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Topline Businesses implementing artificial intelligence was blamed for more layoffs than any other reason for the second month in a row in April, new data shows but some experts have said they think technology companies, which use the excuse more than any other sector, are using AI as a smokescreen to hide larger internal struggles. […]
Topline IBM’s stock plummeted on Tuesday in its largest single-day loss in its 115-year history, after CEO Arvind Krishna warned investors the computing firm’s latest quarter was “worse than our expectations” while failing to adapt to rising chip costs. This story was first published on Forbes.com Key Facts Shares of IBM crashed 25.2% to around […]
Production company, And Films recently announced the upcoming release of feature film, This Is How The World Ends, which will debut on VHS, marking it as one of the first worldwide straight-to-VHS releases in 20 years. The creative economy accounts for approximately $2.3 trillion annually, representing roughly 3.1% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). […]
As artificial intelligence becomes a major part of the hiring process, many job seekers are asking themselves: How much AI is too much AI when applying for jobs? From being advised to use ChatGPT to help with your resume and cover letter, to hearing recruiters say they are tired of reading AI-generated applications, today’s professionals are being inundated […]
From pioneering mobile money adoption to streamlining public services, the tiny, hilly East African nation of Rwanda is taking technological transformation to newer heights. Rwanda believes in the power of technology to connect people and foster real transformation, said President Paul Kagame in his address at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Africa’s premier connectivity event […]
Brain-computer interfaces are an inevitable step in human evolution. With the technology moving inside of our heads, the question is no longer if we’ll merge with it, but when. Hear from those who have had a head start. Jeffrey Castillo, an American futurist, filmmaker and tech entrepreneur, predicted that by 2040, there will be two […]
A patient had waited more than two decades to see a medical specialist. When the day finally came, he was not in a hospital but in the back of a van parked at a clinic in Koforidua, a regional hub in Ghana’s Eastern Region, and being examined by experienced reconstructive surgeons in Scotland, Rwanda and […]
“This will be a defining year for AI,” said Mark Zuckerberg on his Facebook blog last month, hyping his plan to invest $65 billion in 2025, most of it in support of growing Meta’s AI capabilities and building upon its Llama 4 model. The locus of these efforts appears to be on 2,250 acres of flat farmland […]
Since the rise of generative AI, many have feared the toll it would take on the livelihood of human workers. Now CEOs are admitting AI’s impact and layoffs are starting to ramp up. Between meetings in April, Micha Kaufman, CEO of the freelance marketplace Fiverr, fired off a memo to his 1,200 employees that didn’t mince […]
A shifting employment landscape will require the next (and current) generation of job-seekers to adapt and redefine the confines of traditional practices. The 2025 Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) illustrates a reality of opportunities and challenges. It’s estimated that by 2030, around 170 million jobs—translating to 14% of today’s total employment—will be created amid an […]
OpenAI debt is junk. Anthropic gets a “triple B” rating. At least that’s the opinion of AIR Platforms, which on October 1 published an unsolicited credit report on the two companies. AIR is a 10-person, AI-powered New York City startup that has raised $6.1 million. Its cofounders include CEO Glenn Carvajal, who spent 12 years […]
OpenAI debt is junk. Anthropic gets a “triple B” rating. At least that’s the opinion of AIR Platforms, which on October 1 published an unsolicited credit report on the two companies. AIR is a 10-person, AI-powered New York City startup that has raised $6.1 million. Its cofounders include CEO Glenn Carvajal, who spent 12 years […]
