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Freelancing is an attractive option for skilled workers.getty Over the past several years, the corporate landscape has changed dramatically. We’ve seen a shift towards remote options, flexible work and a desire for individuals to have more control over their careers. So, it’s no surprise to see another trend emerge—the rise in freelancing. According to Upwork’s 10th annual study, Freelance Forward: 2023, freelancing hit an all-time high. This group now comprises 38% of the U.S. workforce, an increase of 4 million professionals from 2022. Freelancers also contributed $1.27 trillion to the U.S. economy, a 78% increase from 2014. By 2028, it’s…

OpenAI ChatGPT on phone.ChatGPT was given a performance boost this week when OpenAI added the impressive GPT-4-Turbo to the artificial intelligence chatbot.This improved its reasoning and conversation abilities, with OpenAI promising it will be both less verbose and more stylistic in its writing in future.While this is only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, I’ve pulled together a series of fun prompts to try with ChatGPT that work with the free and paid version.Creating prompts for ChatGPTI’ve covered a range of topics with these prompts, as well as different prompting styles including one where you need to enter a multi-prompt conversation.1.…

XRP’s price dropped by more than 11% in the last 24 hours.  A few market indicators suggested that the bearish trend might change.  Since the market crash, Ripple’s [XRP] price has been witnessing corrections and has yet to show any signs of recovery. The worst is yet to come, as the token failed to test a long-term bull pattern, hinting at a further price decline.  XRP has obstacles to cross According to CoinMarketCap, the token’s price had dropped by over 18% in the last seven days. In the past 24 hours alone, the token registered double-digit declines, and it plummeted by…

In a significant advancement for urban infrastructure, an autonomous system for road repair is shifting the upkeep landscape. Developed through a partnership between Robotiz3d, Hertfordshire City Council, and the University of Liverpool, this system, known as the Autonomous Road Repair System (ARRES), is making strides in the detection and repair of road damages such as potholes and cracks. This breakthrough integrates artificial intelligence (AI) within its operations, recently covered by Fox News.At the heart of the ARRES system is the ‘ARRES Eye’ technology–a sophisticated imaging tool installed on vehicles that patrol and examine roads for early signs of damage. This…

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A Cincinnati woman is competing in a pitch-style competition at the University of Dayton to win money for her nonprofit.Girls Career Awareness Network (Girls C.A.N.) founder Caroline Trennepohl says after she had a mentor change her life, she’s trying to share that experience. “Just seeing the opportunities that are out there is vital for our young women, and quite honestly youth in general,” Trennepohl says.After a mentor helped her find her passion, she started Girls C.A.N. an online nonprofit with mentors for young women to connect with nationwide.Trennepohl says she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do…

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Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Danielle Schulz, 36, is a dancer with The Metropolitan Opera. Devin Cruz Danielle Shultz is a professional dancer and runs her own corporate wellness business.Shultz is one of many Americans who don’t work a typical 9-to-5 and leans on side hustles for income.Her business, Triangle Sessions, has landed contracts with Google, Meta, and Deloitte.  When Danielle Shultz has rehearsal at The Metropolitan Opera, she starts her commute from Philadelphia to New York City at 7 a.m.The 36-year-old professional dancer catches up on work emails on the train,…

Last summer, Costco began offering one-ounce gold bars for sale. The products have been massively popular, with the wholesale retailer selling up to $200 million worth of golf monthly. So how have customers done with their purchases? Well anyone who bought a bar earlier this year or last year has seen the value of their purchase increase. Those who got a bar when they first went up for sale back in September paid $1,949 for the one-ounce, 24-karat item. This week, that same bar costs $2,369.99. Even if they got a bar January it is a huge jump, since those…

IBM is back in the layoff headlines after reportedly slashing jobs in its marketing and communications divisions.  The news was initially reported today by CNBC, and doesn’t include any mention of numbers. The layoffs were reportedly announced in a brief meeting with affected staffers today, a person with knowledge of the matter told CNBC. IBM has made no secret of its plans to cut staff of late, as we noted in an exclusive story last month. Big Blue told us it was looking for employees to take a voluntary severance, primarily in its enterprise ops and support, Q2C, finance and…

Iain Masterton/AlamyYouTube is hoping to stack its deck with YouTube Cards, a new tool for video creators that will help provide a more interactive experience for users. The new feature for enhanced video publishing should also provide enterprising content creators with some more dynamic ways to either get noticed or make some money.Google’s (GOOG)(GOOGL) video-sharing site counts more than a billion users worldwide. Billions of views are generated daily with folks checking out hundreds of millions of hours of content.YouTube is a perfect example of what Wall Street calls the network effect. Viewers go where the content is, and content…