Science and Technology

Qatar 2022 World Cup figurine album: how to avoid scams
09 Feb

Qatar 2022 World Cup figurine album: how to avoid scams

Anna Edwards
The opportunities for cybercriminals are multiple and are linked, to a large extent, to the news that occupied the agenda each day. This means that they modify their phishing techniques based on what is currently in the news. with the of Soccer World Cup Qatar 2022 the strategies of criminals appear from the purchase trends of linked products. In cases like these, the high demand for a product and the limited supply are taken advantage of, which generates anxiety among buyers. For example, loose figurines were offered (Messi's can be worth more than 10,000 pesos), packages and albums, which include…
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Offline maps: how to find ways and trace routes on your cell phone when we don’t have Wi-Fi or 4G
08 Feb

Offline maps: how to find ways and trace routes on your cell phone when we don’t have Wi-Fi or 4G

Anna Edwards
We are in a time when GPS for vehicles stopped being fashionable because they came out through mobile applications. With Google Maps and Waze at the forefront of preferences, we quickly move through cities and routes throughout Argentina. We know how to dodge traffic, where there are speed enforcement cameras, cuts, wells, parking lots and almost all the data that can be useful when driving. However... we can't track off-road or navigate when we don't have mobile data, unless we have previously downloaded the maps to the phone. On this occasion, we will focus on locating our position and get…
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How we accelerate the incorporation of the skills of the future within the educational system
08 Feb

How we accelerate the incorporation of the skills of the future within the educational system

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The labor market is constantly changing and demands new skills from people, such as the ability to innovate, critical thinking, collaboration, joint creativity and, of course, technological skills are and will be necessary to undertake and / or grow in modern organizations. The latter become more relevant when it comes to incorporating new collaborators, so we can affirm that the digital transformation is not only changing people, but also the entire labor market and educational system. At Intel, we are committed to our global objectives by 2030 to achieve the existing digital divide, democratizing access to the most advanced technologies,…
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The bleeding of layoffs from big tech doesn’t seem to end
07 Feb

The bleeding of layoffs from big tech doesn’t seem to end

Anna Edwards
He blood baths in the technology industry, it continued its course in the first months of 2023. For the technology sector, which grew meteorically during the pandemic, in subsequent years the rise in interest rates and inflation they cut those benefits. in the last months industry giants like, Alphabet, Google Matrix, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, PayPal and Dell announced cuts in their workforces that, when added together, far exceed the 60,000 jobs. Chicago companies seek foreigners fired by tech companies Even with all the layoffs announced for this year, most of the companies that are laying people off turn out…
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Rethinking poverty, rethinking technology
07 Feb

Rethinking poverty, rethinking technology

Anna Edwards
Usually we tend to see social reality as aggregated phenomena, with statistics, projections and graphs that seek to explain in a simplified way an otherwise complex reality. The world of work, unemployment statistics, the percentage of poverty or the coefficients that measure inequality have the objective of making a reality that often overwhelms us measurable. One of the great promises of the technological disruptions that came with the fourth industrial revolution is to radically improve the precision and specific content of those statistics so that the supposed knowledge of reality that they gave us is more accurate. But we will…
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Half of Argentines over the age of 75 admit that they hardly use the internet or technological devices
06 Feb

Half of Argentines over the age of 75 admit that they hardly use the internet or technological devices

Anna Edwards
blunt. These were the results of a recent survey carried out by a technology company that showed –once again– the digital generation gap. The Avast Company polled to two hundred Argentines over 55 years of age. And the work found that just over half (55%) use the Internet on a regular basis. But 21% do it only occasionally and one in four older adults (25%) said they never use it. "Half of those surveyed are retired and, logically, the proportion of people who do not use it increases over the years: for example, 52% of those over 75 no longer…
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Teaching digital skills | Profile
06 Feb

Teaching digital skills | Profile

Anna Edwards
Today there is a widespread idea that the future is something that must be incorporated quickly and urgently. Suddenly, teachers find themselves immersed in a whole new universe, full of knowledge and skills that they must teach their students so that they can respond and adapt to a world that is constantly changing and threatens to expel those who does not fit How to achieve this goal that, at first glance, seems to be unattainable? How can we collaborate to make this process as profitable as possible? It is important to mention the repercussions and the global impact that the…
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IT sector: beyond salary promises
05 Feb

IT sector: beyond salary promises

Anna Edwards
The expansion of the sector of information technology (IT) merged with the shortage of talent, its high turnover and the large number of profiles working abroad, promoted a salary increase from the software industry which is close to 100%, far exceeding the inflation of recent months. According to him ICT Monitor of the City of Buenos AiresThe industry in the Federal Capital generates, on average, 1,000 new positions per month, which have salaries that are 47% higher than the average salary of other sectors. On the computer salary website, the salary of a programmer is $184,615 and can vary between…
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Salaries in technology jobs are up to 51% higher than in other sectors
05 Feb

Salaries in technology jobs are up to 51% higher than in other sectors

Anna Edwards
Targeted salaries in technology positions are up to 51% higher than the market average. The data that emerges from the IT labor market report for the first semester of 2022 carried out by the Bumeran employment portal in conjunction with the Ministry of Economic Development and Production of the City of Buenos Aires reveals a situation that we hear daily. The Information Technology sector is booming. The average expected remuneration in IT positions it's a 28% higher than the market. This difference decreases to 3% at junior levels, represents 30% in senior and semi-senior positions, and reaches 51% for boss…
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