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the amount of work that is expected to be done
Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025.
Gerry Miller | CNBC
Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 June 2025
One thing Ubuntu users should know is that the change will only provide performance boosts when GPUs are handling workloads running the OpenCL framework or the OneAPI Level Zero interface.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Ohtani has provided a critical bat at the top of the Dodgers' order and there was some concern that adding a pitching workload might hurt his offensive production.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Those same retailers also said increases in return volumes has created new expenses due to employee workload and processing costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 June 2025
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 June 2025
One thing Ubuntu users should know is that the change will only provide performance boosts when GPUs are handling workloads running the OpenCL framework or the OneAPI Level Zero interface.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Ohtani has provided a critical bat at the top of the Dodgers' order and there was some concern that adding a pitching workload might hurt his offensive production.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Those same retailers also said increases in return volumes has created new expenses due to employee workload and processing costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 June 2025
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Large scale battery storage deployments nearly doubled last year to 30 gigawatts nationwide due to demand from solar projects to balance intermittent loads.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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By integrating route planning, safety compliance, document processing, and real-time load visibility, platforms like this offer smaller carriers the kind of operational backbone typically reserved for national fleets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Trump has set a July 9 deadline for imposing reciprocal tariffs, but trade talks have run into obstacles including discussions over duties on farm goods, steel and car parts.—
Jennifer Cunningham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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In early 2025, the U.S. imposed new tariffs on Canadian lumber, pushing duties as high as 35%.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The real task ahead is in smashing those silos: media, strategy, data and creative working as one from the jump.—
David Doty,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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In December 2024, a U.S. Senate Committee report initiated by Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said that at least two Amazon studies found a link between the speed at which the online retailer's warehouse workers are performing tasks and workplace injuries.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The agency ordered Gateway Energy Storage to conduct environmental monitoring whenever the company handles batteries; safely remove, package and dispose of all impacted battery packs; and submit detailed work plans and progress reports to the agency.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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The Cormac McCarthy Society have made PDFs of all the Spanish passages in McCarthy’s work available online.—
Rachel Ashcroft
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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So, although the President, and maybe even Powell might want overall interest rates to be lower, that’s not the FOMC’s mandate, which is focused on controlling inflation and maintaining job creation.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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One difference with the rise of AI that the technology excels at job functions typically associated with white-collar work.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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