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COLORADO — IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced two new IBM SkillsBuild certifications in cybersecurity and data analytics that were piloted and designed in collaboration with community colleges. These new IBM SkillsBuild certifications will be available this fall to students in the Alabama Community College System, the Bay Area Community College Consortium, the Colorado Community College System and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.Cybersecurity and data analytics skills are essential for artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, enabling professionals to unlock insights, protect critical information, drive informed decisions, and create value across industries in a data-centric and increasingly security-conscious world. According…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget, announced setting up of a Rs 1,000 crore venture capital fund for promoting space technology. “Our focus remains on expanding the space economy five times over the next decade and we will be setting up a Rs 1,000 crore venture capital fund,” she said.Reacting to the announcement, Dr Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), set up under the Ministry of Space to promote and oversee Non-Governmental Organisations (NGEs) undertaking space activities, said the announcement will provide a major boost to new entrepreneurs and NGEs in the space sector.”At…

Farmers using AI are revolutionizing the agriculture industry and leading the way in reimagining the rest of agriculture. [+] The industry can leverage AI.Getty Amid the lush fields and vast farmlands, a quiet revolution is underway—not a tumultuous one, but a gentle one in which technology meets ancient agricultural techniques. This revolution is driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and is changing the landscape of agriculture in fundamental and exciting ways. AI: Farmers’ new friend Gone are the days when agriculture relied solely on manual labor and traditional wisdom. Today, AI is the farmer’s companion, a tool as important as the…

TouchRite, a UK-based CDMO advancing enzymatic DNA production to enable a genetic medicine revolution, has announced a licensing agreement with London-based pharmaceutical giant GSK (LSE:GSK).The agreement gives GSK non-exclusive rights to use Touchlight’s proprietary enzymatic dbDNA (Doggybone DNA) technology for the development and manufacturing of mRNA-based products.The licence gives GSK access to what TouchRite calls cutting edge technology for rapid, scalable GMP production of DNA, potentially significantly accelerating production of multivalent mRNA vaccines, including for use against seasonal epidemics and pandemic threats. This article is available to registered users only. To continue reading, please sign up for free. Your free…

In the face of unprecedented demand for new aircraft, robotics specialist FANUC is helping the aerospace industry to increase production efficiency and boost output. Over the past five years, FANUC has supported Airbus with its in-house robotics strategy, culminating in Airbus developing a robotic drilling system which employs a FANUC M-800iA/60 six-axis robot. The system has improved drilling accuracy and increased productivity for Airbus, while freeing up human employees to work on more creative and value-added tasks. Breaking the order backlog The start of this year (Q1 2024) saw the global aircraft order backlog hit record-breaking heights, reaching15,812. Automation and…

At Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks, but we always look at the latest value, growth and momentum trends to highlight strong picks.Of these stock market trends, perhaps none is more popular than value investing. Value investing is a strategy that has proven to be successful in any market environment. Value investors rely on traditional methods of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe to be undervalued and have room to make profits.In addition to the Zacks Rank, investors looking for…

Graphene and indium selenide 2D device from the LANES laboratory. Credit: Alain Herzog/EPFL In the field of quantum computing, a groundbreaking 2D device made of graphene and indium selenide has emerged as a potential solution to the cooling challenges faced by quantum systems. Developed by researchers at EPFL, this innovative device operates efficiently at the ultra-low temperatures required for quantum systems, offering a promising avenue to advance quantum technology. By exploiting the Nernst effect and using lasers as a heat source, the device has the potential to revolutionize cooling systems for quantum computing. What challenges do quantum computers face in…

In a letter Monday, Senate Democrats demanded OpenAI turn over data on its efforts to build safe and secure artificial intelligence, following a Washington Post report earlier this month about employees warning the company was rushing safety tests of its latest AI models.In a letter obtained exclusively by The Washington Post, five senators led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) asked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to outline how he plans to fulfill his “promises” to prevent AI from doing harm, such as teaching users how to build biological weapons or helping hackers develop new kinds of cyberattacks.The senators also asked the…

John Mingione stood in his living room, put on an Oculus headset and began playing a Star Wars game. Mr. Mingione, 54, had given his son the virtual-reality device as a gift and was trying out a new game.Soon, he was caught up in a pitched battle with stormtroopers, getting closer and closer to the edge of a cliff. Mingione lunged forward and suddenly felt himself falling off the cliff, but the ground rose up much faster than he expected. Bang! In the end, instead of falling off the cliff, he crashed into an ottoman in the living room, flipped…

From AI-powered fundraising and content tools to digital assistant chatbots, startups in the July 2024 cohort are delivering innovative solutions to nonprofits, donors, schools, businesses, and communities. CHARLESTON, S.C. , July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading provider of software for social impact, today announced the newest group of participants in its Social Good Startup Program, a technology accelerator designed to support early-stage software companies focused on solving problems that matter to the social impact community. The July 2024 class will support startups focused on developing solutions that extend or complement Blackbaud’s solutions to maximize their impact…