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HONG KONG - Under pressure from China, Apple has removed a smartphone app that enabled Hong Kong protesters to track police. It has cut off access in mainland China to a news app that extensively covered the anti-government demonstrations. And it has made it harder to find an emoji representing the Taiwanese national flag. The tech company's latest acts of capitulation to China's ruling Communist Party have alienated some Hong Kong consumers and angered democracy activists around the world. But the truth is, few U.S. companies have as much of their business tethered to China as Apple. “That's the price you pay if you want to be in the market,” said Matt Schrader, a China analyst for the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund. “You have to abide by demands to censor information: anything that paints the party or its history, or its top leaders, in an unflattering light, or disagrees with their preferred portrayal of China as a country.” Apple … [Read more...] about Apple Has Lot to Lose If It Crosses China’s Party Bosses

Golden Gate Bridge directors, in an effort to end the world-famous span's allure as a suicide destination, are expected Friday to approve spending $20 million to hang a net beneath the landmark structure. It's part of a $76 million funding plan for what the district calls "a physical suicide deterrent system" that also includes money from the state and federal governments. Bridge officials, who had vowed not to spend toll money on the steel-cable net, are nonetheless expected to vote for contributing $20 million in reserves and approving the funding package. Their action would allow the district to proceed with building and installing the net on both sides of the bridge, a project expected to take about three years. It's been 77 years since the bridge opened, and during that time an estimated 1,600 people have jumped to their deaths. Last year, 46 people committed suicide at the bridge, and 100 were stopped by bridge workers or police. "By approving this, we are putting a stop to 77 … [Read more...] about Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier closes in on approval

Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb Survey: Two-thirds of Global Staffing Firms Will Adopt AI-driven Applicant Tracking Systems by End of 2020 1  /  1 Back to Gallery U.S. Ranks Third in AI Adoption for Staffing Solutions, While Southeast Asia Leads the Charge, Finds CEIPAL Report ROCHESTER, N.Y. (PRWEB) December 11, 2019 A new global survey from CEIPAL, a SaaS provider for the front- and back-office business operations of staffing companies, reveals universal acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) as the future of recruitment. According to the 2019 Artificial Intelligence in the Recruiting Industry benchmark report, two-thirds of all staffing firms will adopt AI-driven ATS (applicant tracking systems) by … [Read more...] about Survey: Two-thirds of Global Staffing Firms Will Adopt AI-driven Applicant Tracking Systems by End of 2020

For the first time since the early 20th century, more Americans are choosing to die at home rather than in a hospital. A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday found deaths in nursing homes also have declined. Researchers studied data on natural deaths complied by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics from 2003 to 2017. In that period, the number of people dying at home increased from 543,874 (23.8%) to 788,757 (30.7%).   At the same time, the number of deaths in a hospital fell from 905,874 (39.7%) in 2003 to 764,424 (29.8% ) in 2017. "It's a good thing. Death has become overly medicalized over the last century," said the study's lead author, Dr. Haider Warraich of the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System.   The rise of home hospice services has helped more people spend their last days at home, Warraich said. "I have met many patients who just want to spend one day at home, around … [Read more...] about More Americans Are Choosing to Die at Home

Robert Mueller was unable to remember which president appointed him U.S. attorney for Massachusetts on Wednesday, highlighting just how shaky the former special counsel was during his House Judiciary Committee testimony. “Which president appointed you to become the United States Attorney for Massachusetts?” Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton asked Mueller.“Which senator?” Mueller asked. “Which president,” repeated Stanton, a Democrat. “I think that was President Bush,” Mueller said, referring to George H.W. Bush. “According to my notes, it was President Ronald Reagan had the honor to do so,” said Stanton, as some in the audience laughed.“My mistake,” Mueller responded. Reagan appointed Mueller acting U.S. attorney in Massachusetts in 1986. Bush appointed him acting assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s criminal division in 1990, and Bill Clinton appointed him as a U.S. attorney in California in 1998. … [Read more...] about Mueller Forgot Which President Appointed Him US Attorney