Following a disastrous Facebook security breach affecting 50 million people, maybe it's not a coincidence that the famed creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, chose this weekend to unveil an ambitious new plan to overhaul the web as we know it. To reclaim the power from, in his words, "powerful forces who use it for their...
Nearly all Fortune 500 companies now use some form of automation in their hiring process, as noted in this Wall Street Journal article. From robot avatars interviewing job candidates to computers weeding out potential employees by scanning keywords in resumes, these companies are looking at AI tools to help. And more and more companies are using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to assess possible employees. This...
Discord is a voice, video, and text chat platform that connects individuals with a shared passion for video and computer games. More than 90 million people worldwide use it to communicate with friends or strangers, be it while playing an online game like Fortnite or simply to discuss the latest trend in cryptocurrency.
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User experience (UX) has already been established as a battleground for companies to distinguish themselves in the world of digital design. But panelists at the the first day of the Fortune, Time, and Wallpaper* Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore cited new technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and “Internet of Things” devices as trends presenting new opportunities for companies to meet ever-rising customer expectations and adjust...
Just in case you weren't yet convinced, there is new evidence from a study of more than 40,000 workers in 300 U.S. office buildings that open-plan office layouts don't improve productivity. The results, published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology,came to the following conclusion:
To be perfectly clear, here's what the paragraph says: "Open-plan offices aren't worth it."