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AI is everywhere. According to a 2023 survey by HR software vendor Engagedly, AI adoption is growing rapidly, automating repetitive tasks and improving decision-making processes as well as the overall employee experience. In the survey, 81% of HR leaders have explored or implemented AI to improve process efficiency in their organizations while around 45% of HR professionals are using AI for HR management and 39% plan to use it in the near future. Nearly two-thirds of respondents said AI has greatly improved efficiency and productivity in HR. Buyers have every right to be confused. In recruiting alone, there are well over 100 AI-based talent acquisition products in the market. AI now underlies at least part of the familiar names in talent acquisition -- for example, ICIMS, Oracle Recruiting Cloud and Workday -- as well as smaller relative newcomers, such as Onwelo's Hello Astra, Wade & Wendy, CVViZ, Findem, AmazingHiring and Manatal. To a certain extent, AI-based recru...

To the winner go the spoils. Norland rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit to beat Central 29-26 in overtime on Friday and now stand alone atop the Class 2M rankings on the USA Today Florida Network High School Football poll. Norland started the year at No. 2 and was tied with Central at No. 1 for one week before dropping back to No. 2. The Vikings received 10 of 11 possible first-place votes with American Heritage (Plantation) receiving the other vote. Central falls to No. 3 in the poll. Lake Mary increased its hold on the top spot in Class 4M after its 36-6 win against Evans. The Rams, which narrowly edged Columbus for No. 1 last week, picked up nine first-place votes. St. Thomas Aquinas (Class 3M), Chaminade-Madonna (1M), Mainland (3S), Cocoa (2S) and Hawthorne (1R) were unanimous first-place selections in their respective classes. Class 4M 1.  Lake Mary 7-0 (8 first-place votes) 2.  Columbus (Miami) 7-1 (3 first-place votes) 3.  Seminole (Sanford) 6-2 ...

In an elaborate Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly two years, two British men persuaded investors to put up nearly $100 million in loans to wealthy wine collectors, according to federal prosecutors. But those collectors never existed, prosecutors said, and neither did the extensive reserves of valuable wine that the men promised would secure the loans. Stephen Burton, one of the men who prosecutors said ran the scheme, pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in federal court in Brooklyn. Mr. Burton, 58, had been extradited to the United States from Morocco, where he was arrested last year after he was caught trying to enter the country using a fake Zimbabwean passport, according to prosecutors. James Wellesley, 56, is accused of conspiring with Mr. Burton. He was arrested last year and remains in extradition proceedings in Britain, prosecutors said. If convicted, the defendants each face up to 20 years in prison. John ...

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Chris Smith called KHOU 11 after getting an $800 water bill this summer. His bills have gone up and down for the past six months and some have been estimated. HOUSTON — Chris Smith called KHOU 11 for help after getting an $800 water bill from Houston Public Works this summer. He couldn't figure out why it was so high and he wasn't getting answers from the city.  When KHOU 11 started making calls, we also saw how slow and frustrating the process can be.  "This is January $35.70," said Smith, showing a stack of bills on the porch of his home on the south side.  RELATED: Head of Houston water department discusses high bills It's just him and his wife in the one-story home, so when his bill spiked to $800 in July, he ha...

One of Jeremy Corbyn's most powerful weapons in the 2019 general election campaign is located in a cramped, frugal office in a scruffy part of north London. Here at the headquarters of the left-wing activist group Momentum, a team of committed socialist filmmakers has produced a succession of viral videos that have transmitted Labour's campaign messages to a staggeringly big audience — around 16 million individual voters. In the five weeks since the election was announced, Momentum's video operation — consisting of 15 full-time producers and editors, supported by around 700 volunteers around the country who scour the internet and broadcast media looking for material that can be turned into memes — has achieved more than 50 million views on Facebook, more than most of the professional media organisations covering the election. On this afternoon, with just days to go before the December 12 vote, Momentum's headquarters is humming with activity. Around 50 staff are cramme...