Senate to grill tech executives after Instagram report, adolescent mental health
A Senate panel plans to bring tech executives back to Capitol Hill following a revealing Wall Street Journal report on the impact of Facebook’s Instagram platform on adolescent mental health. Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., A leading member of the Senate Trade Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, announced the hearing in an interview on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” …
Real Estate Listing Website Names Pottsville Most Affordable Metropolitan Area
In a recent Realtor.com article, Pottsville was named the most affordable metro to live in compared to other cities. POTTSVILLE, PA – Across the country, real estate costs are rising. Homes sell for tens of thousands of dollars above their listing price. For sale, signs are scattered around Pottsville – the city has just been …
Yoshinori Kitase on the ups and downs of creating the timeless PlayStation classic – PlayStation.Blog
Final Fantasy VII was a game of firsts. It was the first Final Fantasy launched on PlayStation. It was the first Final Fantasy to be made in 3D. It was the first to include CG movie cutscenes that allowed the team to reach a truly global audience and deliver a new kind of gaming experience. …
Wiley Names Jay Flynn Head of Research | Business thread
HOBOKEN, New Jersey – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Wiley (NYSE: JWA) (NYSE: JWB), a global leader in research and education, today announced that Jay Flynn has been named Executive Vice President of Wiley Research, succeeding Judy Verses . Flynn will report directly to Wiley President and CEO Brian Napack and oversee the company’s rapidly growing research …
Herbicides Spearhead the Global Crop Protection Chemicals Market with 50% Share, Says Fairfield Market Research
LONDON, September 17, 2021 / PRNewswire / – According to the United Nations, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, putting unsustainable pressure on arable land. A key way to ensure food security is to maximize crop yields. Studies indicate that arable land will decrease by 60% per person in emerging …
Crisis management – the role of the company website
Out of the blue, a crisis or problem can arise at any time for any business – from a single disgruntled customer letting off steam on social media to a full-fledged product recall or a trust or reputation issue (call back you the offensive Savill’s employee?), these things come in all shapes and sizes. It …
Companies put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue economists • The Register
Researchers have found that corporate adoption of robots and other forms of automation is largely due to labor shortages. A study, written by boffins at MIT and Boston University, will be published in an upcoming print edition of The Journal of Economic Studies. The authors, Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, have both studied automation, robots …
Global Crypto Asset Management Industry to 2030 – Increasing Cryptocurrency Investment and Adoption Drives Growth
DUBLIN, September 16, 2021– (COMMERCIAL THREAD)–The “Crypto Asset Management Market by Offering, Mode of Deployment, Application, and End User: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030” report was added to ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. Crypto Asset Management is the process of managing crypto assets to provide efficient service to the end user by assembling and maintaining a …
OpenSilver offers Microsoft Silverlight developers a lifeline as end of support looms – or you might forget it’s already happened • The Register
Microsoft Silverlight, now only supported in the old Internet Explorer, is coming to an end of life on October 12, but an open source project called OpenSilver has emerged to convert Silverlight projects to WebAssembly. Silverlight is a plugin developed by Microsoft in what now appears to be an alternate universe, while Adobe Flash seemed …