The impact of AI by 2040, highest-paid IT skills, Barcelona's biggest tech show and more / Daily Digest

February 29, 2024

The impact of AI by 2040, highest-paid IT skills, Barcelona's biggest tech show and more / Daily Digest

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Experts: AI Will Make Life More Convenient But Less Pleasurable

Daily tasks will get easier, while our personal relationships, privacy, mental health, and spiritual lives will suffer, according to an Elon University report on the impact of AI by 2040.

How climate tech companies in Asia measure the impact of their work

To answer this big question, we reached out to climate tech companies in the Asia Pacific and get them to explain the details.

‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election?

Robocalls of President Biden already confused primary voters in New Hampshire – but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late.

The AI election is here.

AI could make the four-day workweek inevitable

Working four days while getting paid for five is a dream for many employees. Yet the dramatic shifts in the pandemic-era workplace have turned this once unfathomable idea into a reality for some workers. And as more global data emerges, an increasing number of companies are courting the approach after positive trial-run results across countries including the UK, Iceland, Portugal and more.

CYBERSECURITY

Why We've Removed Our Wyze Home Security Recommendations at CNET

A slew of security issues have plagued Wyze home security devices in recent years. The latest breaches in 2024 have caused us to remove Wyze product picks for now.

Face off: Attackers are stealing biometrics to access victims’ bank accounts

Biometrics have been touted as the ultimate credential — because after all, faces, fingerprints and irises are unique to every human being.

WOMEN IN TECH

OpenAI sales leader says ‘we see ourselves as AGI sherpas’

For OpenAI head of sales Aliisa Rosenthal, there is no disconnect between the company’s lofty mission to “ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity,” and her team’s day-to-day sales, marketing, partnership and customer success efforts, including implementing ChatGPT Enterprise at over 260 companies and 150,000 employee users.

CAREER

The highest-paid IT skills — and why you need them on your resume

Not surprisingly, generative AI skills topped a list of capabilities companies are seeking in new hires. The top 10 highest paid skills in tech can help workers earn up to 47% more — and the top skill among them is generative artificial intelligence (genAI), according to a new report from employment website Indeed and other sources.

Cool Technology

MWC 2024: 3 wildest tech that made our jaws drop

You won't believe what we saw at Barcelona's biggest tech show.

A 3D-printed titanium ‘metamaterial’ design solved a longtime engineering issue

These lattice structures could one day strengthen bone implants and rocket parts.

Cellular structures made from metal alloys could strengthen everything from bone implants to rocket parts—if they didn’t keep cracking under pressure. Researchers have so far spent years attempting to solve for uneven weight distribution issues across these artificial “metamaterials” to little success. As detailed in a recent study published in Advanced Materials, however, a team at Australia’s RMIT University appears to have finally figured out the solution after drawing inspiration from plants and coral, with some help from a cutting-edge 3D-printing tool.