If you were about to get on a boat or an airplane, and someone told you there was a 70% chance your journey was going to turn out very, very badly, would you still embark? Probably not.

Half a million dollars are up for grabs in the latest XPRIZE competition, which pits dozens of data science teams

Companies take 61 days on average to fill a tech role in high demand, compared to 42 days for a non-tech role, according to the iCIMS 2021 Workforce report, released Wednesday. The study consulted 500 U.S.-based HR professionals between November and December of 2020.

COVID-19 turned our professional and personal lives upside down. It also forced governments, scientists, and health-care providers around the world to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

The elevation Tuesday of Andy Jassy to Amazon’s future CEO was the latest evidence that the forecast for Big Tech is increasingly cloudy. “It’s a bit of a crowning glory for the cloud,” said Cognizant’s Ben Pring.