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, /PRNewswire/ -- , a leading global provider of claims management, loss adjusting and technology-enabled business solutions, has published its . In preparing the report, Sedgwick's experts conducted research and engaged with clients for notable insights to forecast trends across key sectors and topics. The content focuses on ensuring organizations are aware of new risks and evolving trends and helping them navigate the unexpected in the year ahead. The Forecasting 2025 thought leadership report highlights trends related to: "2024 was a seismic year across industry sectors as companies navigated the unexpected, and 2025 will be no different," said Kimberly George, Sedgwick's Global Chief . "These predictions serve as a barometer for what's to come, so leaders around the world can prepare accordingly." The trends and predictions in the Forecasting 2025 report will be monitored by Sedgwick's experts throughout the year and serve as part of a larger thought leadership strategy to keep clients and partners informed. With this, Sedgwick will launch a new podcast featuring in-depth conversations with its experts and client partners on a new topic each month. For more on the report insights, visit . Sedgwick is a leading global provider of claims management, loss adjusting and technology-enabled business solutions. The company provides a broad range of resources tailored to clients' specific needs in casualty, property, marine, benefits, brand protection and other lines. At Sedgwick, caring counts; through the dedication and expertise of over 33,000 colleagues across 80 countries, the company takes care of people and organizations by mitigating and reducing risks and losses, promoting health and productivity, protecting brand reputations, and containing costs that can impact performance. Sedgwick's majority shareholder is The Carlyle Group; Stone Point Capital LLC, Altas Partners, CDPQ, Onex and other management investors are minority shareholders. For more, see . View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
Australia's S&P/ASX200 index is trading down -0.31% at 8449.00 in early trading. The major US stock indices moved lower in trading on Thursday. The small-cap Russell 2000 fell by -1.25%. The NASDAQ index declined by -0.18%, the S&P index fell by -0.19% and the Dow industrial average fell by -0.55%.Tweet Facebook Mail People living in central and southeastern parts of the country have been warned to brace for intense heat this weekend. Victorians, in particular, will feel the heat, with temperatures expected to hit up to 45 in some areas – the first time in four years. The extreme temperatures will bring severe heatwave conditions to both Victoria and South Australia. READ MORE: Woman sexually assaulted while walking at Melbourne's Flinders Street Station Victoria's first 45°C in four years could happen on Monday. (Weatherzone) Severe heatwave conditions are currently peaking over southwestern Western Australia , including the Perth Metropolitan Area, and are expected to gradually move eastward later in the week, reaching South Australia and Victoria by the weekend. "This weekend will see temperatures approaching five to 10 degrees above average throughout much of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales," Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said. "Monday will be the hottest day with temperatures up to 16 degrees above average." READ MORE: Truck driver wanted after motorcyclist hit on major Melbourne freeway Forecast wind and temperature at 5pm AEDT on Monday, December 16. (Weatherzone) Wildfires to cyclone bomb: Extreme weather hits the US View Gallery Adelaide will be the first to hit 40 degrees on Sunday, followed by Melbourne on Monday. If Melbourne reaches 40 degrees, it will mark the warmest December day since 2019. "Other parts of Victoria and New South Wales could be in the low to mid-40s, inland NSW could even reach the high 40s on Monday," Bradbury said. READ MORE: Why a 35-degree day can 'feel like' 40 degrees "Along with the heat, windy conditions and a lack of rain are likely to lead to a spike in fire danger for much of the southeast." Victoria will see a cool change on Monday night and Tuesday morning. DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .
2mfODP8D The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week, TikTok is now one step closer to being outright banned in this country. If the Chinese-owned app fails to find a political ally in the incoming Trump administration by Jan. 19 (or new domestic ownership), mind-numbing scroll sessions and moronic viral stunts will soon be unavailable for its 170 million American users. While many may view the Biden administration’s actions as overreach, a ban on TikTok would be an act many American parents are desperate to see: the restriction of social media for their children. The harmful effects of predatory algorithms on young people are now as obvious as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Last year, the US Surgeon General warned the nation that young people who engaged in “more than 3 hours per day on social media faced double the risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes including symptoms of depression and anxiety.” However, protecting our children from Silicon Valley (and China) isn’t as simple as banning cancerous apps. It’s a reality being demonstrated right now in Australia. Late last month, the Land Down Under passed ground-breaking legislation to outright ban social media for anyone under 16. The new rules toss TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X, and Instagram onto barbie and fine those companies up to $50 million AUD (about $33 million) for failing to restrict kids from their content. Parents cheered the law, with polls showing that 77% of Australians approve of the government’s new rules. In theory, I do, too. I immigrated to Australia from the US in 2022 and am now the father of a true-blue Aussie ’roo. Like many parents, my wife and I began planning our family’s approach to “screen time” at conception — and a world where scrolling is simply not an option seems like a better one. Unfortunately, Australia’s “fair dinkum” (or cynically political) attempts to woo parents like me are not as straightforward as they might seem. And they won’t be in the US, either. “I think many parents are struggling,” says Lisa Given, an information studies scholar at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. “They see [the ban] as the government trying to do something. But at the end of the day, the question is, ‘How is this going to be policed?’ “ In fact, no one knows how Australia’s ban will function in practice once it begins in the coming year. All social media users could now be asked to log on with a government-issued ID such as a driver’s license (which the government has said it won’t require). Or worse still, and perhaps even more likely, social media companies will begin using facial recognition or biometrics to confirm a user’s age (although initial reports suggest this approach is less successful for kids who are not Caucasian ). The third approach is “pattern recognition” — tracking a user’s overall internet activity to make a guess at their age. That would require a high level of general internet surveillance and open the doors to privacy issues a la mode. Welcome to China. “I don’t think this will be successful if you are thinking about it as a way to protect children from harm,” says Given. “Many children will still be able to access content, whether they’re using a technical workaround like a VPN, or just a shared device in the home . . . What we actually need to combat are things like image-based abuse, we need to target the algorithms.” And, of course, where there is a will, there’s a way: Teens still vape, they still sneak booze and they’ll still find a way to meme dankly. It’s hard to believe the ban isn’t, on some level, subterfuge to monitor and censor every Australian’s internet activity. Even if it isn’t, the ban leaves the door wide open to government snooping. Worse still, we already know that there is a better way: Tech companies have the ability to modify their algorithms so that they aren’t force-feeding negative content to their users. But they won’t if the government, namely the US government, doesn’t force them. Otherwise, it’s business as usual, greed over good. Sorry Australia, the dingo ate your baby.
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Turtle Creek-based agriculture technology startup Four Growers announced a $9 million Series A funding round. The company utilizes robotic technology to autonomously harvest plants in greenhouses. Currently, the technology is used commercially to pick cherry and grape tomatoes. In house, it has "proven that it can do cucumbers," and this funding round will lead to scaling cucumbers commercially. "We're really excited to start ramping up the production and units," CEO Brandon Contino said. "We have a few units deployed across North America and Europe today, and we have got a lot of contracts to fulfill with customers, more in North America, Europe and also other parts of America. It's really all about ranking production and continuing to add more capabilities." The $9 million round was led by Austin-based Bassett Capital with support from Rye, New York-based Ospraie AG Science and San Francisco-based early stage accelerator and investor Y Combinator, which has helped launch thousands of companies, including Airbnb , Cruise and DoorDash . Four Growers was selected to participate in Y Combinator in 2018. "The round was led by Basset Capital, which we're really happy to have," Contino said. "We were very excited to have [Y-Combinator] invest in this round too. When we went through it, it was a program where like 10,000 or 13,000 people applied, and they took 150. We were extremely lucky to get in at the start and to go to the Bay Area for the YC program and then after that, we had our first round of funding out there and then we came back." Contino said the team came back to Pittsburgh for three main reasons: Its target customer base had a large presence in the Northeast, Pittsburgh is a more affordable city to scale a company in than San Francisco, and Pittsburgh has a robotics cluster of talent. "When you're building a robotics company, it's hard to to find a better city than Pittsburgh to find good robotics talent," Contino said. "We have a really phenomenal team that's made this all possible. Most people are from Pittsburgh, and there are people we've recruited into Pittsburgh from other parts of the U.S. We're so super grateful for that and with the fundraise, we are expanding the team and we're looking at hiring additional roles."
Published 23:23 IST, December 21st 2024 Andhra Pradesh govt and PhysicsWallah sign Rs 1,000 crore deal to establish a University of Innovation, focusing on AI and emerging technologies. Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government and EdTech company PhysicsWallah have signed an agreement to set up a University of Innovation (UoI) at an investment of up to Rs 1,000 crore. The UoI is set to emerge as the first institute of eminence in the state and aligns with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s aim to provide the state’s youth with education in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. “We are committed to investing up to Rs 1,000 crores by GSV Ventures - US and other investors, the purpose is to create an institution that combines academic learning with industry relevance. The UoI will help learners with the skills they might need in a constantly evolving job market, in an attempt to foster entrepreneurship and innovation,” said PhysicsWallah founder and chief executive Alakh Pandey in a press release on Friday. The UoI will work towards blending academic excellence, innovation, and research, focusing on addressing key challenges in education and employability. Following a hub and spoke model, the varsity will serve as a central hub with satellite centres across the southern state serving as spokes. Further, in a bid to keep the curriculum aligned with the market, PhysicsWallah is collaborating with industry partners like Amazon Web Services India Pvt Ltd to provide industry-relevant education. IT Minister Nara Lokesh added that the partnership with the EdTech company aims at advancing innovation and equipping Andhra Pradesh’s youth with skills which align with industry demands and standards. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Republic and is published from a syndicated feed.) Get Current Updates on India News , Entertainment News along with Latest News and Top Headlines from India and around the world. Updated 23:23 IST, December 21st 2024
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Highlights from Trump's interview with Time magazineShopping on Temu can feel like playing an arcade game. Instead of using a joystick-controlled claw to grab a toy, visitors to the online marketplace maneuver their computer mouses or cellphone screens to browse colorful gadgets, accessories and trinkets with prices that look too good to refuse. A pop-up spinning wheel offers the chance to win a coupon. Rotating captions warn that a less than $2 camouflage print balaclava and a $1.23 skeleton hand back scratcher are “Almost sold out.” A flame symbol indicates a $9.69 plush cat print hoodie is selling fast. A timed-down selection of discounted items adds to the sense of urgency. Pages from the Shein website, left, and from the Temu site, right. Welcome to the new online world of impulse buying, a place of guilty pleasures where the selection is vast, every day is Cyber Monday, and an instant dopamine hit is always just a click away. People are also reading... Nebraska transportation director: Expressway system won't be done until 2042 27-year-old Beatrice man sentenced for May assault Shoplifting investigation leads to arrest for possession of controlled substance Nebraska football signing day preview: Potential flips and a 5-star up for grabs At the courthouse, Nov. 30, 2024 Gage County Sheriff's Office helps catch Fairbury suspect Mother to Mother supporting families Stabler scores 22 in Lady O's season opening win At the courthouse, Dec. 7, 2024 Beatrice company seeks to break China's stranglehold on rare-earth minerals Orangemen open season with win over Nebraska City Holiday Lighted Parade happening Saturday Clarissa Ruh Beatrice Regional Orchestra to perform Sunday Missouri man sentenced for attempted sexual assault By all accounts, we’re living in an accelerating age for consumerism, one that Temu, which is owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, and Shein, its fierce rival , supercharged with social media savvy and an interminable assortment of cheap goods, most shipped directly from merchants in China based on real-time demand. The business models of the two platforms, coupled with avalanches of digital or influencer advertising, have enabled them to give Western retailers a run for their money this holiday shopping season. A Christmas tree ornament purchased on Temu. Software company Salesforce said it expects roughly one in five online purchases in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada to be made through four online marketplaces based or founded in Asia: Shein, Temu, TikTok Shop — the e-commerce arm of video-sharing platform TikTok — and AliExpress. Analysts with Salesforce said they are expected to pull in roughly $160 billion in global sales outside of China. Most of the sales will go to Temu and Shein, a privately held company which is thought to lead the worldwide fast fashion market in revenue. Lisa Xiaoli Neville, a nonprofit manager who lives in Los Angeles, is sold on Shein. The bedroom of her home is stocked with jeans, shoes, press-on nails and other items from the ultra-fast fashion retailer, all of which she amassed after getting on the platform to buy a $2 pair of earrings she saw in a Facebook ad. Neville, 46, estimates she spends at least $75 a month on products from Shein. A $2 eggshell opener, a portable apple peeler and an apple corer, both costing less than $5, are among the quirky, single-use kitchen tools taking up drawer space. She acknowledges she doesn’t need them because she “doesn’t even cook like that.” Plus, she’s allergic to apples. “I won’t eat apples. It will kill me,” Neville said, laughing. “But I still want the coring thing.” Is it safe to shop on Temu? Here are 5 scams to avoid on the popular online shopping platform Osheen Jain Shein, now based in Singapore, uses some of the same web design features as Temu’s, such as pop-up coupons and ads, to persuade shoppers to keep clicking, but it appears a bit more restrained in its approach. Shein primarily targets young women through partnerships with social media influencers. Searching the company's name on video platforms turns up creators promoting Shein's Black Friday sales event and displaying the dozens of of trendy clothes and accessories they got for comparatively little money. But the Shein-focused content also includes videos of TikTokers saying they're embarrassed to admit they shopped there and critics lashing out at fans for not taking into account the environmental harms or potential labor abuses associated with products that are churned out and shipped worldwide at a speedy pace. Neville has already picked out holiday gifts for family and friends from the site. Most of the products in her online cart cost under $10, including graphic T-shirts she intends to buy for her son and jeans and loafers for her daughter. All told, she plans to spend about $200 on gifts, significantly less than $500 she used to shell out at other stores in prior years. “The visuals just make you want to spend more money,” she said, referring to the clothes on Shein's site. “They're very cheap and everything is just so cute.” Can AI chatbots make your holiday shopping easier? HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Unlike Shein, Temu's appeal cuts across age groups and gender. The platform is the world’s second most-visited online shopping site, software company Similarweb reported in September. Customers go there looking for practical items like doormats and silly products like a whiskey flask shaped like a vintage cellphone from the 1990s. Temu advertised Black Friday bargains for some items at upwards of 70% off the recommended retail price. Making a purchase can quickly result in receiving dozens of emails offering free giveaways. The caveat: customers have to buy more products. Despite their rise, Temu and Shein have proven particularly ripe for pushback. Last year, a coalition of unnamed brands and organizations launched a campaign to oppose Shein in Washington. U.S. lawmakers also have raised the possibility that Temu is allowing goods made with forced labor to enter the country. More recently, the Biden administration put forward rules that would crack down on a trade rule known as the de minimis exception, which has allowed a lot of cheap products to come into the U.S. duty-free. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to slap high tariffs on goods from China, a move that would likely raise prices across the retail world. Both Shein and Temu have set up warehouses in the U.S. to speed up delivery times and help them better compete with Amazon, which is trying to erode their price advantage through a new storefront that also ships products directly from China. The right book can inspire the young readers in your life, from picture books to YA novels DONNA EDWARDSAssociated Press Small, luxury foods are great as stocking stuffers or other gifts. Ideas for under $50 By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Game-changing holiday gifts for building fires, printing photos, watching birds and more By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press 2024 Christmas TV Guide: When to watch Rudolph, Charlie Brown and other holiday favorites Brooke CainThe Bradenton Herald(TNS) Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.
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