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There’s never been a better time than now for a web developer’s approach to SEO. The pace at which tools and resources, both new tools and anything familiar, innovate and open options for us also demand that we keep up. Recently, that has meant more requirements for performance optimization as Google releases algorithm updates and changes to metrics calculations. One tool that you should be familiar with is WebPageTest. They recently released some incredibly useful new fully integrated test tools.…

Tessa Xie reflects on the twists and turns of data science careers, the benefits of consulting, and the value of writing for a wide audience.In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Tessa Xie.Photo courtesy of Tessa XieTessa started her career in finance as a quantitative researcher after graduating from MIT with a degree in financial…

Chart: US Chamber of Commerce/Met LifeInflation has risen to the top of the challenges facing SMBs in recent quarters, followed by supply chain issues. COVID-19 issues remain relevant. Meanwhile, concerns over employee wellbeing and morale have risen steadily while revenue has become less of an issue as the US economy emerges from recession. It will be interesting to see whether the picture changes significantly in Q2, as the effect of the Ukraine war kicks in, and whether there's any movement on the…

There is a lot of excitement surrounding the introduction of 5G connectivity in India currently. With the Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully testing a 5G call in IIT Madras in May 2022, to the expected auction of the 5G spectrum, including airwaves in June 2022 there's a lot of ongoing action. However, 5G technology will not only upgrade our smartphone connectivity and data speeds, it is also set to make our cars smarter, immersive and more engaging.5G enabled technology for cars has already been under…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study, "The Global Potential for Increased Storage of Carbon on Land," published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides a series of geospatial maps that improve our understanding of the global gap between current and potential carbon storage on land, and offers a framework for action to realize the full potential of land-based carbon storage as a…

NASA has announced new possible dates for the launch of Artemis I unmanned mission, starting from July till December 2022. The new time-frames for the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket along with Orion spacecraft, including six brief tenures and 73 opportunities within 2022, have been determined based on the alignment of the Earth and Moon. Apart from these, NASA has also taken care of several criteria for rocket and spacecraft performance to decide the probable dates for the launch of Artemis I.The latest…

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while investors should tread carefully as the stock market continues to be stormy, they also shouldn't be afraid to make moves to strengthen their portfolios."We want to be very careful to buy stocks with stories that can handle a slowdown. … A good portfolio manager never sells his winners to fund his losers, even if it's embarrassing. You've got to give the losers the boot," the "Mad Money" host said.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.33% on Thursday while the S&P 500…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chronic poverty in the developing world can seem like an insoluble problem. But a long-term study from Bangladesh co-authored by an MIT economist presents a very different picture: When rural poor people get a one-time capital boost, it helps them accumulate assets, find better occupations, and climb out of poverty.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Companies often motivate executives by staging CEO tournaments—internal competitions to replace departing company leaders—but for those executives who lose the bid to become CEO, opportunities will probably arise elsewhere, according to a new study from a business researcher at The University of Texas at Austin.…

India's manufacturing push, backed by favourable policies, is timely and positions the country strongly to grab a massive opportunity in the electronics hardware space amid COVID-induced supply chain disruptions and global trust deficit around China, according to HCL co-founder Ajai Chowdhry.Chowdhry - who is part of the IT ministry-constituted advisory panel of experts that will steer objectives and provide guidance on the semiconductor programme - exuded confidence that India can emerge as a "reliable partner" for the…