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Report: Employers would gladly replace workers with AI technology

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

Feeling dispensable in a world of artificial intelligence?Your fears are not unfounded. A new report from beautiful.ai shows 66% of workplace managers would gladly replace employees with AI tools if the technology produced comparable work.Sixty nine percent said it would “be financially beneficial” to replace employees with AI technology, with 68% citing lower payroll costs.“Companies are beginning to accept and adopt AI into their workflows to improve efficiency and increase output,” the report said. “In fact, 95% of those interviewed said that their teams have already started using AI tools.”Customer service representatives and IT support technicians are among the workers most likely to be replaced by AI technology. In the future, many cubicles will probably be unoccupied. (File photo) Beautiful.ai, which uses artificial intelligence to create corporate presentations and reports, polled 3,000 executives in management positions for “The Future of AI in the Workplace: A Survey ...

California skydiver survives crash into electrical lines ‘without a scratch’

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

A novice skydiver’s bad fortune ended with authorities marveling at her good luck after firefighters and Southern California Edison workers freed her from power lines 35 feet above the ground during a failed landing attempt near Skydive Elsinore on Monday, March 27.“We don’t know how she avoided electrocution, but she did,” said Battalion Chief Jeff Roberts of the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.“She walked away without a scratch,” said Josh Hall, the skydiving facility’s general manager.Southern California Edison workers help free a skydiver after colliding with power lines on the DeJongs Dairy in Lake Elsinore Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing photographer)A skydiver wipes a tear from her eye when she reaches the ground after colliding with power lines on the DeJongs Dairy in Lake Elsinore Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing photographer)A Southern California Edison worker makes his way to help a skydiver who got caught...

Dozens killed in fire at migrant facility in Mexico

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

At least three dozen migrants died Monday night in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, according to a newspaper report.Images from the scene showed ambulances, firemen and vans from the morgue around the facility.The Diario de Juarez newspaper citied unnamed sources in the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office. It reported the fire occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.Neither Mexico’s National Immigration Institute nor the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office responded immediately to requests for confirmation.Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the United States. Its shelters are full of migrants waiting for opportunities to cross or who have requested asylum in the United States and are waiting out the process.

Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

They’re refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too.“There is a word that really we don’t like, which is ‘raw,'” said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa. “When you have an African player going to the U.S., they say ‘raw.’”Several academy prospects are playing in the new season of the Basketball Africa League, hoping to gain valuable experience in a professional setting and show that their game is more polished than many think.Now in its third season, the league was created by the NBA in partnership with FIBA to help grow the sport in Africa. It’s a three-month, Champions League-style competition for African club teams.They added a twist last season with each of the 12 teams being assigned an academy prospect — called the “BAL Elevate” program that’s in place this campaign, too.The young players have to earn minutes on rosters full of veterans. It’s another opportunity — along ...

Amnesty: West’s ‘double standards’ fuel Mideast repression

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international rights group on Tuesday decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middle East.According to Amnesty International, such double standards only fuel further repression for millions in the region. The sharp rebuke came as the London-based watchdog launched its annual report at a news conference at its office in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. Every year, the report documents and analyzes patterns of human rights violations and abuses across the world. In the report, Amnesty urged the international community to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa to account, and to address the issue of migration without discrimination.“They immediately opened their borders to receive refugees from Ukraine,” Aya Majzoub, Amnesty’s deputy chief for...

Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese police shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, authorities said Tuesday.Police were called to the center late Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect “armed with a large knife,” a police statement said.Police ordered him to surrender but he advanced toward them and was “neutralized,” the statement said. The suspect was taken to a Lisbon hospital where he was in police custody.Several other people were wounded, according to the statement, but it provided no further details.Prime Minister António Costa said police shot the suspect. Costa told reporters the attack was “a criminal act.” “Everything points to this being an isolated incident,” Costa said, without elaborating.There was no immediate word on the identity of those killed.Armed police from a special operations unit could be seen forming a perimeter outside the building. Costa said police were investigating the attack and it was too ...

Ukraine president extends tour of war’s front-line areas

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

OKHTYRKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine on Tuesday, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion and as the stage increasingly looks set for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with officials and local people in two cities in the region, which borders Russia. It was partially occupied by Russian forces after war started more than a year ago. The Russians withdrew from the region by early April.The Associated Press was granted exclusive access as Zelenskyy visited the Sumy region cities of Okhtyrka, which saw fierce battles last year but was never occupied, and Trostianets, which was held by the Russians for a month after the invasion but liberated by Ukrainian forces on March 26, 2022.Zelenskyy’s trip followed his visits over the past seven days to the Kherson and Kharkiv regions, parts of which were retaken last year from the Kremlin’s...

Zynerba: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

DEVON, Pa. (AP) — DEVON, Pa. (AP) — Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ZYNE) on Tuesday reported a loss of $8 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Devon, Pennsylvania-based company said it had a loss of 18 cents.For the year, the company reported a loss of $35 million, or 82 cents per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ZYNE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ZYNESource

IHS Holding: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

LONDON (AP) — LONDON (AP) — IHS Holding Ltd. (IHS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $272.8 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had a loss of 82 cents.The telecommunications infrastructure company posted revenue of $526.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $460.4 million, or $1.39 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.96 billion.IHS Holding expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.19 billion to $2.22 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IHS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IHSSource

Así es cómo los científicos están descifrando cómo olía el pasado

Published Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:45:30 GMT

(CNN) — Los olores se ciernen justo debajo de nuestra conciencia, evocando emociones y recuerdos que dan forma a cómo percibimos y navegamos por el mundo.Una bocanada inesperada de un refrigerio olvidado hace mucho tiempo o un libro polvoriento puede transportar a una persona a años pasados, lo que permite una especie de viaje en el tiempo que hace que los recuerdos borrosos sean más vívidos.Entonces, es desconcertante que el olfato sea un sentido que, según los científicos, ha sido ignorado en gran medida, e injustamente, en la mayoría de los intentos de comprender el pasado. Un número creciente de investigadores ahora quiere reconstruir aromas antiguos y usarlos para aprender más sobre cómo solíamos vivir.Durante la pandemia de covid-19, muchas personas que contrajeron la enfermedad perdieron temporalmente el sentido del olfato, lo que provocó una nueva apreciación de la importancia del olor en sus vidas. Ahora, se están realizando nuevos proyectos de investigación para comp...