Industry

The AI talent shortage — can companies close the skills gap?

Fierce competition for genAI talent is driving the need for new thinking about employee-training programs for AI skills. If you can't hire them, train them.

By Scot Finnie

Apr 10, 20245 mins

Technology IndustryGenerative AIIT Skills

Articles

HomeKit is going to be everywhere as ABB buys Eve Systems

We are about to see a huge increase in consumer exposure to smart home technologies, which should increase recognition and adoption of these systems.

By Jonny Evans

Jun 13, 2023 4 mins

5GAppleInternet

As US moves to regain microchip leadership, some say it never left

As the US government begins to dispense tens of billions of dollars to get microchip makers to relocate manufacturing to the US, hurdles remain, including an increasingly diversified global supply chain that no one country can dominate.

By Lucas Mearian

Apr 06, 2023 10 mins

Augmented RealityCPUs and ProcessorsTechnology Industry

Apple accelerates plans to move more manufacturing out of China

In light of recent geopolitical unrest and COVID-19 lockdowns by the Chinese government, Apple appears to be ramping up plans to move more iPhone and MacBook production out of China to reduce risk. India, Taiwan and Vietnam are all likely alternatives.

By Lucas Mearian

Dec 07, 2022 3 mins

Small and Medium BusinessGovernmentTechnology Industry

Maersk’s TradeLens demise likely a death knell for blockchain consortiums

After four years, Maersk is shuttering its blockchain experiment aimed at creating an efficient and inexpensive method for tracking global shipments. While blockchain consortiums may struggle, enhanced blockchain-as-a-service offerings still have a future.

By Lucas Mearian

Dec 02, 2022 5 mins

Small and Medium BusinessAugmented RealityIBM

FTX meltdown likely to spur crypto regulations, cool digital currency push

The collapse of the major crypto exchange could be the final straw in an ongoing push to create oversight of cryptocurrencies, how they're stored, and where they're traded. Any government oversight is likely to affect other digital assets being developed by businesses.

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 16, 2022 6 mins

Government ITAugmented RealityFinancial Services Industry

Q&A: RPI president says CHIPs Act will spur quantum computing, next-gen tech

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's new president, Martin Schmidt, believes new investments by the US government will bolster efforts to reshore chip development and production, and generate new, bleeding-edge processors.

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 14, 2022 13 mins

Augmented RealityEducation IndustryGovernment

Are in-office mandates killing productivity?

Worker productivity dropped precipitously in the first half of 2022, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and some are blaming corporate return-to-office mandates for the downturn. At a time when unemployment is low and workers feel more empowered than ever, could it be that simple?

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 04, 2022 7 mins

SalariesTechnology IndustryIT Jobs

Micron to build largest chip factory in US history

Micron plans to build a memory chip fabrication plant in upstate New York that it said will be the size of 40 football fields and create about 50,000 jobs. It may spend up to $100B over the next 20 years on the facility.

By Lucas Mearian

Oct 04, 2022 5 mins

GovernmentTechnology IndustryIT Jobs

Q&A: Computer chip start-up CTO: Our business isn’t boring — or a career dead end

As chip behemoths, such as Intel, Samsung and TSMC are moving operations back to the US — and custom chips are needed more than ever — industry execs want young talent to know there's nothing staid about chip design.

By Lucas Mearian

Aug 09, 2022 11 mins

Augmented RealityIT JobsCareers

Words count: How the language you use arouses emotions in the people you’re trying to reach

Expressions of achievement, exclusivity, and gratification work best in email subject lines, but during COVID-19 lockdowns, all the rules changed.

By Paul Gillin

Jul 08, 2022 4 mins

Small and Medium BusinessEmail ClientsIndustry

Why Industry 4.0 must think more like Apple

Perhaps industries making use of connected solutions should take a leaf out the Apple book and lock down a little more.

By Jonny Evans

May 31, 2022 5 mins

IoT SecurityAppleInternet of Things

What Gen Z and millennials want from employers

Young workers not only want better pay, they want previously less-popular benefits such as mental health care and four-day workweeks, according to three surveys by separate companies. And they want to work for a company that cares about personal and global ethics.

By Lucas Mearian

May 23, 2022 8 mins

Remote WorkIT DirectorHealthcare Industry