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Examples of sustainability: How new efforts are shaping the environmental future

IBM Big Data Hub

Businesses may optimize logistics by revaluating supply chain practices ; for example, by making transportation and shipping more efficient or using only suppliers that embrace sustainable practices. Sweden, for example, aims to be fossil fuel-free by 2040, while in Denmark, over 40% of electricity is generated from wind turbines.

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Iranian hackers access unsecured HMI at Israeli Water Facility

Security Affairs

This gave the attackers easy access to the system and the ability to modify any value in the system, allowing them, for example, to tamper with the water pressure, change the temperature and more. This group also hit other American websites, including a governmental education website in Texas. ” concludes the post.

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IBM and Texas A&M AgriLife provide data, technology and expertise to farmers in need

IBM Big Data Hub

With failed crops, low yields for farmers and diminished grazing for cattle, the Texas Department of Agriculture identified climate change as a potential threat to the state’s food supply. ” That’s where digital agriculture comes in. In Texas, 2022 was one of the driest years on record.

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306-NT: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900–ca. 1950

Unwritten Record

The following photographs are just two examples of photo stories that were featured in the newspaper. A large range of subjects and personalities are covered within the series, including: U.S. Additionally, while the series has not been digitized, items have been added to the catalog on an ad hoc basis. Original captions are in French.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, Amazon reminds customers to reorder their most often-purchased products, and shows them related products or suggestions. Agricultural machines can engage in autonomous pruning, moving, thinning, seeding and spraying. A flood of applications can be screened, sorted and passed to HR team members with precision.

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Balance of power

MIKE 2.0

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, worker and agricultural cooperatives grew around the world in response to power imbalances or vacuums where business either displayed unfair practices or were unprepared to support a sector. Recent examples include cooperatives of taxi drivers (e.g., Up & Go ).

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

For example, they are exploring how customer expectations are changing and how they can tailor their offers accordingly. Over the past year, Libraries and Archiving, Education, Mining, Media Companies, and Agriculture have also demonstrated noteworthy progress towards adopting digitalisation, resulting in increased scanning needs.