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Kiaro Announces DTC Eligibility Approval
VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Kiaro Holdings Corp. (“Kiaro” or the “Company”) (TSXV: KO) (OTC: KIARF), a national omnichannel wholesale cannabis retailer and distributor, is pleased to announce that its common stock is now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in United States (UNITED STATES). DTC is …
State contract and payment actions in March
In March, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,950 contracts for state agencies and public authorities worth $3.6 billion and approved nearly 3.7 million payment payments. worth nearly $35.1 billion. The bureau rejected 147 contracts and related transactions worth $1.4 billion and more than 9,100 payments worth more than $30.9 million, mostly for errors, …
The quantum revolution is here, its name is hybrid
quantum computing Getty It’s fashionable among quantum skeptics, but also some policy makers, to talk about the quantum era as if it were a technological world in the distant future – if it ever comes to fruition. . Trying to control a large number of entangled qubits for computational purposes is too difficult, they say; …
In Memoriam: Oscar Stafsudd, Jr., professor emeritus and expert in micro-optoelectronics
Oscar Stafsudd, Jr. ’59, MS ’61, Ph.D. ’67, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died April 14 at age 85. For more than 50 years at UCLA, Stafsudd was widely recognized by students and peers for his enthusiasm, passion, and deep understanding of an exceptionally wide range …
Tender for English-Turkish book translation, publication and publication as e-books for a joint project on “Strengthening the criminal justice system and the capacity of justice professionals on the prevention of European Convention on Violations of Human Rights in Turkey”
The Council of Europe is implementing a project on strengthening the criminal justice system and the capacity of legal professionals on the prevention of the European Convention on Human Rights Violations in Turkey. This tender aims to identify a service provider for the translation of 3 books from English into Turkish, their physical publication and …
Microsoft President Brad Smith on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the “world’s first Hybrid War”
Left to right: Jevin West, Brad Smith and Margaret O’Mara speak at a University of Washington event Wednesday in Seattle. (Photo GeekWire / Julie Emory) The Russian invasion of Ukraine is happening not only by land, sea and air, but also through computers and the Internet. “We are witnessing the world’s first Hybrid War,” Microsoft …
Active Noise Canceling Headphones Market Size and Industry Trends, Analysis – Bose Corporation, Samsung, Sony Corporation, Sennheiser electronic, Apple, AsusTek Computer, Logitech International, Pioneer Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Skullcandy, Xiaomi Corporation, Plantronics
The Global Active Noise Canceling Headphones Market report provides an overview of the market research companies and how their business policies are implemented in the market. The market research report examines the market share, size and growth drivers for each industry. In addition to assessing the financial condition of the industry, the report provides an …
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Master class Looking for new skills or exploring existing interests? What you wanted to know realizationfashion, gardeningbusiness, the culinary arts, writing or something else, MasterClass covers over 150 courses in 11 categories. Train with world-renowned experts who specialize in their industries like Shonda Rhimes, Bill Nye, Neil Gaiman, Malala Yousafzai, Neil deGrasse Tyson and more. …
Pentagon hires Lyft machine learning expert Craig Martell as first chief digital and AI officer
The Department of Defense announced today that the Pentagon has hired the head of machine learning at Lyft Inc. Craig Martell as the first-ever Director of Digital and Artificial Intelligence. Martell will lead the DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office, which was created in December to centralize oversight of its data and AI initiatives under …
3D Acoustic and Image Sensors Market Size, Outlook and Forecast
New Jersey, United States – the 3D Acoustic and Image Sensors Market The research report offers complete coverage of the 3D Acoustic and Image Sensor Market during the forecast period 2022-2029. It provides historical, current and future market trends to help develop a robust market strategy. Additionally, it provides value chain analysis, key drivers and …
MAH and DOC2US facilitate Covid-19 testing for inbound travelers | Taiwan News
Visitors can easily pre-book AI-powered RTKis tests by booking at MAH member hotels KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – April 25, 2022 – The Malaysian Hotel Association (MAH), in collaboration with Malaysia’s leading digital health service provider, DOC2US, will provide guests at MAH member hotels with a one-stop solution for Covid-19 testing requirements through …
Janelle Monáe talks about the “second life on earth” at the Times Book Festival
Janelle Monáe has done it all. She’s an accomplished musician, activist, actress, fashion icon and, with the release of “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer” last week, a published author. “I said that on the road, but I feel like I’m in my second life on Earth,” she said Saturday afternoon at …
Bitcoin miners go green
HELEN, Mont. – Over the past year, a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed like the perfect place for its thousands of power-thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the lands of a coal-fired power plant in rural Montana. But with the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to limit the environmental …
Camden County Rebreather | Camden County, New Jersey
From cell phones and laptops to power tools and electric vehicles, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are becoming more and more prevalent in our lives. By 2025, the global lithium battery market is estimated to exceed $100 billion. Although rechargeable lithium batteries are recyclable, care must be taken to do so correctly. Batteries of any kind should …
Should I use BA’s Verifly app for Covid documents? The Holiday Guru answers readers’ travel questions
The Holiday Guru is always available to answer your questions. Here he addresses covid-related issues, a reader seeking clarification on the latest US travel rules. Q. Is a Passenger Locator Form required for the United States? I received conflicting advice from my travel agent and tour operator prior to my trip to New York. Delia …
Indie Spotlight: April 2022
In this month’s thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature humorous and satirical fiction, memoir and more. Fiction Alice’s Underwater Adventures Lenny de Rooy ISBN 978-9-09-034615-1 About the book: This book is a continuation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories, written in Carroll’s familiar style, but filled with a host of new puns, poems, …
Intelligence Factory Exhibit Highlights Bletchley Park Secret Operation | World War II
It was called the Intelligence Factory: a maze of rooms and offices in which, by the end of the war, thousands of people worked around the clock to decode and process enemy communications. Block A of Bletchley Park, the top secret Second World War decryption center in Buckinghamshire that was the precursor to GCHQ, was …
How to stop your gadgets from suffocating the planet
Technologically speaking, the COVID-19[feminine] The pandemic has made Americans more connected than ever. From smart TVs and internet-enabled toys to game consoles, today’s average home has 25 connected devices — more than double than in 2019. This profusion of technologies has a cost: a gushing river of electronic waste. Gadgets are the fastest growing category …
Berks commissioners consider printing paper poll books as backup plan to electronic poll books | Berks Regional News
READING, Pa. — Berks County commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday at a Board of Elections meeting to allow the county to print paper ballot books as a back-up plan for new electronic ballot books. Electronic poll books will be used by all constituencies in the May 17 primary. Six such units were tested during the November …
Kangaroo is rolling out the Metaverse storytelling app where fans can create interactive stories with Hollywood celebrities, TikTok stars and NFT projects
With a proprietary story-building engine, Kangaroo publishes a series based on each partner’s likeness. Tweet that Kangourou also announces its closure $3.3 million in financing the best investors representing the intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley and led by Human Capital. Other investors include Michael OvitzGreylock Partners, Abe burns, Phil Hellmuth, Kevin Yorn, and more. …
Auckland firm recycles 2,000 tonnes of e-waste a year with new $3.4m machine
Auckland-based Computer Recycling says its new $3.4 million system will allow it to process 2,000 tonnes of computers, LCD TVs and mobile phones a year. This nearly doubles the amount of e-waste the company can process. Managing Director Patrick Moynahan said the new Blubox shredder and MSS optical sorter have begun to fill a serious …
New mHealth tympanometer developed by Duke researchers could treat preventable hearing loss in children
By Brittany Vekstein The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 60% of hearing loss in children could be avoided through preventive measures. Preventable hearing loss in children also disproportionately affects underserved populations and has lifelong consequences on language development, academic achievement and future employment opportunities. Samantha Robler, AuD, PhDof Norton Sound Health Corporation and …
Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel ‹ Literary Hub
Canadian-born author Emily St. John Mandel has written her latest novel, sea of tranquility, during the pandemic. In December 2021, as she prepared to launch the book on April 5, HBO released the limited series based on her 2014 pandemic novel. station eleven, drawing raves. “At times dark and heartbreaking, it’s also bright, wonderful, even …
Access and manage data storage efficiently and at scale on exascale systems
April 18, 2022 — Rob Farber is a global technology consultant and author with extensive experience in HPC and developing machine learning technologies that he applies in national labs and commercial organizations. The following is an excerpt from his article regarding the ExaIO project which is part of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP). As the …
Global Microprocessor and GPU Market to Reach $97.4 Billion by 2026
Global competitiveness and percentage market shares of main competitors Market presence in multiple geographies – Strong/Active/Niche/Trivial Peer-to-peer collaborative online interactive updates Access to our digital archives and the MarketGlass research platform Free updates for one year Editing: ten; Published: February 2022Executive Pool: 23807Companies: 30 – Players covered include Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; ARM Limited; Broadcom …
Restoration of the Pendennis Building in downtown Edmonton unearths relics of the past
Some of the artifacts found include a spelling book, records and guides for settlers. (Emily Fitzpatrick/CBC – image credit) A major restoration project in downtown Edmonton has unearthed long-lost treasures that may soon be on public display. When construction of the historic Pendennis Building on Jasper Avenue began, it quickly became apparent that some things …
GLOBAL: Libraries around the world help safeguard Ukrainian books and culture
Teams of archivists and librarians work to save Ukrainian library and museum collections This article by Ksenya Kiebuzinski, University of Toronto, originally appeared on Conversation and is republished here with permission. My mother was born in Sambir, Ukraine, and my father in Przemyśl, Poland. They both spent their childhood as refugees. They lived among displaced …
AI cuts, sinks and goes green – TechCrunch
The research in the area of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in virtually every industry and business, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column aims to bring together some of the most relevant recent findings and papers – particularly, but not limited to, artificial intelligence – and …
Music teacher’s new compositions receive award, grant and world premieres
April 15, 2022 Gabriel Jose Bolanosassistant professor of composition in the School of Music, Dance and Theater at Arizona State University, recently received a scholarship and award, and two of her commissioned works have premiered internationally. Bolanos is an American-Nicaraguan composer of solo, chamber, orchestral and electroacoustic music. Gabriel Jose Bolanos Download …
Apple MacBook shipments delayed as China lockdowns slow production
Apple Inc buyers are facing longer wait times for the company’s flagship MacBook Pro laptops, a sign that Covid-19 lockdowns in China could be contributing to the delays. US consumers trying to order Apple’s latest high-end models are now seeing delivery estimates pushed back to June. And the date range for the low-end 14-inch MacBook …
New book offers lessons from Africa for global business leadership and management
/ PRESS RELEASE / This content is not written by Creamer Media, but is a press statement provided. Ethical and authentic African business leaders are showing that it is possible for business to both be a force for good and deliver great financial returns, teaching the rest of the world new ways to lead and …
“The Little Prince” on Broadway
To escape. Photo: Joan Marcus The curtain for The little Prince at the barn-shaped Broadway theater seems to promise that everything behind it will be true to the book. Not only does he say “The Little Prince” right there in curly letters, but the image has copyright notices: the publisher (Gallimard) and the date (1945). …
Computer Flat Knitting Machine Market Size, Scope and Forecast
New Jersey, United States – This Computer flat knitting machine market The report provides a comprehensive overview of significant aspects that will drive market growth such as market drivers, restraints, prospects, opportunities, restraints, current trends, and technical and industrial advancements. The detailed study of the industry, development and improvement of the industrial sector and new …
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools Market Size, Trends and Forecasts
New Jersey, United States – Verified Market Research provides an encyclopedic study of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools Market with holistic information about important factors and aspects impacting the future growth of the market. The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools Market has been analyzed for the forecast period 2022-2029 and the historical period 2015-2021. To …
Evan Birnholz’s April 10 crossword solution, “It’s the only way”
The 45th Annual American Crossword Tournament has passed. I was there and managed to finish in 22nd place, my best result here! This is the first ACPT held in person since 2019, and I was looking forward to being back and seeing friends from the puzzle scene after all this time apart. I wrote a …
BPL book sale on April 15 and 16
April 10 (Sunday) Vintage Market Days – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Benton County Fairgrounds in Bentonville. $5; children 12 and under free. vintagemarketdays.com/market/nw-arkansas/. Sunday Reset — Sound Bath with Cocoon Yoga Lab, 10:30 a.m., The Momentary in Bentonville. Check the waiting list at themomentary.org. “Ride the Cyclone” – What happens when a carnival fortune …
Andrew Ng proposes taking AI from the top 1% to the masses • The Register
In 2015, modern AI pioneer Andrew Ng’s recipe for success was to bet on neural networks, data and monolithic systems. Now, this recipe has created a problem: the technology is dominated by only a few wealthy corporations with the money and manpower to build such huge systems. But the landscape doesn’t need to depend on …
The Philadelphia Orchestra accompanies artificial intelligence
For this performance of Beethoven with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Anadol “taught” his system by feeding it hundreds of thousands of images of Renaissance art and architecture, the kind of aesthetic that Beethoven himself even would have consumed when he wrote his famous works. “We take from the Renaissance era every building ever made, every sculpture …
Electronic band Rooftime in innovative collaboration with journalist Ian Urbina for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project
Rooftime album cover for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, a project by Ian Urbina The distance between us and the people who live in the sea, is a shocking reality: what we admire for its natural beauty, is in fact a life prison for some. —Rooftime, for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project WASHINGTON DC, DISTRICT …
Kim Gardner will face a disciplinary committee on Monday over allegations stemming from the Greitens investigation – Missouri Independent
Three years ago this month, a dozen police officers raided the office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. They were executing a search warrant related to the ongoing investigation of William Tisaby, a former FBI agent Gardner hired to help with the 2018 investigation of former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. Tisaby would eventually to …
IBM and MLCommons show how ubiquitous machine learning has become
AI, artificial intelligence concept, 3d rendering, conceptual image. Getty This week, IBM announced its latest Z-series mainframe and MLCommons released its latest benchmark series. The two announcements had something in common – the acceleration of machine learning (ML) – which is becoming ubiquitous everywhere, from detecting financial fraud in mainframes to detecting wake words in …
Iconoclastic composer and artist Mira Calix dies at 52
Mira Calixa composer, producer and visual artist whose work encompassed electronic music, orchestral commissions, public art installations, theater scores, music videos and DJ sets, died March 25 at her home and music and art studio in Bedford, England. She was 52 years old. The death was confirmed by his partner, Andy Holden, who declined to …
The School of Education welcomes 3 new professors
The School of Education (SOE) welcomes three new faculty hires who will strengthen its educational offering and research and publishing portfolio in core programs. Joining Syracuse from the University of Alabama, Professors Eric Baltrinic and Heather Fye are with SOE’s Department of Counseling and Social Services (CHS), while Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang, most recently at Western …
TP ICAP Boosts Bond Digitization with Access to Liquidnet’s NIT Protocol
Electronic trading platform Liquidnet continues to expand beyond its dark pool roots in corporate bond trading to allow brokers to join the buy side by placing orders and trading directly on its new issuance order book. Its parent company, TP ICAP, today said it has enhanced Liquidnet’s New Issue Trading (NIT) protocol for bonds with …
Computer museum serves up USask history, one byte at a time – News
A look at an original Commodore 64 in the USask Computer Museum’s collection exhibit in the Thorvaldson Building (Photo: USask Computer Museum) “(The Commodore 64) is the computer that first fascinated me with computers,” Grosse said. “But if you’re wondering what intrigues me most about our collection, I have to say it’s the Altair. It …
Book Management Software Market Is Booming Globally – FortBendNow
How about a well-researched book management software study that includes an in-depth look at the various models, programs, and assets that could potentially cause a paradigm shift in the rate of growth? It’s a reality. Based on the latest changes in book management software, Market Reports is the answer to all your questions! In the …
System Helps Severely Disabled Type Faster and More Accurately | MIT News
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of a French fashion magazine, suffered a seizure while driving a car, which left him with an illness known as lock-in syndrome, a neurological disease in which the patient is completely paralyzed and can only move the muscles that control the eyes. Bauby, who had signed a book deal shortly …
Man vs Machine: Big Data in Real Estate
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 2022 edition of DS News. Big Data has been a a hot topic in marketing and business circles for 10 years, and real estate is no exception. The industry is seeing a growing push to leverage market and sales data to automate the buying and selling …
Electronic Systems Design Industry Reports 14.4% Year-over-Year Revenue Growth in Q4 2021, ESD Alliance Reports
MILPITAS, Calif., April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Electronic Systems Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 14.4% from $3,031.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 at $3,468.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, the ESD Alliancea SEMI technology community, today announced in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) Report. The four-quarter moving average, which …
Robert Maxwell had ‘no loyalty other than to himself’, new documentary claims
A new documentary series about disgraced media mogul Robert Maxwell shows never-before-seen footage from when the doomed mogul was last seen alive. Excerpts from the documentary series also leak never-before-seen audio recordings from November 1991, where senior members of the Mirror Newspaper Group attempt to get in touch with their boss after leaving them with …
The Wonderful History of Henry Sugar Magazine – The Magic of Roald Dahl in the Age of Social Media | Theater
EEarlier this year, a number of theater professionals shared, via Twitter, stories of being turned down because their “only” theater experience involved working with young people. So wrong! As this world premiere of Roald Dahl’s short story, along with other productions reviewed in these pages over the past few weeks, shows, theater for young people …
Mary Coombs: first female commercial computer programmer
“I am said to be the first female commercial programmer. It’s really nice to feel like a pioneer,” said Mary Coombs – who died aged 93 – of her pioneering career as a software developer for Lyons Electronic Office (LEO), one of first professional computers. She was born Mary Blood in Muswell Hill, London, in …
Concordia researcher explores how to make AI ‘smarter’
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives, and more so through the COVID-19 pandemic. While many people care little about trading aspects of their privacy with AI systems in exchange for convenience, what happens when those systems get it wrong? Simone Brugiapaglia, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics in the …
ITE facility trains students to maintain digital sewing machines in partnership with a Swiss company
SINGAPORE – In a partnership tailor-made to boost employability, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students can now get a taste of real on-the-job experience servicing the digital sewing machines manufactured by the Swiss company Bernina. A purpose-built service training center at ITE College East in Simei was launched on Friday April 1, as part of …