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Polly Thompson

Polly Thompson

Business Reporter at Business Insider

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  • English
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My startup's AI tool is helping Ukraine on the battlefield - Business Insider India

Erik Kannike is CSO of an Estonian startup that’s using AI in the defense sector.He explains how Ukraine is using the company’s AI tool to streamline intelligence gathering.This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Erik Kannike, chief strategy officer of defense tech startup SensusQ, which has developed an AI being used by Ukraine and NATO. The following account has been edited for length and clarity.The world before February 24, 2022 was a difficult place for defense tech startup…
over 1 year ago
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Thanks to AI, snowstorms won't stop Walmart delivering your present...

The retail titan, Walmart, has been pouring investment into AI development.AI is cutting stock delivery time from days to hours and even reacting to weather events. Walmart customers will likely find their holiday shopping a little easier this Christmas, largely because of the retailer’s investment in AI.American families spend about six hours a week on household planning, shopping, scrolling, tapping, and building a basket. All of which is heightened over the holiday period, according to Walmar…
over 1 year ago
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I bought a California ghost town for $1.4 million. Living here gets...

When he was 30, Brent Underwood left Austin and moved to an abandoned mining town. While restoring the town he’s realized that people approach finding a purpose the wrong way.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brent Underwood about his experience moving to a Californian ghost town. The following has been edited for length and clarity.In 2018, my friend sent me a listing for Cerro Gordo, an abandoned mining town in California. This might be your next project, he joked.The idea…
about 1 year ago
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Passengers were stuck for hours in sweaty, stifling corridors at Br...

Long queues formed at major UK airports after a nationwide outage affected electronic passport gates.Many were stuck for more than an hour in hot corridors with no water and little information.Border control at many of the UK’s biggest airports was disrupted for multiple hours on Tuesday evening after electronic passport gates suffered a nationwide outage.Thousands of passengers landed at London Gatwick — Europe’s eighth busiest airport — late on Tuesday to face massive delays in entering the co…
11 months ago
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CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says remote work took away some of Uber's bes...

Uber lost some of its most frequent customers thanks to the rise of remote working, its CEO said.Dara Khosrowshahi made the observation during the company’s Q1 earnings call.Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wants to see more workers going back to the office, and not just at his own company.Workers are still not using Uber as a daily habit for their commute as many did prior to the pandemic, which is hurting the ride-hailing giant’s growth, the CEO said.With the pandemic, I think a lot of people who we…
11 months ago
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This Canadian city has found the sweet spot between low cost of liv...

Many of the world’s most exciting and beautiful cities are also the priciest to live in.But one Canadian city has found the perfect balance between offering its residents a great quality of life for a relatively low cost, according to Mercer’s 2024 cost of living report.The study compared 226 cities worldwide according to their cost of housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment.Montreal ranked 118th in the world for its overall cost of living but came in 20th for qual…
10 months ago
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Dell employees used the company's signature corporate survey to tel...

Computer giant Dell carries out an annual employee engagement survey known as Tell Dell.After its strict RTO mandate, workers used the survey as an opportunity to show Dell how they really felt. When executives decide on a new direction for a company, there’s often little that workers can do about it besides leave. But that doesn’t mean they are happy about it.At computing giant Dell, after a year shaped by layoffs, a strict return-to-office (RTO) mandate, and a new employee monitoring system, w…
9 months ago
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A future-of-work expert explains why some companies are willing to ...

Strict RTO mandates are causing tension between workers and their bosses. BI spoke to future-of-work expert, Ravin Jesuthasan, about the reasons companies are still insisting they come to the office.
8 months ago
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Dell staff say they aren't surprised about layoffs following its AI...

Ten Dell employees told Business Insider that they are bracing for further rounds of layoffs as the company rolls out its new AI strategy.
8 months ago
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CEOs who insist workers return to the office are living in an 'echo...

Brigid Schulte, author of "Over Work" and director of the Better Life Lab, spoke to BI about the CEO mindset that is driving RTO policies.
6 months ago
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Partner pay at Big 4 firms is dropping, the latest sign of the cons...

Partners at the Big Four consultancies are taking home less this year after the sector sees slowdown in growth.
5 months ago