The biggest change is how World of Warcraft players manage multiple characters aired live this week. Say goodbye to your awkward list of toons scattered across servers you can hardly remember to join and say hello to Warbands. All your characters are now a unified team of heroes – Alliance and Horde – ready for … Read more
In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on the right is an AI-generated image. Look at the close-up of their eye sockets under their faces. The reflections in the eyeballs are consistent for the real person, but incorrect (from a physics point of view) for the fake … Read more
HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR on Leadership, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. Do you have a difficult employee on your team – someone who’s struggling at work? Do you know how to help them? Melvin Smith says … Read more
Humberto Farias has been watching the explosion of generative AI very closely. Farias is cofounder and chairman of Concepta Technologies, a technology company specializing in software development and programming in the areas of mobile, web, digital transformation and artificial intelligence. For example, he noticed that Apple is putting generative AI at the very center of … Read more
Kaka Pawar and Pappu Yadav were virtually unknown entities until the 1996 Olympics. The duo had only two things in common — they were wrestlers and were willing to fight it out on and off the mat to represent India in 48kg category. Almost 28 years later, few in the wrestling circles would have forgotten … Read more
Getty Images Indian army soldiers patrol the Line of Control, the de facto border with Pakistan On 9 June, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir saw one of its deadliest attacks in years. Nine Hindu pilgrims were killed and more than 30 people were injured after militants opened fire on a bus that was making its way … Read more
For patients undergoing opioid dependence treatment (ODT), long-acting injectable buprenorphine (LAIB) can be a life-changing therapeutic option. Since 2020, demand for LAIB has grown steadily, replacing older ODT therapies such as methadone, said John Jones MPS, who administers LAIB at his Shortland, NSW pharmacy. ‘The National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data Collection indicates that there … Read more
Summary of different strategies for developing T2T genome assemblies. Credit: Genetics of Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01830-7 Entirely new crop varieties that can better withstand drought, salt and pests are within reach thanks to international genomic research published today in Genetics of Nature. The study, “Unlocking plant genetics with telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies,” was led by researchers … Read more
HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR On Strategy, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock new ways of doing business. Here’s a quiz. What do LEGO, GoPro, and CarMax have in common? Wharton professor David Robertson says they all have a similar strategy for growth that … Read more
Carle Health, an eight-hospital health system based in Illinois, is dedicated to giving patients the care they need at every point in their healthcare journey. Through collaboration and engagement, the health system aims to ensure the highest level of care by applying accurate data and innovative, evidence-based best practices. THE PROBLEM Medication reconciliation is a … Read more