Author: Lily Evans
Memorial Day weekend is underway, and many of our favorite brands and retailers are offering sitewide discounts on bestsellers we love. The holiday is a great time to save on a new mattress, fresh sheets or off-season apparel, according to experts in our Memorial Day shopping guide.As someone who frequently covers sales for shopping events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Prime Day, I know how to parse good deals from lackluster ones. I’m also a seasoned tech reporter who frequently tests and reviews headphones, TVs and other products often on sale. Below, I rounded up our team’s favorite on-sale…
$600 at Walmart Sony PlayStation 5 console (disc version) and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 bundle (slim): $600 Save $190 Samsung Frame TVs are on sale now at Walmart. Samsung/CNETWith Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, many major retailers like Amazon and Best Buy are running can't-miss sales. Walmart is offering huge discounts on a variety of products, including electronics, tech, and home goods. If you're thinking about upgrading your laptop or buying new patio furniture for summer, take advantage of these great deals.Walmart's Memorial Day Sale Event Sales are plentiful, with many great products on sale at huge discounts. With hundreds of…
On average, U.S. workers with artificial intelligence skills earn a wage premium of up to 25%, but some jobs could see raises of double that amount, according to PwC. The consultancy analyzed 500 million job advertisements from 15 countries to look at the impact of AI on employment, skills, wages and productivity. The report, released on Tuesday, found that the U.S. has an AI skills premium of 25%, ahead of 14% in the UK, 11% in Canada, 7% in Singapore and 6% in Australia. Digging deeper into individual jobs, PwC found that job ads for U.S. database designers and administrators…
An Ashburn, Virginia-based technology company was fined by the Department of Justice after advertising in job listings that it was seeking “white” candidates. A Loudoun County, Virginia-based technology company has been fined by the Department of Justice after advertising in job ads that it was seeking “white” candidates. A job ad for Ashburn-based Arthur Grand Technologies posted in March 2023 said the company was only looking for “born-born U.S. citizens.” [white] Anyone living within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas [Don’t share with candidates]” according to a Department of Justice news release. The Civil Rights Division's Immigrant and Employee Rights Section…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A new program at WakeTech is teaching people how to install and repair electric vehicle charging stations. Wake Tech University announced it is launching the nation's first program to train electric vehicle charging station technicians, and while it's a pilot program, the university said state leaders hope to expand it to other community colleges. Mark Smith is one of the instructors and says the need is great. “The gap we see is when someone wants to buy an electric vehicle, none of the technicians at the sales center know much about charging stations,” Smith said. The…
The real estate industry is often criticized for its slow pace of technology adoption. But this slowness pales in comparison to the construction industry, where construction companies spend less on information technology than any other industry, accounting for just 0.01 percent of industry revenue. Even industry leaders acknowledge the technology gap; a recent poll revealed that 62 percent believe the industry is lagging behind other industries in adopting digital technologies. While it's easy to blame the slow adoption rate on a tech-savvy workforce, several factors contribute to the continued use of analog methods in the construction industry.If a non-technical workforce…
A month after Myles Kelly entered the transfer portal, he was expected to move to the SEC. Jeffrey Lee of On3 Sports recorded a recruiting projection on May 23 that Kelly would enroll at Auburn University and play for Bruce Pearl with the Tigers. Last month, Joe Tipton of On3 Sports reported that Kelly had entered the transfer portal and planned to enroll in the NBA Draft in 2024. Kelly enrolled in the draft last year but opted to return to Georgia Tech for one more season. He did not enter the transfer portal last season.Kelly is a very talented…
Lillian Carvalho and Josh Abreu enjoy the Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical School prom held Thursday, May 23, at Venus de Milo in Swansea.Robert Hughes / Special to the Standard-TimesLuke Marcotte and Macy Perez enjoy the Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical School prom held Thursday, May 23, at Venus de Milo in Swansea.Robert Hughes / Special to the Standard-TimesTayshawn Andrade and Micaela Perez enjoy the Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical School prom held Thursday, May 23, at Venus de Milo in Swansea.Robert Hughes / Special to the Standard-TimesCarth Lagoa and Ava Neno enjoy the Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical School…
While you're at the beach or having a BBQ this holiday weekend, you can also hit the internet to save a few bucks on some tech products you've been wanting. This year's Memorial Day Sale has some of your favorite tech products, including tablets, wireless earbuds, and power banks, at some of the best prices we've seen this year. We couldn't resist mentioning that Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner in July (though the exact date is yet to be determined), so there's a good chance we'll see even more big discounts at this shopping event. But for…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Kean Luan, chief information security officer at Google parent Alphabet, raised the question of “why do we need AGI” when it comes to artificial general intelligence, an AI system that can match or exceed human intelligence in a wide range of situations. Determining the purpose of AGI and its contribution to humanity is a “broader dialogue that hasn't really taken place before at a global level,” Luan said at a conference on Human Flourishing and Technology held at the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome on May 23. Academics, technology experts and business…