When Deborah DiSanzo, a veteran Massachusetts health care technology executive, went looking for her next career move, she made what might seem like an unusual choice: IBM Corp. But IBM's shift from computer hardware to software and services has taken the New York company deep into the world of doctors, hospitals, and drug companies. DiSanzo signed on as leader of its new health care division, called Watson Health, and got lucky when IBM decided to plant the unit's headquarters in Kendall Square: no relocation necessary. IBM is making a big bet on health care, and it's doing it here in the technology and life sciences hub of Massachusetts. Since IBM Watson Health was launched in 2015, the company has made four acquisitions worth about 4 billion and forged numerous partnerships with major hospitals, drug makers, and other companies.

Reports this week of Russian intrusions into U.S. election systems have startled many voters, but computer experts are not surprised. They have long warned that Americans vote in a way that's so insecure that hackers could change the outcome of races at the local, state and even national level. Multibillion-dollar investments in better election technology after the troubled 2000 presidential election count prompted widespread abandonment of flawed paper-based systems, such as punch ballots. But the rush to embrace electronic voting technology -- and leave old-fashioned paper tallies behind -- created new sets of vulnerabilities that have taken years to fix. "There are computers used in all points of the election process, and they can all be hacked," said Princeton computer scientist Andrew Appel, an expert in voting technologies.

Google is moving onto Uber Technologies Inc.'s turf with its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco that would help commuters carpool at far cheaper rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, jumping into a booming but fiercely competitive market. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., GOOGL -0.60 % began a pilot program around its California headquarters in May that enables several thousand area workers at specific firms to use the Waze navigation app to connect with fellow commuters. It now plans to open the program to all San Francisco-area Waze users this fall, the person said, with hopes of expanding the service if successful. Waze, which Google acquired in 2013, offers real-time driving directions based on information from other drivers. Unlike Uber and its crosstown rival Lyft Inc., both of which largely operate as on-demand taxi businesses, Waze wants to connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

David Drummond, one of Alphabet's most senior executives, announced that he was stepping down from Uber's board just as the ride-hailing company announced its intention to dive into self-driving cars - a longtime R&D project of Alphabet's Google. SAN FRANCISCO - If you need a sure sign that the race to develop self-driving cars is no longer just an interesting science project, David Drummond's departure from Uber's board is it. Drummond, an early employee of Alphabet who oversees corporate development and its investment arm, stepped down Monday after two years of board service at the ride-hailing giant. Prior to both companies confirming the departure, tech news site The Information reported that Drummond had been kept out of recent board meetings. Drummond is stepping down just a few weeks after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced that Uber was piloting a self-driving car service in Pittsburgh, and that the company had bought self-driving truck startup Otto, which was started by former employees of Google's seven-year-old self-driving car project. It's self-driving or bust for Uber CEO; the IPO can wait "I recently stepped down from Uber's board given the overlap between the two companies," Drummond, 53, said in a statement provided to USA TODAY by both Uber and Alphabet.

Since then, many more programs have been developed to expand the range of opportunities for global education, including student and teacher travel, global curriculum, programs to support teachers, and programs that deploy internet-based communication technologies to facilitate teacher and student global collaboration such as iEarn, the Global Scholars program at Bloomberg Philanthropies or the Out of Eden Project at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Asia Society has developed excellent materials to support curriculum development, teacher preparation and collective leadership on global education. Organizations like the Peace Corps or World Teach provide college graduates opportunities to develop their global skills through global service.

Imagine it's 2018 and some scientists from NASA are at the White House to see President Clintrump. There's a piece of space coming toward us; it is rocky, and icy, and big, and the risk of it hitting the Earth is much larger than anyone is comfortable with. Even if there's time to act, there won't be much of it. Where did it come from? How come we didn't spot it until now? What's the best course of action to take?

I try to not to get all worked up over recruiters being replaced by robots, or recruiting-is-dead click-bait articles, but some of them are just annoying as heck. I want to try and bring some additional facts and sanity to this discussion, as most of the discussions I have seen are based on emotional and anecdotal responses. I also wanted to bring other industry voices into this discussion like China Gorman, Gerry Crispin, Kevin Wheeler, and Glen Cathey as we believe this particular topic has an enormous impact on the future of our profession. You build a great case for recruiters to take seriously the advancements that AI, algorithms, bots, and VR are making in the talent acquisition space and tie it up in a way that makes one look away at their own peril!" -- China Gorman I am not a futurist. I don't have a crystal ball, but what I do have is 20 years of global recruiting experience leading functions all around the world, and I have been an agency and corporate recruiter.

Olivia is patient and tireless, with soft brown eyes and a gentle bedside manner. She wears the light blue scrubs and fob watch of an NHS nurse, which in fact she is. But Olivia is also a robot, a virtual avatar accessed on a smartphone app. Currently on trial with the groups responsible for Vanguard in NHS Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group in the West Midlands, the NHS service for non-emergency calls, Olivia will check your symptoms, give advice on treatment and help schedule an appointment, whether that's in English, Spanish or Dutch; she speaks all three, as well as Czech and Japanese. Is it the same as talking to a live nurse?

The debate over GMOs has divided activists and Nobel laureates alike, and that is no different when it comes to Monsanto and Vietnam. To Monsanto, genetically modified seeds are a more relevant topic today than the history of Agent Orange associated with a previous version of their company. This agrarian development, it says, serves to benefit farmers and produce greater yields due to the seeds' resistance to insects, herbicides and drought. The company believes that agricultural biotechnology is critical to the sustainability of agriculture in Vietnam and the region, according to Upadyayula. The organization says it believes genetically modified corn is crucial for a country that imported around 6 million metric tons of corn in 2015.