Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves the U.S. Capitol after a private meeting with Sen. Patty Murray on Feb. 15, 2023. Francis Chung/POLITICO Politico: Blinken: Crimea a ‘red line’ for Putin as Ukraine weighs plans to retake it The se…
US Woos Other Nations for Military-AI Ethics Pact
State Department and Pentagon officials hope to illuminate a contrast between the United States and China on AI
Recession, what recession? (ISC)² Study Shows Cybersecurity Expected to Weather Tech Sector Jobs Downturn
Cybersecurity will defy the tech recession hurting other job roles in 2023, c-suite survey suggests. Every department loses good people in a recession or economic downturn, unless you work in cybersecurity in 2023 it seems. According to a new (ISC)² report and survey of 1,000 global c-suite executives in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Japan, and Singapore, cybersecurity will be the best place to work in the year ahead as job losses hit other departments and job roles. The report, How the Cybersecurity Workforce Will Weather a Recession, assesses the impact of a potential economic downturn on cybersecurity teams. Across the…
US Looking to Build Alliances for Responsible Military AI Use
State Department and Pentagon officials hope to illuminate a contrast between the United States and China on AI
IDC MarketScape Names Akamai a Contender in Worldwide Public Cloud IaaS
Akamai?s inclusion as a Contender in the “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Vendor Assessment” demonstrates the strength of our cloud computing services.
Call for urgent overhaul of Australia’s monitoring of ‘astronomical’ plastic pollution problem
Australian Academy of Science points to over-reliance on volunteers and says more regular surveys neededGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Academy of Science has called for an overhaul of the nation’…
Japan’s new whaling ‘mother ship’ being built to travel as far as Antarctica
Whaling company says construction of new vessel will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Japanese company is building a new whaling ship designed to travel …
Rubbish situation: Sydney bins left uncollected for weeks as workers strike over pay
Fair work commission intervenes after union files lawsuit in federal court against council waste contractor CleanawayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJessica Jones went nearly three weeks without having her rubbi…
They lost fathers to the war in Ukraine. Now, they’re in Seattle
Twelve Ukrainian kids came to Seattle to get a two-week break from the war. They participated in lots of fun activities, but home wasn’t far from their minds.
Seattle will expand library hours this spring. Here’s why it’s taken a while.
Seattle voters in 2019 approved a larger library levy, partly to fund expanded hours, but the Seattle Public Library is only this year delivering on that promise.