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Instability is at the heart of technology, as new innovations constantly change the game. Heres where savvyjob seekersare looking in 2024. 40% off TNW Conference! High-paying roles in AI includeprompt engineering, and more client-facing positions like AI Architects. Deepfakes can get around voice and face recognition access controls, and phishing attempts can be relentlessly automated. Also with cloud transformations and remote working ongoing across organisations and industries, cybersecurity has never been more important....

For example, last night in Indy. The schedule says that was just a normal regular season game in early January. The perfect cherry on top of an extremely annoying result. It wasn’t just a call here or there. Did they get boned? Did they also play a whole bunch of losing basketball prior to the final shot? I think this is a situation where both things can be true. Big picture, it’s whatever....

Dutch online supermarketPicnichas bagged a cool 355mnin funding after a year of international expansion, the company announced today. The grocery delivery service launched in the Netherlands back in 2015, before later entering France and Germany. Picnic said that the expansion across Europe helped the business grow by 40% in 2023. Turnover for the year reachedan estimated 1.25bn. That made it Picnics fastest-growing city. In the Netherlands, meanwhile, the recent growth has come from adding new customers in existing cities....

There is big tech and then there is smaller tech with big impact. Furthermore, the company is one of this yearsCES 2024 Innovation Award honourees. Voice distortions from stuttering or following afflictions such as throat cancer or ALS affect over 300 million people worldwide. This is then modified with the intended intonation, modulation, and emotion. 40% off TNW Conference! It could also significantly contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The ability to speak heavily affects an individuals wellbeing and sense of belonging....

All this raises some interesting questions: why is this happening? Should you care about sideloading? And how will it impact the European market? Were going to find out. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Hold on, why is Apple allowing sideloading? I put this question to Ivan Lam, senior analyst atCounterpoint Research. The broad idea of the DMA is to hamper the power of these huge businesses. The Cupertino-based company generates huge amounts of cash throughits marketplace monopoly....

I’ll never buy in when people say, “It’s just a game.” It’s notsuch moments in sports are checkpoints in our lives. You think back through the journey, not just this season but all the seasons that came before it. I remember the first Michigan football game my dad ever took me to. It was the season opener in 2003. Twenty years later, it happened. The Michigan Wolverines are national champions....

The data-drivennature of the banking industry provides exactly the right environment for rapid andeffective AI deployment. This can revolutionise how bankingoperations and services are delivered. This can result from various use cases and applications, allowing huge efficiencies in the banking backend. Banking customers are also going to witness improved support as well as unique banking services and experience. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Responsible AI is the only way to ensure its widespread deployment in banking....

Yesterday, the lander was propelled into space aboard a Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral space station. PITMS will sniff out lunar gases, providing valuable insights into lunar composition and conditions. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The ESA has hailed the launch as a historic milestone for Europes space sector. We are currently assessing what alternative mission profiles may be feasible at this time, the company wrote. Ifprevious mission failuresare anything to go by, the chances of a take-two is unlikely anytime soon....

Brown came to Foxboro via a draft day trade with San Francisco. Ostensibly to either play right tackle or back up rookie 1st rounder Isaiah Wynn on the left. Since then, things between Brown and the Patriots has been … complicated. Like Harry & Megan and the Royal Family levels of complicated. In 2022, he started all 17 games and was second on the team in snaps with 1,030. Then 2023 was plagued with injuries and illnesses....

The regular season is over. Your team has disappointed you yet again. You wonder why you feel so invested in such a losing franchise. Part of you is relieved you don’t have to watch your dogshit team each Sunday for awhile. You’re not an NBA or NHL fan. MLB is a ways away. March Madness isn’t for a few months still. Well I have good news for you - IT’S DRAFT SEASON!...

Welcome back to another episode of Dumping Them Out. The first regular episode of 2024 (last weekend was the New Year’s Spectacular). I’m not exactly sure where that’s gonna be. Eventually I’m gonna have to start making my own. I’m not even sure if that’s legal tbh. I saw a TikTok the other day of a man listing the new ‘Ins & Out’ of 2024. It had a ridiculous amount of views....

TheNetherlandsis among Europes biggesttechecosystems, not only driving innovation but employment as well. Unicorns only represented 12% of all opportunities, while Booking remained the largest employer, supporting 5,900 positions. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Sector-wise, one-third of jobs were at fintech, health, and ecommerce startups. Energy and enterprise software were the runner-ups. Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies....

40% off TNW Conference! The Gateshead scheme comes at a time of renewed excitement in geothermal energy in Britain. What they find could provide key solutions to the grand decarbonisation challenge. Buildings alone produced 20% of all emissions in the UK in 2021. Thats enough energy to supply tens of thousands of homes. In Iceland, one of the worlds pioneers in the technology, things are getting even more ambitious. Story bySion Geschwindt Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy....