Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

Tensions over university funding in Brazil have been simmering for a while. In January, a Lula administration official visited the University of Brasília and was met by protesters asking for better pay.Credit: Leandro Chemalle/Thenews2/Zuma via Alamy Academic workers, including many professors, are now on strike at more than 60 federal universities across Brazil. Having faced … Read more

Apple Hired Dozens of AI Experts From Google for a Secretive Zurich Research Lab

Apple Hired Dozens of AI Experts From Google for a Secretive Zurich Research Lab

Apple has poached dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Google and created a “secretive European laboratory” in Zurich to house a new team of staff tasked with building new AI models and products, according to a paywalled Financial Times report. Based on an analysis of LinkedIn profiles conducted by FT, Apple has recruited at least … Read more