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Why schools around the country are locking up kids’ cellphones

Vox

But the move to keep phones out of schools also comes in the midst of a bigger debate about whether the devices, and social media in general, are having dire effects on childhood development and the lives of teenagers. Confusingly, however, a 2016 survey of US principals found that schools with bans actually had higher rates of cyberbullying.

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Groq AI, not Grok, roasts Elon Musk with its “fastest LLM”

Dataconomy

This weekend, lightning-fast demonstrations from Groq AI captured the public’s attention, showcasing capabilities that make current iterations of ChatGPT , Gemini , and even Grok appear slow by comparison. Groq AI is a platform developed by Groq Inc. ( Image credit ) Who owns Groq?

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‘Let’s go!’ Jeff Bezos gets revved up when Blue Origin raises up its New Glenn rocket

GeekWire

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos) New Glenn’s development timeline has faced a series of delays over the years. The fairing, or nose cone, is roomy enough to hold three school buses.

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The top 10 IT outsourcing service providers

CIO Business Intelligence

Beating or meeting this performance will require similar persistence on capability development and value proposition across markets.”. Infosys and HCL showcased much improved performance — both in capability development and market success — in comparison to Cognizant,” Singh says. There were no ‘also rans,’” Singh says.

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Reality check: Intelligent machines and the future of the automated workforce

GeekWire

Photo by Kathy Gill) [Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by technology industry veteran Kathy Gill, a writer, web developer and instructor focusing on communications and user experience.] F]rom 1987-2016, displacement was 16 percent, while reinstatement was just 10 percent. The rate of technological change has accelerated.

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Cognitive on Cloud

Cloud Musings

billion in 2016 to more than US$47 billion in 2020. The analyst firm IDC predicts that the banking, retail, healthcare and discrete manufacturing industries will generate more than 50% of all worldwide cognitive/ AI revenues in 2016. This blend of cloud and cognitive has, in fact, created a brand new application development model.

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A short history of every time Apple CEO Tim Cook praised augmented reality

The Verge

While he once said it was hard to see the appeal of Google Glass , the AR wearable that proved unpopular with consumers, he’s held a consistently positive opinion on AR since at least 2016. July 2016: Cook says in a quarterly earnings call that “AR can be really great.”. “We This would become a running theme: AR good, VR not so good.

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