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FastCompany Compass: 3 big predictions for AI in financial services in 2025

nt 01-17-2025TECH 3 big predictions for AI in financial services in 2025 [Photo: Getty Images] BY Ben Borodach2 minute read As we look ahead to 2025, the financial services landscape will be shaped not by AI as a standalone innovation, but … Continue reading

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Fast Company Works: Consultants beware, AI is coming for your job

01-16-2025 APPLIED AI Consultants beware, AI is coming for your job The management consulting industry transformation provides not just a snapshot of the changes AI is driving but also a blueprint for how economies will adapt. [Source Photo: Xu Haiwei/Unsplash] BY Lauri … Continue reading

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Fast Company: Quote: The national office vacancy rate has hit a new record high, according to the commercial real estate advisory firm Moody’s. But for a variety of reasons, the tide may soon begin to turn. Comment: Ireland needs to stand on the shoulders of giants and act accordingly, otherwise it will be similar to the 1980’s with offices empty and investment funds and pension funds in the doldrums

01-13-2025 DESIGN Offices are still sitting empty, but that’s about to change Return-to-office mandates may be only part of the reason offices are repopulating. [Source Photo: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images] BY Nate Berg3 minute read The national office vacancy rate has hit … Continue reading

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RTE Investigates. What will 2025 mean for remote working? Comment: Interesting but what happens to offices and the communities that supported them. Brussels have already decided to give over 23 corporate buildings to be converted to apartments so people can live local … It will mean bigger apartments, with storage for bikes and balconies. Ireland has a large number of new and being built office developments, let’s hope it does not bode what the 80’s did ie nobody interested in office space and pension funds losing out. We may await U.S. DOGE and it may be high scale “firing” of surplus to requirement staff, letting them return to the old version of “sole trader”.

What will 2025 mean for remote working? Video on RTE investigates. By Brian O’Donovan Work & Technology Correspondent Big companies such as Amazon, Dell and IBM have told their remote workers in recent months that they need to start returning to … Continue reading

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Fast Company/Reuters: Amazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office. Comment: Irish Times article by John Fitzgerald ESRI wrote about the values inherent in the working place. There appears to be a shift back to offices, which will make the developers and small businesses, especially restaurant trade relieved.

10-18-2024WORK LIFE Amazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office The policy has upset many of Amazon’s employees who say it wastes time with additional commuting and the benefits of working from the office are … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Innovation island: See the near future at the 2024 Taiwan Innotech Expo

Technology Innovation island: See the near future at the 2024 Taiwan Innotech Expo By Bronwyn Thompson October 13, 2024 Taiwan shines the spotlight on innovation at TIE 2024 Depositphotos View 1 Images Taiwan may be only 0.37% the land size of … Continue reading

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FastCompany: The Future of the Work. AI.

10-14-2024 THE FUTURE OF WORK Here’s how AI can, and can’t, disrupt the hiring process  An expert argues that while AI may streamline parts of the hiring process, human expertise and deep relationships are still essential–particularly for high-stakes leadership roles. … Continue reading

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23andMe … Tortoise Boardroom Sensemaker.

23andMe, me, me   All seven independent directors of the DNA testing company 23andMe resigned last week after its founder, Anne Wojcicki, failed to produce an “actionable” plan to take the company private. So what? It’s an astonishing motion of no-confidence in Wojcicki … Continue reading

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Irish Legal News: European Commission loses court battle over €1.5bn Google fine

technology European Commission loses court battle over €1.5bn Google fine 19 Sep 2024Reading time: 2 minutes A nearly €1.5 billion fine imposed on Google by the European Commission has been annulled by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). … Continue reading

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Eurasia Review: The High Cost Of Protectionism: AI Edition – OpEd

The High Cost Of Protectionism: AI Edition – OpEd  July 31, 2024  0 Comments By Dean Baker Economists go on endless diatribes against tariffs and quotas as costly policies that raise prices to consumers and slow economic growth. There is considerable truth … Continue reading

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