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Facebook Rebuts Netflix Documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’

Facebook on Friday offered a rebuttal to the hit Netflix documentary-drama, “The Social Dilemma.” The movie revealed, perhaps for the first time to some viewers, how social networks use algorithms to keep people coming back. It also addressed how tech companies have influenced elections, ethnic violence and rates of depression and suicide. Some viewers said they were deleting Facebook and Instagram…

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 20 Million

Global coronavirus cases pushed past 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. From a report: The respiratory disease has infected at least four times the average number of people struck down with severe influenza illnesses annually, according to the World Health Organization. The…

Coursera is Among the Top 10 on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List

By Jenny Talwar, Director of Talent at Coursera Innovators wanted: join our team at a pivotal moment Today, Fast Company ranked Coursera ninth on its Best Workplaces for Innovators list. The 2020 ranking features 100 companies that demonstrate a deep commitment to nurturing innovation at all levels. “As much of the world recovers from health, […]
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TIOBE’s Surprisingly Popular Programming Languages: R, Go, Perl, Scratch, Rust, and Visual Basic 6

The R programming language is experiencing a surge in popularity “in the slipstream of Python,” according to this month’s TIOBE index, leaping into the top ten. “For historical context, we wrote of R’s spot in TIOBE nearly two years ago, and it had just made the leap from #50 to #39,” writes programming columnist Mike Melanson. ZDNet writes: In May, when…

Two Steps for L&D to Drive Digital Transformation Post-COVID

By Vinod Bakthavachalam, Senior Data Scientist and Adam Lewis, Skills Transformation Consultant With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing companies to transition to remote work, employees are adapting to new realities. Trying to balance work with life responsibilities during shelter-in-place has led to a decline in productivity for many and uncertainty about the future. Anxiety has risen, […]
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Watch for Lyrid meteors this week

Assuming ideal conditions, you might catch 10 to 15 meteors per hour in 2020’s Lyrid meteor shower. The peak is probably Wednesday morning – April 22 – but watch the mornings before and after, too. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/lyrid-meteors-best-before-dawn…

Record-breaking hot years look set to continue through the next decade

There is a 75 per cent chance that every year from 2019 to 2028 will be one of the all-time top ten hottest years, and a 99 per cent chance that the majority will be Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232998-record-breaking-hot-years-look-set-to-continue-through-the-next-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

NPD’s Best-Selling Games of the Decade Charts ‘Call of Duty’ Domination

The NPD group has rounded up sales stats for the last month, but with the flip from 2019 to 2020 it is also listing some of the best sellers over the last ten years. From a report: Grand Theft Auto V is the best selling game across all platforms and outlets tracked from 2010 through the end of 2019, but otherwise…