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Andy Burnham to go ‘further and faster’ than Keir Starmer on Brexit reset
LIVERPOOL, England — Andy Burnham’s government will go “further and faster” in rebuilding links with the European Union, his EU relations minister has said.
How to break through fear and become a leader
Vigilance. Grit. Resilience. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, shares where she learned these key qualities of successful leadership, offering three lessons for anyone who wants to overcome their fears, stand up for what’s right and build opportunity for all. (This episode originally aired in 2024.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to escape your obsession with productivity
Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From growing milkweed to taking up unproductive hobbies, they dig into the benefits of rest — and why doing something for its own sake shouldn’t need defending.
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A Trump team wants to automate U.S. Web Design System accessibility testing. Experts are worried
GitHub community and accessibility experts are concerned about a reversal of progress amid potential AI reliance and plans to “automate as much accessibility testing as possible.”
What’s really behind AI ‘super intelligence’
This week on the podcast, we pull back the curtain on the AI extinction narrative, and interview the humans working long hours behind the scenes to make this “powerful AI” possible.
I thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder
For more than two decades, sleep health educator Lindsay Scola attributed her never-ending exhaustion to long hours and demanding jobs. When she was diagnosed with narcolepsy, she finally got the wake-up call that transformed her life. In this rousing talk, she discusses the epidemic of undiagnosed sleep disorders and encourages you to ask yourself: Is your tiredness different? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
36.12 - MU Podcast - The Skill Trap | Outsourcing Ourselves
Welcome back to MU! As AI and automation get better & better at doing our jobs, they may also be slowly doing away with the way humans have always learned to become good at them. With examples from robotic surgery, Michelin kitchens, warehouses, bomb disposal, banking, and more, our second installment of Matt Beane’s The Skill Code explores how we build real expertise, and how intelligent machines could either hollow that process out or help create an entirely new kind of apprenticeship.
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ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.
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Some GSA tech workers may be reassigned, given option to leave agency, email shows
Sam Corcos, a DOGE alum and acting director of Technology Transformation Services, said in an email obtained by FedScoop that the reassignment initiative is meant to “ensure” GSA can meet its mission and “evolving priorities.”
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IRS mired in backlog of identity theft cases, report finds
The IRS is still digging out of a pandemic-fueled backlog of identity theft claims in which it takes the tax agency an average of 20 months to process a case, according to a new watchdog report.
EU Parliament president urges Germany to do deal in US drug pricing dispute
A deal between Washington and Berlin is needed to avoid an "impossible" race on drugs, Roberta Metsola told POLITICO.
Inside the “play labs” helping refugee kids heal
What does healing look like for a refugee child? That's the question educational leader Erum Mariam asked when her team built the humanitarian "play labs": small, welcoming spaces where children displaced from their homes can play and reconnect with what they lost. From songs and dances to games and art they remember from home, Mariam shows how making space for kids to play brings back confidence and joy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Von der Leyen ally slams EU Commission’s AI response
The European Commission has failed to keep pace with AI developments, Axel Voss, a key German conservative lawmaker on tech policy, said in an interview.
Don’t believe the doomers: Europe’s tech industry slams AI panic
The existential fear emanating from Silicon Valley and the U.N., techies say, masks what is ultimately a cyber-security challenge.
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USPTO has over 20 AI capabilities with more coming, CIO says
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched more than 20 artificial intelligence capabilities as it moves to fully cloud-based operations, Chief Information Officer Deborah Stephens said Wednesday.
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DHS plans ‘large investments’ in biosurveillance as it ramps up capabilities
The agency’s Science and Technology Directorate wants to add testing and evaluation sites, forge partnerships with industry and create internal roles to lead the work.
Why we blew up a dam — and saved a river
For thousands of years, the Klamath River in Northern California was home to one of the continent’s great salmon runs, creating abundance for the native Yurok Tribe … until a series of dams and a century of extraction nearly destroyed it. Indigenous advocate Amy Bowers Cordalis helped lead the fight to take down those dams — the largest removal of its kind in US history. She offers a roadmap for communities everywhere working to protect and restore the places they call home.
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HUD eyes AI tool to review grant spending. Housing advocates have concerns
The system will analyze every check written by a grant recipient starting at the end of this month. Housing and tech experts worry about politicization and its impact on small awardees.
Podcast | The EU’s hydrogen dream in Namibia is falling apart
Namibia was supposed to become one of the countries powering Europe’s climate goals: a multibillion-dollar EU-funded project to develop green hydrogen promised jobs and economic growth. But when journalist Olivier van Beemen travelled to Namibia, he was confronted with a very different reality.
Is fraud the sign of a healthy economy? | The Story of Money
How do you tell if an economy is actually working? Most economics classes point to controlled inflation, steady growth, or low unemployment - but what if the level of financial fraud is the real hidden indicator?
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