{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 29th August
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Business News:
- This Business Insider article looks at the reasons why Mexico – rather than China – is the US’s new leading trade partner:
https://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-overtook-china-us-top-trade-partner-supply-chain-economy-2023-8?r=US&IR=T
Technology News:
- This article from The Next Web looks at the EU’s Digital Service Act, giving big tech companies key obligations such as removing illegal content and empowering users:
https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-digital-services-act-changes-content-rules-for-big-tech - This article from TechCrunch looks at how IBM are using AI to translate one of the oldest programming languages, COBOL, into Java:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/ibm-taps-ai-to-translate-cobol-code-to-java/
Advice:
- This blog from Calendar looks at how you can use IT systems to automate processes and the benefits of doing this:
https://www.calendar.com/blog/utilize-your-systems-to-increase-automation/ - This Digital Project Manager article looks at why project plans are important as well as what they should include and ten steps for creating one:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/scope-management/why-is-a-project-plan-important/
AI:
- In this article, the World Economic Forum discusses how generative AI will affect intellectual property rights with expert Arun Sundararajan:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/intellectual-property-ai-creativity/
Something Great:
- Scientists have discovered that AI can detect signs of Parkinson’s up to seven years before the onset of symptoms through analysing eye scans:
https://thenextweb.com/news/3d-eye-scans-can-detect-signs-of-parkinsons
First published by {n}.bora August 29, 2023
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