegian University of Science, Technology, Food Packaging, Getty, American Chemistry Council, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, US National Health, Canadian, Korean National Environmental Health Survey, National Health, Environmental, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, US, Committee, Energy Locations: Trondheim, Zurich, Switzerland, phthalates, PFAS, Europe, Biomonitoring California, United States

☆ This tech stock is enabling the 'AI goldrush' and can surge nearly 25%, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

While several tech giants have taken a hit amid the crushed hype around artificial intelligence, Palantir Technologies is an AI beneficiary that is here to stay, according to Bank of America. "We liken the market, industry, and investor attitudes toward AI to that of the California gold rush," Mora wrote in a Tuesday note to clients, adding that the "AI rush" appears to have run dry given the recent tech sell-off. "As it was with the gold rush, the real benefactors were the entrepreneurs that supported the rush. "PLTR is well-positioned as enriched data, connectivity, and interoperability are what define the new era of defense," the analyst said. The firm kept its underweight rating and $20 price target on the stock.

Persons: Mariana Mora, Mora, —, Palantir, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Technologies, Bank of America, Chief, Artificial Intelligence, Department of Defense, Applications Government, U.S ., Deutsche Bank Locations: California

☆ I moved back to the US after 25 years in the UK. People abroad were more polite than Americans, but I never quite fit in there.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Dana Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'd been living in the UK for 25 years, but when the pandemic kicked off in March 2020, I decided it was time to go home. It wasn't until returning that I realized how British I'd become and that "home" was more difficult to define. AdvertisementIn the UK, the small peppers fit into small houses, and the food was closer to its natural form due to strict food laws. Four years after moving back to the US, I'm grateful for the personal space, the "yes!" But I do miss the cultivated hedgerows of the UK and the quiet, more reserved style of its people.

Persons: wasn't, I'd, it's Organizations: Service, Business, BBC, National Health Service Locations: New York City, British, American

☆ Russia really wants to stop Ukraine using Elon Musk's Starlink satellites
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, analysts said. AdvertisementRussia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, according to space warfare analysts. Since the start of the war, Russia has been using jamming systems to try and deny Ukrainian forces access to commercial satellites. Because Starlink satellites are closer to Earth, latency — the delay between a user's action and a response on the network — is shorter. She said Starlink satellites are both "resilient" and "agile," with Starlink operators constantly updating their software to overcome Russian attacks.

Persons: Elon Musk's, It's, —, Brian Weeden, Weeden, MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN, Kari Bingen, Bingen, Sauli Niinisto, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Starlink, ї Bingen, Сили Спецальних Операцй ЗС Украни Organizations: Elon, Service, Russia, Business, SpaceX, Aerospace Security, International Security, Center for Strategic, International Studies, CSIS's Aerospace Security, Viasat, Reuters, Pentagon, Space Watch, The Washington Post, KU, Ukraine's Special Forces, Telegram Locations: Russia, South Funen, Denmark, Ukraine, American, Europe, Finland's, Kaliningrad, Finland, NATO, Russian, Leer, Ukrainian, Ukraine's Donetsk

☆ From town hall prep to disaster predictions: Mayors descend on Washington to learn how they can use generative AI in their cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

More than 100 mayors attended Bloomberg CityLab's Mayors Innovation Studio to learn about using artificial intelligence in city government. James Anderson, head of government innovation programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies, introduces mayors to the Mayors Innovation Studio on AI. The focus of Wednesday's session was primarily on how generative AI may streamline processes for cities or offer new insights to make them safer or more efficient. More than 100 mayors attended Bloomberg CityLab's Mayors Innovation Studio to learn about using artificial intelligence in city government. The event sought to give mayors a starting point for how to think about implementing generative AI into their processes.

Persons: Bloomberg Philanthropies, they're, James Anderson, Anderson, Mitch Weiss, Weiss, ChatGPT, chatbot, they've, Breda, Santiago Garces, Garces, Tim Kelly, Kelly, Andrew Ginther, Ginther, we're, Breed Organizations: Bloomberg CityLab's, Innovation, Bloomberg, Congress, Harvard Business School, Boston, CNBC, Center for Government Excellence, Johns Hopkins University, AI, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, YouTube Locations: Washington ,, Washington, Boston, New York City, York, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Columbus , Ohio, coders, India

☆ The popular clothing brand Everlane slashed its carbon emissions by 22% with help from a high-tech startup. Companies all over the world are racing to do the same.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Érica Carnevalli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In 2021, the clothing brand teamed up with the carbon-accounting startup Watershed to track carbon emissions, mostly from Everlane's supply chain, using data collection. Everlane is one of several companies using carbon-accounting startups to track emissions and put a dollar amount on their carbon footprints. Investment by venture-capital firms in carbon-accounting startups surged from $60 million in 2020 to $767 million in 2022, according to PitchBook. But it's challenging to precisely monitor this since companies' emissions are not the same, and they often overlap. The startup works with small, midsize, and enterprise companies, including Virgin Atlantic.

Persons: Everlane, Katina, Maria Fujihara, Fujihara, Amelia Penniman, Benchimol, Lauren Gifford, Gifford, DoorDash, Michael Thornton, Thornton Organizations: Service, Fortune Business, Sinai Technologies, Bayer, Siemens, SINAI Technologies, Investment, BlackRock, Walmart, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, US Environmental Protection Agency, International Energy Agency, Carbon Analytics, Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gas Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, Carbon Solutions, Colorado State University, Virgin Atlantic Locations: Sequoia, Airbnb, Sinai

☆ AI is killing the grand bargain at the heart of the web. 'We're in a different world.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Kali Hays | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementAI is undermining the web's grand bargain, and a decades-old handshake agreement is the only thing standing in the way. Now, though, generative AI and large language models are changing the mission of web crawlers radically and rapidly. Without a supply of potential consumers, there's little incentive for content creators to let web crawlers continue to suck up free data online. It's also open to manipulation, especially given the voracious appetite for quality AI data. Because robots.txt is voluntary, web crawlers can also simply ignore the blocking instructions and siphon the information from a site anyway.

Persons: Microsoft's Bing, Joost de Valk, It's, de Valk, Nick Vincent, Valk, OpenAI, robots.txt, Jason Schultz, Catherine Stihler, Archie, NYU's Schultz, Steven Sinofsky, who's, Andreessen Horowitz, De Valk, Stihler Organizations: Big Tech, Google, Wordpress, NYU's Technology, Policy Clinic, AWS, Creative Commons, Creative, Microsoft, Nvidia, Star Wars, DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Marvel, Disney, Atlantic, Meta Locations: CCBot, EleutherAI

The "AI for business" diploma offers training in data and AI for client leaders, practitioners, and WPP executives, according to WPP's website. The team work under AI expert Daniel Hulme who was appointed chief AI officer at WPP two years ago. While lawmakers and philosophers alike still debate whether content produced by generative AI models amounts to anything like human creativity, advertisers have already begun using the technology in their promotional campaigns. Unilever, which owns more than 400 brands including Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, has its own generative AI technology that can write product descriptions for retailers' websites and digital commerce sites, it said. The company's TRESemmé haircare brand has used its AI content generator for written content and its automation tool for visual content on Amazon.co.uk (AMZN.O).

Persons: Mark Read, Read, we've, Mondelez, Shah Rukh Khan, Daniel Hulme, Nestle, Gandon, Ray, Johannes Vermeer's, Aaron Rajan, Nestle's Gandon, Martin Sorrell, You've, Ben King, Richa Naidu, Martin Coulter, Matt Scuffham, Daniel Flynn Organizations: Nestle, Unilever, Marketing, Investment, Reuters, WPP, Oreo, Cadbury, Bollywood, YouTube, Facebook, University of Oxford, Global, Google, Go, Market Technology, Consumer, Walmart, Carrefour, Kroger, Thomson Locations: Africa, India, London, Swiss, Okta

☆ Tech is paying big salaries for engineering and developer jobs specializing in AI. Here's how much you can make.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tech companies are cutting costs in certain areas to focus spending on AI. See how much tech companies pay employees specializing in AI. However, one area where tech companies are investing is artificial intelligence. Google and other Big Tech giants are competing for talent against new entrants, most notably OpenAI, which created the AI chatbot ChatGPT and is one of today's hottest rising tech companies. Because of this, talented engineers with AI skills can command big salaries, despite tech workers having less power now than in recent history.

Persons: they're Organizations: . Engineers, Tech, Google, Big Tech, Engineers

☆ SAP introduces SAP Datasphere and partnerships with Collibra, Confluent, DataRobot, and Databricks to simplify customers' data landscape
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Sap With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

SAP announced SAP Datasphere, the next generation of its data management portfolio, which gives customers easy access to business-ready data across the data landscape. SAP DatasphereAvailable today, SAP Datasphere is the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud. With a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization, SAP Datasphere enables data professionals to easily distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across their organization's data landscape. SAP Datasphere is built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), which includes strong enterprise security capabilities such as database security, encryption, and governance. Databricks customers can integrate their Data Lakehouse with SAP so data can be shared with semantics preserved, helping customers simplify their data landscape.

Saudi officials have pressed international companies to invest in the kingdom and move their regional headquarters to Riyadh in order to benefit from government contracts. "We are finalising the plans for opening the Riyadh region. He added that Oracle would also expand the capacity of its cloud region in Jeddah, which the company first opened in 2020. The company made the announcement as global tech companies gathered for a major tech conference in the Saudi capital. Though Oracle lags its bigger rivals in the race to corner the cloud computing market, it was among the first large tech companies to open a data centre in Saudi Arabia.

☆ Despite big layoffs, it’s still a great time to work in tech, experts say: ‘I’ve seen bad job markets…this is not it’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mathur is one of the more than 70,000 employees at U.S.-based tech companies that have lost their jobs in mass job cuts over the past 12 months. However, despite the recent barrage of pink slips, experts say it's still a great time to be a technology worker. Nearly 80% of laid-off tech workers found new roles within three months of beginning their job search, according to a November 2022 ZipRecruiter survey. Elliott has noticed increased interest in smaller companies among the tech professionals he coaches following the latest round of layoffs. "Tech workers are changing the parameters around their job search," he says.

☆ Gorgeous animation shows how the Earth changes with the seasons
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An animation showcases how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun. Earth's angle causes very specific weather patterns and daylight during the course of a year. That ancient bump is what caused the Earth's seasons — times of the year that have very specific weather patterns and hours of daylight that vary depending on the latitude. Earth’s seasons are caused by its axis being tilted about 23 degrees. The angle of the Earth's tilt is relatively stable, but there are some slight shifts over large time scales (tens of thousands of years).

☆ Yep, rats can move in under your hood. Here's how to protect your car and avoid a huge repair bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rats are taking refuge in cars, chewing through wires and leaving owners with big repair bills. There are three things you can do to help prevent rats from living under the hood of your car. Do not park above or near storm drain basins or openings to sewers – Norway rats are called sewer rats for a reason. One woman told The Times that a rat chewed through a sensor wire in her car, which cost $700 to fix. "What they're doing is inadvertently attracting rats or other rodents onto the property," he said.

☆ New Zealand government to introduce 'open banking' for consumers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WELLINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - New Zealand will introduce open banking over the next two years, the government said in a statement on Thursday, making the sector the first to have rules giving consumers full control of their financial data. "Open banking" is already in place in a number of markets overseas, including Australia and the United Kingdom. Proponents of "open banking" say it may allow consumers to share their banking data with other providers to get better and cheaper services than what they already have. Australian banks, which dominate New Zealand's banking sector, are increasing their reliance on data to approve loans and better sharing of data supports this. New Zealand Bankers' Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said it is important to get the open data sharing right for consumers and they needed time to implement.

☆ New images show harrowing scenes from inside New York's notorious Rikers Island jail, including prisoners in filthy and life-threatening situations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Newly obtained images show harrowing scenes inside New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail. The photos show a prisoner left to sit in their own feces and another being confined in a shower stall. A prisoner who was held in a decontamination shower stall at Rikers Island jail for nearly 24 hours. Still, despite the high spending, the Rikers images show extensive decay and dilapidation of the facilities, including broken floors, ceilings, and fire-singed doors. NYC Board of CorrectionImages also show rotten food, including moldy bread and fruit.

☆ Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to solve social media harms
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen speaks at the SXSW (South by Southwest) conference and festivals in Austin, Texas, U.S. March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Montinique MonroeRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 22 (Reuters) - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is launching a nonprofit organization that will seek solutions to harms created by social media, she said on Thursday. The former product manager at Facebook, since renamed Meta Platforms (META.O), made headlines last year after coming out as the source of thousands of leaked internal documents, which she said detailed the social media company's failures to protect teen girls on Instagram and clamp down on vaccine misinformation. It will partner with Project Liberty, an organization working to build a new operating protocol for social networking, and Common Sense Media, which advocates for safe media content for kids. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sheila Dang in Dallas; Editing by Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ This Ukrainian company is helping the world to track down Russian oligarchs' riches
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

YouControl has launched a tool called RuAssets to help track Russian yachts and jets. However, the company's staff quickly began thinking how it could help Ukraine. RuAssets lets users search for Russian and Belarusian assets, including sanctioned oligarchs, by using state registers and publicly available data. In the early days of the war, YouControl provided free licenses to Ukraine's defence ministry and other government departments and agencies. The company said it is constantly improving its product in consultation with Ukrainian law enforcement agencies using the tool.

☆ Trei dolari pentru site-ul Google Argentina. Acesta a fost cumpărat în timpul unor probleme tehnice, dar procesul de achiziție a fost legal
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Acesta a fost cumpărat în timpul unor probleme tehnice, dar procesul de achiziție a fost legalDomeniul Google Argentina a fost cumpărat de un web designer local pentru trei dolari săptămâna trecută, în intervalul în care site-ul a avut probleme tehnice și a fost căzut timp de două ore. Compania a redobândit ulterior controlul asupra site-ului. Reprezentanții Google Argentina, însă, au declarat pentru BBC că, pentru puțin timp, domeniul a fost achiziționat de altcineva. A căutat Google și a văzut că domeniul google.com.ar era disponibil. Deși nu credea că va reuși să ducă procesul la capăt, Nicolas Kurona a urmat pașii necesari și a primit pe e-mail o factură pentru achiziția sa. A fost denumit erou de unii utilizatori de Twitter, iar postarea în care a explicat ce s-a întâmplat a adunat peste 80 000 de aprecieri.

Persons: Nicolas Kurona, Nicolas, Tânărul, Miercuri, NIC, Nicolas David Kuroña Organizations: Google, BBC, Open Data Locations: Google Argentina, Argentina, Buenos Aires, como, Open Data Cordoba

☆ Республика Молдова занимает 3-е место в Восточной Европе по наличию официальной статистики
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Республика Молдова заняла 19-е место в мире и 3-е место в Восточной Европе по доступности и открытости данных официальной статистики. Эти результаты были обнародованы организацией Open Data Watch - Open Data Inventory (ODIN), которая с 2015 года ежегодно проводит оценку доступности и открытости официальной статистики по всему миру. В Республикe Молдова была проведена оценка официального веб-сайта Национального бюро статистики и банка данных, которые в целом набрали 73 балла из 100. Реестр открытых данных (ODIN) оценивает доступность и открытость данных, производимых национальными статистическими системами. Согласно ODIN, термин «открытые данные» определяется следующим образом: данные открыты, если кто-либо имеет свободный доступ для их использования, изменения и распространения.

Persons: ODIN Organizations: Национальное бюро статистики Locations: Республика Молдова, Восточная Европа, Республик Молдова

pe locul 19 în lume și locul 3 în Europa de Est după disponibilitatea și deschiderea datelor statisticilor oficiale. Republica Moldova s-a clasatdupădatelor statisticilor oficiale. Aceste rezultate au fost făcute publice de către Organizațiacare, începând cu anul 2015, realizează anual o evaluare a gradului de disponibilitate și deschidere a statisticilor oficiale din întreaga lume. Acești indicatori sunt evaluați după disponibilitatea dezagregărilor (inclusiv în profil teritorial) și a seriilor de timp disponibile. Scopul ODIN este de a oferi o evaluare obiectivă a disponibilității statisticilor naționale și a corespunderii acesteia la standardele datelor deschise.

Persons: ODIN Organizations: Organizația Open Data, Open Data, Banca Locations: Europa de Est, Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Singapore, Polonia, Finlanda, Danemarca, Suedia, România, Rusia, Ucraina

☆ CIFRE RELEVANTE// Moldova comparativ cu alte state, indică o creștere lentă a infectării cu COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-31 | by ( ) subiectulzilei.md time to read: +1 min

Creșterea numărului de persoane infectate cu noul tip de coronavirus, în Republica Moldova, este mai lentă decât în alte state. Internautul Vitalie Branişte face, în acest sens, trimitere la portalul EU OPEN DATA, care monitorizează dinamica pandemiei de COVID-19 în statele lumii, raportată la numărul populației. Potrivit sursei citate, în România sau SUA, se atestă o creștere bruscă a numărului de persoane diagnosticate cu COVID-19, în perioada 11-30 martie, în timp ce în Republica Moldova creșterea este mult mai lină. Amintim că numărul total al persoanelor la care s-a confirmat virusul COVID-19 în Republica Moldova a ajuns la 298, după ce ieri au fost testate pozitiv alte 35 de persoane. Luni, 30 martie, numărul deceselor în SUA a crescut la peste 3000, iar cel a cazurilor confirmate de Covid-19 a ajuns la peste 160 de mii, scrie agenția Reuters.

Persons: Branişte, . Organizations: OPEN, Reuters Locations: Republica Moldova, Internautul, România, SUA, Statele Unite ale Americii

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