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Beyond resumes and degrees: Rethinking how we assess knowledge and skills
When was the last time you found yourself enrolled in a course? Or nervously sweating through an exam? If you are like many of us navigating the corporate jungle, you would probably say it was back in your school or college days. But then, an interesting question arises: How do you gauge your talent level?…
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Concept | Does the ‘Phone number’ system need an upgrade?
Problem Statement The phone number system is stale. It has not been able to keep up with other digital/network systems we see today. Let’s take an example of a website on the internet- Every website has a unique numeric address (called the IP address) attached to it but the users are not expected to remember…
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Why(How) should Canadian banks target new immigrants?
Introduction New immigrants play a vital role in the social, cultural, and economic fabric of Canada. From history to the present day, immigrants have helped shape and define the Canadian identity. In this article, I want to discuss why new immigrants are important to Canadian banks and the different ways in which banks can target…
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Concept | How to get more hours from your smartphone battery?
Problem Statement Smartphones have become a ubiquitous presence in our lives. On average, people check their phones 58 times per day spending a staggering 3.25 hours on their phones every day. Smartphones have also improved in their performance and functionality in the last few years. Despite this massive gain in popularity and functionality in phones, one major…
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Concept | Imagining native image editing options in Windows OS
Images and videos have become the favorite content types in this digital world. Most of the data created by users are images, videos, and audio produced from mobile phones and shared via social media. Operating systems, on the other hand, have not improved to handle the images, video, and audio content types natively. Native actions/commands…
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ChatGPT and the future of Machine Learning models
I got my first PC in the early 2000s. It was an IBM machine with Microsoft Windows OS on it. It was very special to me and it had a profound impact on my childhood (mostly in a good way). I remember spending time on the PC listening to songs, drawing paintings in MS paint,…