The importance of mentoring women in tech Tonya Hall talks to Mercedes Soria, executive vice president and chief intelligence officer at Knightscope, about receiving the ABIE Award and trying to engage more women in tech. Diversity must be more than a box-ticking exercise. Smart executives recognise that a socially inclusive team makes for more effective decision making. What's more, a diverse workforce equates with a more profitable business. Gartner says 75 per cent of organisations with inclusive decision-making teams exceed their financial targets. The analyst says teams with diverse members make better decisions quicker. Diversity and inclusion, in short, are key to increasing business success – and CIOs can play a key role in helping to foster these programmes. John Kostoulas, senior research director at Gartner, says technology chiefs have already gained experience in producing diverse teams through the creation of agile development programmes, where CIOs bring together … [Read more...] about IT strategy: How an investment in diversity can boost your business
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The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Science Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Science | The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic Supported by Scientists accelerated the update of a model of Earth’s fluctuating magnetic field, which is needed to keep navigational systems functioning. Many wondered what’s happening inside the planet’s core. ByShannon Hall Feb. 4, 2019 The north magnetic pole is restless. Distinct from the geographic North Pole, where all the lines of longitude meet at the top of the world, the magnetic pole is the point that a compass recognizes as north. At the moment, it’s located four degrees south of the geographic North Pole, which lies in the Arctic Ocean at 90 degrees north. But that wasn’t always the case. In the mid-19th century, the north magnetic pole floated much further south, roaming around Canada. For … [Read more...] about The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic
Get on board … for a holiday on a double decker bus
GRAEME COUSINS talks to a young man from Newry who is in the process of converting a double decker bus into tourist accommodation When getting a foot on the property ladder was proving to be too difficult for a 24-year-old Northern Ireland man, he came up with the innovative idea of living in a double decker bus. Jack McGrath’s plans have since been modified but his dream of converting a once-functional bus into a modern living space is close to being realised.Taking a break from work on the bus, which is currently located on a rental site close to his home in the Saval area of Newry, Jack spoke to the News Letter about how he came to be the owner of a second-hand double decker bus which had previously been used in the Kent area.He said: “I was originally going to live in it. I was frustrated by housing prices. “The idea of living in a converted double decker bus was essentially a housing solution. “I got it off a businessman from just outside Liverpool who … [Read more...] about Get on board … for a holiday on a double decker bus
The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI
When King George III of England began to show signs of acute mania toward the end of his reign, rumors about the royal madness multiplied quickly in the public mind. One legend had it that George tried to shake hands with a tree, believing it to be the King of Prussia. Another described how he was whisked away to a house on Queen Square, in the Bloomsbury district of London, to receive treatment among his subjects. The tale goes on that George’s wife, Queen Charlotte, hired out the cellar of a local pub to stock provisions for the king’s meals while he stayed under his doctor’s care. More than two centuries later, this story about Queen Square is still popular in London guidebooks. And whether or not it’s true, the neighborhood has evolved over the years as if to conform to it. A metal statue of Charlotte stands over the northern end of the square; the corner pub is called the Queen’s Larder; and the square’s quiet rectangular garden is now all but … [Read more...] about The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI