Canada’s tech job market has collapsed from its pandemic-era boom, with postings down 19% from 2020 levels. Analysts say the decline was sharper than the overall job market and worsened after ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 fueled AI-driven shifts in workforce demand. “The Canadian tech world remains stuck in a hiring Read more…
A genetically modified pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead human patient functioned for nine days in a new achievement that reveals both the promise and significant challenges of xenotransplantation. Over the course of the experiment, the patient showed increasing signs of organ rejection before scientists at the First Affiliated Hospital Read more…
You’ve probably heard it before in a meeting: ‘Let’s touch base offline to align our bandwidth on this workflow.’ Corporate jargon like this is easy to laugh at — but its negative impact in the office can be serious. According to a new study, using too much jargon in the Read more…
Entry-level workers in AI-exposed occupations have seen employment drop 13% since late 2022, according to Stanford University research analyzing millions of payroll records. The decline affects software developers, customer service representatives, and administrative assistants aged 22 to 25, while employment for older workers in the same roles continued growing. The Read more…
A group representing the world’s biggest stock exchanges has called on securities regulators to clamp down on so-called tokenised stocks, arguing that the blockchain-based tokens create new risks for investors and could harm market integrity. Crypto exchange Coinbase and broker Robinhood are among those making a push into the nascent Read more…
“The truly universal properties of languages are not independent of our physiology and cognition,” argues the co-author of a new study. Instead he says their research “strengthens the idea that intonation units are a universal feature of language.” Have you ever noticed that a natural conversation flows like a dance Read more…
DHL’s German operations, facing the departure of one-third of support staff within five years, has automated customer service calls and begun capturing institutional knowledge through AI-conducted exit interviews. The company’s voicebot now processes one million monthly calls, resolving half without human intervention, though initial deployments struggled with basic German language Read more…