Money is a universally taboo subject. That’s why negotiating a salary is tricky, not just for fresh job-hunters, but even for those with years of work experience. Finding the perfect middle ground between feeling short-changed and being unrealistic is crucial in obtaining the job offer you deserve. We spoke with a group of experts comprised of Talent Acquisition Specialists, Hiring Managers, and CEOs to get advice on the best salary negotiation techniques and the most important things to consider....

And even though it’s understandable that you might want to focus on short term goals, there’s absolutely no harm in thinking further ahead and trying to figure out what your next career move could — or should — be. The biggest challenges about working remotely are obviously reduced contact time with managers and perhaps even less visibility over an your work — but not all is lost. [Read: Here’s why ‘if you build it, they will come’ is shitty advice] “While 1:1s and check-ins should still be happening, the water-cooler chats and body language signals that might usually help you stay close to your manager will be missing....

It is hard to spot on the panoramic image mosaic of the hillside above, but it leaps out at the eye if you see the individual frame where it occurs, seen below. It does look like a doorway until you realize how small it is. And if you boost the contrast in the dark parts of the image, the picture just about reveals a solid rock face at the back of the shadowed interior....

In this edition we’re going to flip the script and talk about something that might just save us from being destroyed by our robot overlords on September 23, 2029 (random date, but if it actually happens your mind is going to be blown), and that is: artificial stupidity. But first, a few words about humans. You won’t find any comprehensive data on the subject outside of the testimonials at the Darwin Awards, but stupidity is surely the biggest threat to humans throughout all of history....

Between now and March 2021, the city will trial smart mobility hubs for first and last-mile transport, and connected vehicle technology to boost road safety. The electric, self-driving Linden LEAP shuttle is also being recommissioned to deliver food assistance, after passenger service was put on hold in February due to a braking incident. The projects, which are run through the Smart Columbus regional smart city initiative, are funded by the US$40 million US Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant awarded to Columbus as the winner of the 2016 Smart City Challenge....

If that isn’t worrying enough, it is impossible to predict exactly where the pieces that don’t burn up in the atmosphere might land. Given the object’s orbit, the possible landing points are anywhere in a band of latitudes “a little farther north than New York, Madrid and Beijing and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington, New Zealand”. The debris is part of the Long March 5B rocket that recently successfully launched China’s first module for its proposed space station....

Aviation emissions have almost doubled since 2000 and in 2018 reached one billion tonnes. Climate Action Tracker rates the industry’s climate performance as critically insufficient. As the climate change threat rapidly worsens, can aviation make the transition to a low-carbon future – and perhaps even reach net-zero emissions? The significant technological and energy disruption on the horizon for the industry suggests such a future is possible. But significant challenges remain....

Yes, the 5th generation of the Apple TV (AKA the newest 4K one) was released all the way back in September 2017. September 2017. This means the current Apple TV was on the shelves before Disney+ was in existence. Before the reboot of Queer Eye. And, of course, before COVID-19. And the streaming device has spent all these years being totally and completely, overwhelming acceptable. I was made aware of this milestone by a Reddit thread that pointed out the current Apple TV’s age — a figure it pulled from this useful MacRumors buying guide....

Before we delve into the analysis this switch-up requires, let me pull out my powdery context bag and sprinkle it over your appalled-looking face. Xbox Live is Microsoft’s online and “digital media delivery service.” If you wanted to actually play games online, then you had to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold. You could argue that the rebranding to Xbox network is just a way of making each of these services’ aims clearer, but if that’s your argument, then Big Bill has gotten to you and it’s already too late for me to do anything about that....

Find out how #BlackOpsColdWar story consultant David Goyer helped push the boundaries of history to craft a narrative built around choice.https://t.co/SORxHJDPsh pic.twitter.com/BpsZ9Uxc5R — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) November 25, 2020 Here’s a little secret for you: I love Call of Duty. Specifically, I love the story campaigns. Be they short, trite, crazy, or silly… no matter how many “Press F to Pay Respects” I might see, I still enjoy them....

The device invented by researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada analyzes microwaves to detect even small, early-stage tumors within minutes. It took 15 years of research to develop the prototype, but less than $3,800 ($5,000 CAD) to build it. The device is comprised of a small sensor inside an adjustable box, which is placed under an opening of a padded table. Patients lie face-down on the table with a breast over the opening while the sensor sends harmless microwaves that bounce back to be processed by AI software installed on a laptop....

Scientists produced the estimate by using the BERT language model to extract environmental assessments from research papers. Their algorithm was first trained on more than 2,000 hand-coded documents. It was then applied to a trove of studies published between 1951 and 2018. In total, the algorithm identified more than 100,000 papers documenting the effects of climate change. The researchers then used location data from the studies to map the impacts around the world....

The British government-backed model was developed using anonymized data from more than 8 million adults in 1,205 general practices. It then analyzed factors including a person’s age, ethnicity, level of deprivation, body mass index, and existing medical conditions to predict their chance of catching COVID-19 and then dying or being hospitalized. The algorithm was tested on two sets of anonymized data, from January to April 2020 and from May 2020 to June 2020, to evaluate whether it could accurately predict who would develop a severe illness....

If you’ve ever used Reddit, you should join me and demand custom usernames for Christmas. But why, you ask? The answer is simple: shame, creativity, and the multiplicity of man. Shameful secrets I’m late to the game when it comes to Reddit, but even as an outsider I know it’s meant to be the website. It’s got all the information you could dream of — like how much money Owen Wilson has made per ‘wow’ — and after 14 years of existence, it still has the beautiful old-school internet vibe to it....

“Those were simpler times,” we’d say, “back in 2020, there was only a single M1 processor.” Now it’s 2072, and the company has just launched the M1 Plus Pro Max Ultra Mega Demon Alpha Theta Gamma Burrito. Okay, we’re not quite there yet, but it’s getting closer. You know, like last night at Apple’s first 2022 virtual event. The company released its latest ARM processor, the M1 Ultra. Technically, it’s just a fusion of two M1 Max chips — but this still creates an incredibly powerful piece of hardware....

A Wall Street Journal report noted that Musk might take the social network public again within three years of taking it private. There might not be an easy answer to how Elon Musk wants to achieve “free speech absolutism” on Twitter. But there’s another issue he has to tackle with his new purchase: making money. Musk has taken hefty loans from banks with his Tesla shares as collateral. Some of these loans have interest rates as high as $1 billion per year....

Workers from more than 50 of the company’s 110-odd warehouses in the US have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Financial Times. While the company says it is checking employee temperatures and distributing face masks, internal reports of supply shortages have surfaced. Jeff Bezos still tours warehouses — but with a face mask Bezos, the world’s richest man, made an impromptu appearance at the FTW6 facility in Dallas on Wednesday, wearing a face mask and giving the thumbs up to workers....

The findings, disclosed by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, found 37,532 users who encountered such apps at least once, a 35 percent jump year over year. Russia, India, Brazil, and the US emerged as the prominent regions for Android stalkerware globally, while Germany, Italy, and the UK took the top three spots in Europe. Spyware and stalkerware are both “nuisanceware” in that they are different types of malicious software that can result in the theft of personal data by covertly recording emails, SMS messages, and eavesdropping on phone calls....

Last week Ukraine called on its citizens to take to their keyboards and defend the country against Russia’s cyber threat. At the same time, a campaign was underway among the hacktivist collective Anonymous, calling on its global army of cyber warriors to target Russia. Who is Anonymous? Anonymous is a global activist community that has been operating since at least 2008. It brings a potential for significant cyber disruption in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

— shoshana wodinsky (@swodinsky) May 20, 2019 However, a report from the Guardian found that Google’s policy has a loophole. This means anti-abortion centers are able to continue to post misleading ads because the disclaimer is only application to searches containing the word “abortion.” In a statement published on Google’s support page back in May, it outlined that starting in June, people looking to run ads using keywords in relation to “getting an abortion” will need to be certified as an organization that either “provides abortions or does not provide abortions....