Tag: Impact
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Empowering Travel Advisors: The Impact of AI Innovations
Richard Turen As we walk into our travel future, many of us imagine that artificial intelligence will be beside us, sharing steps along the way. My concern is that AI will be many miles ahead of us, and I can only hope that we will be allowed to proceed at our own pace. Let’s begin…
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Impact of US Work Permit Validity Changes on Indian H-1B Visa Holders
The Donald Trump administration has announced a massive validity cut for Employment Authorization Documents, commonly known as work permits, starting from December 5. Instead of five years, from now on, the maximum validity of work permits will be 18 months. This applies to both new and renewal of EADs filed on or after December 5.…
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Reassessing AI’s Environmental Footprint: A Smaller Impact Than Anticipated
New research challenges the widespread belief that artificial intelligence is driving a major spike in global greenhouse gas emissions. The study suggests that AI’s overall influence on worldwide pollution is small and could even support environmental and economic progress. Scientists from the University of Waterloo and the Georgia Institute of Technology analyzed U.S. economic data…
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Substitute Success: Analyzing Their Impact on the Premier League Table
Welcome to the latest edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each week, The Athletic analyses the entire division through a specific lens. After studying defensive errors that have led to shots and/or goals last week, this week we are looking at the impact substitutes are making at each club. As usual, the article…
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Impact of Reduced Employment Authorization Document Validity on Green Card and H-1B Workers
Story in Brief USCIS has reduced the maximum validity period of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) from 5 years back to 18 months for several categories, effective for applications filed on or after December 5, 2025. The change follows the earlier decision to end automatic EAD extensions, meaning foreign workers must renew early within 180 days…
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Revolutionizing PCs: The Impact of Google AI on Aluminium OS
The Aluminum Age: How Google’s AI-Powered “Aluminium OS” Is About to Reshape the PC Landscape New Delhi, Dec 6 : For years, Google has juggled three main operating systems: Android (mobile), ChromeOS (laptops), and Fuchsia (IoT/experimental). Now, a new contender has officially emerged from the shadows, codenamed “Aluminium OS” (ALOS), and it signals Google’s most…
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Impact of Deadly Cyclone on Sri Lanka’s Tourism Season
Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka’s peak tourism season Reuters Sri Lanka’s Peak Tourism Season Hit By Cyclone Ditwah, Stranded Tourists Airlifted Out NDTV Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation cripples Sri Lanka tourism; flooding cuts off major destinations Telegraph India Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka’s peak tourism season ThePrint ‘Sri Lankan tourism industry alive and kicking despite Ditwah disaster’: officials The Economic Times…
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Reflecting on Our Impact
Kirsten Dunst discussed the progress that has been achieved in the film and TV industry since the #MeToo movement took hold during an on-stage interview on Thursday at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Asked by an audience member whether male actors and directors had got the memo on #MeToo, she fired back: “I think…
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Devastating Floods: The Impact of Climate Chaos and Rogue Storms Across Asia
Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three tropical storms forming simultaneously across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” The film, in which three massive storms plunge the earth into a new ice age, goes beyond the realms of…
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Transforming Childhood: The Impact of AI
Christmas stockings may contain more surprises than usual this year, as children open presents that can talk back. Toymakers in China have declared 2025 the year of artificial intelligence (AI) and are producing robots and teddies that can teach, play and tell stories. Older children, meanwhile, are glued to viral AI videos and AI-enhanced games.…