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The price and positioning of the Apple Watch range makes it aspirational and perhaps a bit too expensive for many of us, but what it has done is make smartwatches more desirable on the whole. The result of this is a flourishing budget smartwatch segment, supported by various brands leveraging their expertise in smartphones and Bluetooth connectivity to offer capable wearable technology at reasonable prices. This includes Xiaomi, which recently launched the Redmi Watch 3 Active, a health-focused smartwatch priced at Rs.…

Image Source : FREEPIK Data breach expenses in India see drastic rise- Average exceeds Rs 17 Crore, a recent report stated A new report by tech major IBM has revealed that the average cost of a data breach in India has surged to Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, showing a significant 28% increase since 2020. The study also indicated a 45% rise in detection and escalation costs…

Colorado workers who were at the same job for the past year saw median annual pay increases of 7.4% in June, outpacing the 6.4% annual increase measured nationally, according to the latest ADP Pay Insights. The median annual salary for Colorado workers is $62,500, which is above the U.S. median in June of $57,400, according to ADP, which samples 10 million paystubs each month for its Pay Insights report. Colorado ranks ninth among U.S. states and the District of Columbia for the percentage gain in pay that its workers are…

Heat and drought have fueled an unusually large outbreak of fire in Canada. Credit: NASA This summer has seen a violent outbreak of forest fires across Canada and North America. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC), there were 911 active fires across the country on July 13, nearly 600 of which were characterized as "out-of-control." …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes for a single journey increased by 34.06 per cent within a year. This was disclosed in the NBS’ Transport Fare Watch Report for May 2023, released in Abuja on Tuesday. The NBS said the fare increased on a year-on-year basis from N55,906.86 in May 2022 to N74,948.78 in May 2023 but did not state the reasons behind the significant spike observed in the prices of airfares within the period under review. Experts…

On Mo’ne Davis’ 22nd birthday, the Dodgers newest intern had a full to-do list.Before the game, the recent Hampton University graduate was needed on the field, scurrying around to capture footage of the Dodgers pregame workouts.Throughout the day, she was checking in with her bosses, coordinating a list of promotional video productions for the team’s in-stadium scoreboard and social media channels.And at any point, she was ready for “whatever they need me to do.”“It’s nothing new,” Davis said during a down moment on this…

Incredible timing This week I was supposed to be doing Brave Fencer Musashi. However, I forgot to save at one point and lost more than two hours of progress, which really took the wind out of my sails. Years of autosave have completely atrophied my “save early, save often” instinct. So I needed something else on my shelf that I could play in short order. Incredible Crisis wasn’t something I had played before, but it seemed like it would fit the bill. I knew two things about this game: it’s weird, and it’s really short.…

Other research shows that generative AI adoption in marketing reveals promising productivity gains, with marketers estimating generative AI can save them the equivalent of over a month per year, making room for more meaningful work.To better understand the potential impact of AI and automation on productivity, efficiency, and jobs, Valoir conducted a global survey of more than 1,000 workers in a broad range of industries, and validated the data with in-depth interviews with people employed full-time in finance, HR,…

Satellite (Landsat) picture of Chesapeake Bay (center) and Delaware Bay (upper right) – and Atlantic coast of the central-eastern United States. Image credit: Landsat/NASA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: University of Michigan This summer's Chesapeake Bay "dead zone" is expected to be significantly smaller than the long-term average, according to a forecast released today by researchers from the University of…

Earth Energy Imbalance: 36 month running mean (Feb 2003 - March 2023). Credit: Professor Eliot Jacobson Recent spikes in ocean heat content and average global air temperature have left climate scientists across the world scrambling to find the cause. The global average air temperature, relative to 1850-1900, exceeded the 1.5℃ lower Paris Agreement threshold during part of March and the first days of June. This last happened in…