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Amazon employees walk out against to board to make a change

Dataconomy

After Amazon’s return-to-office policy was disclosed, project manager Pamela Hayter created the “Remote Advocacy” internal Slack channel. Eliza Pan, a cofounder of AECJ and a former program manager at Amazon With posters reading “Amazon strive harder” and “Earth’s best employer?”

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What is an automation engineer? A growing role to address IT automation

CIO Business Intelligence

A study from Zippia found that automation has the potential to eliminate 73 million jobs by 2030, with 35% of Americans worried about automation displacing them and 25% of American jobs “highly susceptible” to automation.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO Business Intelligence

I’ve always been a techie at heart and always wanted to pursue computer programming. Since I was adept at project management, I was asked to head the IT department for one of the small subsidiaries of TATA organization. In India, the mandate dictates that by 2030, we need to shift to electronic locomotives.

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Paul Allen-backed effort completes groundbreaking atlas of Earth’s coral reefs to aid conservation

GeekWire

His Seattle-based company Vulcan contributed $9 million to the atlas, plus staff time for project management, engineering and web development. The project now has connections with all of the roughly 100 countries that have coral reefs within their borders. Co-funders provided $2 million. “We’re Michael Markovina Photo).

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Panic about overhyped AI risk could lead to the wrong kind of regulation

Vox

Bureaucracy-laden mega-projects simply cannot offer the freedom of exploration needed to surmount current theoretical challenges. China has been explicit in its desire to be the world’s leader in AI by 2030. Last but not least, the United States must modernize its immigration system to attract and retain top AI talent.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Twitter: @Katindisivi. Merle O’Brien. Location: Cape Town, South Africa.

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