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A comprehensive comparison of RPA and ML

Dataconomy

RPA tools can be programmed to interact with various systems, such as web applications, databases, and desktop applications. Insurance:  RPA is being used to automate tasks such as claims processing, underwriting, and policy administration. RPA relies on pre-programmed rules and is only able to automate routine, repetitive tasks.

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Small businesses try to survive around Amazon in Seattle as company shifts remote work policy again

GeekWire

While Amazon’s latest shift in its return-to-office policy is likely welcome news for Seattle-based employees who have grown accustomed to remote work, Sayed Salem is suffering. The latest shift in Amazon’s official policy wasn’t impacting his daily routine. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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A comprehensive comparison of RPA and ML

Dataconomy

RPA tools can be programmed to interact with various systems, such as web applications, databases, and desktop applications. Insurance:  RPA is being used to automate tasks such as claims processing, underwriting, and policy administration. RPA relies on pre-programmed rules and is only able to automate routine, repetitive tasks.

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Here’s why Amazon relaxed its marijuana standards, according to industry experts and lawyers

GeekWire

As a rationale for the sudden change of policy about pot use, Dave Clark, CEO Worldwide Consumer, noted that the country is changing its attitude about pot. Hiring under zero-tolerance policies was difficult even prior to marijuana legalization. Amazon debuted a new delivery program in June 2018 in Seattle.

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Did you receive a ‘long-term care’ email from your employer? Here’s what it means to opt-in or opt-out

GeekWire

” The reason for the email is a somewhat forgotten tax and program approved by the state legislature three years ago: The Washington Long-term Services and Supports Trust Act (LTSS). The first program of its type in the country, the LTSS was approved by the state legislature and governor in 2019. What is this tax? .

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Microsoft makes tiny dent in annual carbon footprint but says ‘it’s not happening fast enough’

GeekWire

It also described its programs to help Microsoft customers measure and reduce their climate impacts and its work on international initiatives and policies to address climate change. Washington state , by comparison, had carbon emissions of more than 102 million metric tons in 2019. The Redmond, Wash.-based gigawatts of energy.

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Technology Short Take 160

Scott Lowe

What I’d like to find—but haven’t yet—is a good, in-depth comparison of fundamental concepts between AWS, Azure, and GCP. Jacob Martin recently published an introduction to Open Policy Agent (OPA)’s Rego language and its role in “policy as code.” Programming.

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