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Juggling your studies with your personal life can be a challenge, but college also comes with the added responsibility of gaining real-world work experience. One way to alleviate this struggle while still getting the most out of your college experience is to consider working on campus. On-campus jobs have many benefits, including flexibility and convenience. Many jobs are designed to fit around a student's class schedule and are usually located close to classes or dorms. Jill Montgomery, Weber State University’s Student Employment Coordinator, emphasizes that one of the biggest benefits for students working on campus is “the great connections they…
LONDON, Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalatethe market-leading fraud prevention, privacy and compliance analytics platform for connected TV (CTV) and mobile advertising, today released its July 2024 Worldwide Top Grossing Connected TV Apps Benchmark Report. Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TVand Samsung Smart TV. The report reveals the estimated top CTV apps in open programmatic ad revenue across popular CTV platforms and by region, including North America, Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Latin America (LATAM). In July 2024, Pixalate’s data science team analyzed over 5,600 CTV apps (including apps deemed delisted by Pixalate) and…
Survey finds students learning about finances the hard way | Benefits and Pensions Monitor Industry News TD Bank survey reveals financial instability among students, many relying on parents for financial support A survey conducted by TD Bank Group highlights the financial challenges many Canadian students and their parents face when financing their higher education. The survey found that 65% of students feel financially insecure, and nearly half (45%) struggle to meet basic needs such as food and housing. More than a third of students (37%) regularly compare their financial situation to others, and 28% feel inadequate compared to those who…
Walmart announced a series of new initiatives at the Let's Grow! 2024 Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit. The main announcements were as follows: Premium Beauty: The marketplace will be introducing a new premium beauty section featuring more than 20 new brands. Used item: “Resold at Walmart” will enable customers to digitally sell pre-owned items across a range of categories on a platform featuring 5 million items from more than 1,700 sellers, supporting Walmart's sustainability goals. Collectibles: Walmart is expanding its selection of collectibles, including action figures, trading cards and sports memorabilia. The new feature allows sellers to pre-order and sell used…
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors on Wednesday released Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations that the messaging app was being used for illegal activities.Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday as part of a judicial investigation into 12 suspected criminal offences that was opened last month.”The investigating judge will terminate police custody of Pavel Durov and bring him before the court for his first appearance and possible indictment,” the Paris prosecutor's office said in a statement.The accusations against Durov, a Russian-born French national, include that his platform was…
Since its launch in 2021, the program has awarded 24 community education organizations supporting aspiring M&E creators around the world. The three-year sponsorship period granted to each organization includes membership to the global Avid Learning Partner (ALP) program, Avid creative tools software licenses (Pro Tools, Media Composer, Sibelius), training and certification for staff, and course materials and certification for students. A committee made up of select Avid employees and the ACA Executive Committee evaluated each applicant based on their program's impact and commitment to advancing diversity, equal access and inclusion in the media and entertainment industry. The organizations selected for…
After adding new app installation features earlier this year, Google Play Store is now rolling out support for downloading updates for multiple Android apps at the same time. Downloading apps on Android can sometimes feel a bit tedious. For years, the Play Store required you to download them one at a time. The next app wouldn't start downloading until it was both downloaded and installed. This can be especially annoying if you have a huge list of updates running. Earlier this year, Google began rolling out the ability to download multiple apps at once, and as we reported in April,…
1. Patel and colleagues conducted a secondary economic analysis of a trial that assigned high-risk cancer patients to critical illness consultations (SIC). 2. Machine learning algorithms effectively identified patients at high risk of mortality. SIC for these patients was associated with reduced healthcare costs. Level of evidence: 2 (good) Research Summary: Patients with advanced cancer often receive treatments that do not meet their preferences at the end of life. However, serious illness discussions (SICs) are rarely initiated, even though they can improve quality of life and mood and reduce healthcare utilization. In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), a machine learning…
A Sonoma County judge has ruled that the county violated state environmental law in its recent attempt to draft a controversial ordinance that would regulate well and groundwater use across a wide swath of the region. Superior Court Judge Bradford DeMeo's ruling leaves the county's 16-month-old rules in limbo and raises questions about how permitting new wells will affect rural residents and farmers living in an area of ​​more than 300 square miles, nearly one-fifth of the county. The county did not disclose the immediate impact on those permit applications, and a county spokesman said the ruling is still under…
Nvidia has announced Nvidia NIM Agent Blueprints, which it describes as an enterprise-ready catalog of pre-trained, customizable AI workflows designed to simplify the development and deployment of GenAI applications.The blueprints are designed to provide enterprise developers with a comprehensive toolkit for building AI solutions for a variety of use cases, including customer service, drug discovery in healthcare, and search augmentation generation (RAG).Companies can build data-driven AI systems using Nvidia's AI enterprise platform, which includes NIM microservices and the Nvidia NeMo framework.Nvidia unveils blueprint for GenAI applicationsAmong its initial offerings is a digital human blueprint for customer service, which uses 3D…