{"id":383,"date":"2020-04-03T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/51.75.254.207\/Club-Freelance\/?p=383"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:31:43","slug":"weekly-news-digest-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News Digest #12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not everything is bad news…<\/em><\/strong> <\/h2>\n

If the crisis found you in the middle of a
\njob hunt, you might now be wondering if you’ll be able to find a job at all in
\nthe current climate. Or perhaps your projects were put on hold and you need new
\nones ASAP. \u00a0<\/p>\n

No need to worry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the surge in remote work and internet
\ntraffic, businesses need IT professionals now more than ever. Cloud computing
\nservices like Microsoft Teams and Azure are skyrocketing<\/a>. So is
\nvideoconferencing. But that’s not all.<\/p>\n

Many businesses weren’t ready for this sudden digital transformation and need all the help they can get. Additionally, the rise in digital operations has accentuated<\/a> the cybersecurity skills shortage. <\/p>\n

Find out what industries are booming and how you can seize the moment in this article<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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News from the frontlines…<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

With every day that goes by, we hear of
\nanother tech initiative being launched to halt the spread of COVID-19. These
\nare certainly inspiring new developments, and we thought they deserve a space
\nin our weekly MCC update.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stay
\ntuned every week to learn how vital the IT world is becoming in this global
\nfight ?<\/p>\n

In the
\nmeantime, you can get acquainted with all ongoing efforts with this
\ngreat article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This week’s highlight? <\/p>\n

Quantum computing leader D-Wave Systems is giving<\/a> free cloud access to their quantum computers to anyone working on responses to the pandemic. <\/p>\n

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The power of comedy<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

As psychologists often remind us, seeking
\nsolace in humour is a very healthy response to difficult situations — You
\nsurely have noticed an increase in the number of memes you are receiving as of
\nlate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So…
\nhere’s another weekly section! This week…<\/p>\n

A software engineer at Dell has created a great (and fun) comic<\/a> on why we shouldn’t be afraid of AI.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Plus, seriously — be careful with videoconference filters. These guys’ boss spent a whole meeting<\/a> being a potato: <\/p>\n

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Not everything is bad news… If the crisis found you in the middle of a job hunt, you might now be wondering if you’ll be able to find a job at all in the current climate. Or perhaps your projects were put on hold and you need new ones ASAP. \u00a0 No need to worry.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[775,755],"tags":[73,136,58,15,60],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-review","category-tech-magazine","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-it-careers","tag-it-jobs","tag-it-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6925,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/6925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}