Artificial intelligence will eventually solve some of the world’s biggest problems — but it’ll take some smart humans to get it there. Quoc Le, a software engineer at Google Brain, is one such human. Google Brain focuses on “deep learning,” a part of artificial intelligence. Think of it as a sophisticated type of machine learning,…
What looks like a page ripped from an alien’s dream journal is actually a frozen lake containing methane bubbles trapped in icy cells in Alberta, Canada. In January and February when the lake has frozen over and abrasive winter winds have polished the ice, visitors can peer through a window into one of Earth’s most…
Google wants to make it easy for travelers to decide where and when to go on vacation, and to see at a glance what a trip is likely to cost, right from their mobile phones. The company on Wednesday announced a search feature, Destinations on Google, that touches on almost every aspect of a vacation,…
If you want to be the one person who secures a strategy consulting role of the 100 people who apply, you need to know how to get through multiple case study interviews. Consultants and investment banks tend to attract similar types of candidates, but it’s this interview style that really proves a stumbling block for…
Job interviews just got more complicated. While formal questioning during interviews gives employers the most job-related information about you, a new study indicates that pre-interview small talk, or rapport building, is more influential. “Nearly all employment interviews, even those considered highly structured, begin with a brief meet-and-greet conversation typically coalescing around non-job-related topics (i.e., rapport…
Finance minister’s announcement greeted as ‘tall order’ but also as ‘amazing step’ The Indian government’s plan to select 20 universities and enable them to become world-class is a “tall order” and will require giving institutions “freedom from the overweening control of government”, one expert has warned. Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister, announced in his budget…
Here’s the right way to toot your own horn and test how well it’s working. A job interview is its own artificial environment—with rules and mores that differ quite a bit from most “normal” situations. One thing many people struggle with is knowing how much to toot their own horn. Interviewing for a job requires…
In an important notification on the Common Recruitment Process for recruitment of clerks in participating organisations (CWE-Clerks-V), the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announced on Thursday that it will not conduct interviews any more for selecting candidates for CWE Clerks V. In a communique to this effect, the institute also mentioned that the new…
Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and a parade of other technology companies filed a barrage of court briefs on Thursday, aiming to puncture the United States government’s legal arguments against Apple in a case that will test the limits of the authorities’ access to personal data. The extraordinary show of support for Apple from the tech…
Facebook moved to change its relationship status with the British tax authorities on Friday. The company announced that it would soon alter how it paid tax in Britain, potentially leading to the company paying millions of dollars more on its operations in the country. The move comes in the face of growing anger across Europe…
