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Duolingo Outlines AI-First Strategy, Plans to Replace Contract Workers With AI Tools
Duolingo, the ed-tech platform focused on teaching languages, mathematics, and music, is making a decisive pivot towards becoming an AI-first company. On Monday, the company released an all-hands email from its CEO, Luis von Ahn, which highlighted the company’s vision for the near future. A major focus of this shift would be to phase out the comp...
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KuCoin CEO Defends Company's Financial Position After Crypto Firm Reportedly Lays Off 30 Percent of Workforce
KuCoin has reportedly fired 30 percent of its workforce just days after tightening its KYC policy. In damage control, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu tweeted a clarification noting that the company’s finances were not an issue and that hiring and firing employees are part of day-to-day corporate functioning.
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Xbox Chief Says Evaluating Relationship With Activision After Reports of Sexual Harassment, Gender Inequality
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on Thursday said that the Microsoft-owned game console maker is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard amid allegations of sexual misconduct and equal pay violations against the video-game publisher.
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Assam Withdraws Controversial Clause In Class 10, 12 Exam Evaluation Scheme
Under Clause 5 of the notifications, students aspiring to become teachers or employees in the Education Department or any other state government department where recruitment is "substantially based on HSLC or HSSLC marks" will have to appear for a special matric or higher secondary examination.
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Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
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Facebook Sees Black Worker File Discrimination Complaint
A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay.
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IGNOU To Contribute One Day's Salary To Combat COVID-19
One day's salary from the salary of all the IGNOU employees at the Headquarter and the Regional Centres and Regional Evaluation Centres of the University will be given to the Government of India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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Stranger Things, The Walking Dead Telltale Games Might Still Happen
Telltale Games' collapse last Friday left several projects – not to mention 225 employees – in the wind, including Stranger Things, and The Walking Dead: The Final Season.
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H1-B Visa Application Process Begins; 'Zero Tolerance For Errors,' Says US: 10 Points
The US government today began accepting applications for the H-1B visa, considered the most sought-after American work visa, for 2018-19 amid strict evaluation of the applicants by the US administration. While the number of H-1B visas it grants remains the same, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency which proces...
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Duolingo Outlines AI-First Strategy, Plans to Replace Contract Workers With AI Tools
Duolingo, the ed-tech platform focused on teaching languages, mathematics, and music, is making a decisive pivot towards becoming an AI-first company. On Monday, the company released an all-hands email from its CEO, Luis von Ahn, which highlighted the company’s vision for the near future. A major focus of this shift would be to phase out the comp...
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KuCoin CEO Defends Company's Financial Position After Crypto Firm Reportedly Lays Off 30 Percent of Workforce
KuCoin has reportedly fired 30 percent of its workforce just days after tightening its KYC policy. In damage control, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu tweeted a clarification noting that the company’s finances were not an issue and that hiring and firing employees are part of day-to-day corporate functioning.
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Xbox Chief Says Evaluating Relationship With Activision After Reports of Sexual Harassment, Gender Inequality
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on Thursday said that the Microsoft-owned game console maker is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard amid allegations of sexual misconduct and equal pay violations against the video-game publisher.
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Assam Withdraws Controversial Clause In Class 10, 12 Exam Evaluation Scheme
Under Clause 5 of the notifications, students aspiring to become teachers or employees in the Education Department or any other state government department where recruitment is "substantially based on HSLC or HSSLC marks" will have to appear for a special matric or higher secondary examination.
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Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
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Facebook Sees Black Worker File Discrimination Complaint
A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay.
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IGNOU To Contribute One Day's Salary To Combat COVID-19
One day's salary from the salary of all the IGNOU employees at the Headquarter and the Regional Centres and Regional Evaluation Centres of the University will be given to the Government of India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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Stranger Things, The Walking Dead Telltale Games Might Still Happen
Telltale Games' collapse last Friday left several projects – not to mention 225 employees – in the wind, including Stranger Things, and The Walking Dead: The Final Season.
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H1-B Visa Application Process Begins; 'Zero Tolerance For Errors,' Says US: 10 Points
The US government today began accepting applications for the H-1B visa, considered the most sought-after American work visa, for 2018-19 amid strict evaluation of the applicants by the US administration. While the number of H-1B visas it grants remains the same, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency which proces...
