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From 5G to satellites, GlobalLogic Ireland MD Carmel Owens on how the comms industry is powering innovation for a better-connected planet.

Read more: How the comms industry is making waves

Founded in 2018, this start-up wants to ensure that the ‘transformational impacts’ of quantum computing are fully realised in the future.

Read more: Nu Quantum: Helping the quantum industry mature and scale

An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked inside a 32-page earnings report, oil and gas giant BP revealed it was killing 18 early-stage hydrogen projects, a move that could have a chilling effect on the nascent hydrogen industry. The decision, along with the sale of the company's U.S. on-shore wind power operations, will save BP $200 million annually and help boost its bottom line. The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grimmer outcome. BP has been a supporter of hydrogen. The company's venture capital arm has invested in several green hydrogen startups, including Electric Hydrogen and Advanced Ionics. Earlier this year, BP said it would develop "more than 10" hydrogen projects in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Now, BP is scaling back those plans, saying it'll develop between five and ten projects. The company is keeping quiet about which ones will receive the green light.

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Altair is known for its computational science and AI for industrial simulation and data analytics.

Read more: Siemens to buy Altair for $10bn to boost industrial software

Get a firsthand look at the most recent State of the Industry survey results to better gauge the marketplace as we settle into 2022.

Amidst Earth Day reflections, the roofing industry emphasizes sustainability, employing eco-friendly materials and practices to combat climate change.

The EEOC has published “Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment in the Construction Industry,” a guideline recommending committed leadership, accountability, comprehensive policies, accessible complaint procedures, and tailored training to ensure a harassment-free workplace. 

Meet the 2024 Young Guns, a group of roofing contractors and industry professionals under 40 who are leaving their mark and make a difference in various ways.

Greenwood’s consistent success and shrewd expansion moves within the last few years allowed the company entrée into the rarified Top 10 of RC's 2023 Top 100 List — generating $218 million in revenue, a company record; the company was named 2023 'Commercial Contractor of the Year' at 2023 Best of Success.

The National Roofing Contractor Association’s (NRCA) Hispanic Outreach Task Force is making a big push to empower Latino roofing contractors and to tap into the trillions of dollars they represent in the U.S. economy

Brad Van Dam, vice president of MTL Holdings, provides insights into the state of the roofing industry, covering labor, supply chain and sustainability.

Time is running out to register for RC’s exclusive 2024 State of the Industry webinar. Walk through RC’s exclusive annual survey data from roofing contractors around the country with the experts.

Roofing contractors nationwide shared their insights on sales, new technology, workforce and other industry challenges in our exclusive survey. Our experts break
down the data on the industry’s biggest stage.

Leaders weigh in on the new challenges and innovative solutions that await a roofing industry continuing to evolve as a new year gets underway.

PIMA President Justin Koscher discusses how polyiso can play a role in a roofing contractor’s success this year.

ABC Supply continues to invest in its people, technology and communities. Learn more in this exclusive Q&A with RC.

Mule-Hide Products Co. continues efforts to train and educate roofing contractors while developing innovative products.

Huntsman Building Solutions offers reasons for roofing contractors to remain optimistic when it comes to spray foam roofing and coatings systems.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) anticipates changes in policy and products in the near future. Is the roofing industry ready?

Westlake Royal Roofing Solutions has new products and programs to engage with customers this year.

IRE 2024 has significantly expanded its Latino-friendly offerings through bilingual breakout sessions, Latino-specific programming and other events during the three-day expo in Las Vegas.

Best of Success, RC’s signature annual event, returns to the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys Sept. 19-21.

The United Association of Storm Restoration Contractors formed to ensure quality repair work for communities.

Just like plugging a leaky roof, finding ways to plug holes in rebate management by using the right tools and methods can lead to satisfied customers on the distributor and manufacturer side.

S-5!, the Colorado-based metal roof attachment solutions manufacturer, will host accredited educational sessions at METALCON in Atlanta, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, covering metal roofing basics, solar racking systems, and sales strategies.

Manufacturers, suppliers and other industry stakeholders are updating their own business practices while learning to navigate through and beyond these unparalleled times.

Our 2022 Editor’s Choice examines the latest products and innovations that can help roofing contractors succeed amidst workforce and material shortages.

With more women entering the construction industry, this year's NWiR Day featured a number of breakout sessions emphasizing diversity and inclusion.

The New York-based company reportedly last year captioned and subtitled more than 15 million minutes in video on-demand, processed more than 500,000 minutes of content with speech recognition, and live-captioned more than 300,000 minutes of events.

Speechmatics, a provider of automatic speech recognition software based on recurrent neural networks and statistical language modeling, is on a mission to make its speech-to-text technology usable by 70 percent of the world's population in the next three years.

SoundHound AI, based in Santa Clara, Calif., this year launched, among other things, Chat AI, a voice-enabled digital assistant with generative artificial intelligence; and Smart Answering, which uses voice AI to handle inbound customer calls.

Resemble AI, providers of a platform that uses generative AI to create realistic-sounding voices, in July released Resemble Detect, which can validate the authenticity of audio data to expose speech deepfakes in real time .

With almost 25 years of experience in developing text-to-speech solutions, ReadSpeaker today offers one of the largest selections of expressive, humanlike voices in the industry.

When it comes to new technologies, few have had as much of an impact as generative artificial intelligence, ushered in by OpenAI in November 2022 with its ChatGPT launch.

NVIDIA saw blowout second-quarter results, surging margins, and incredible demand, which prompted one analyst from Constellation Insights to conclude that "it's clear the company has little competition and a lot of pricing power."

VALL-E, one of Microsoft's latest forays into artificial intelligence, is a transformer-based text-to-speech model that can re-create any voice from just a three-second sample clip.

ID R&D, a New York-based provider of liveness detection and voice biometrics, has quickly become a leader in addressing AI-powered fraud by combining passive facial liveness and voice anti-spoofing technologies.

D-ID, an Israeli company founded in 2017, is providing superpowers to individual creators and businesses alike, uniquely enabling them to transform any picture into an interactive video in seconds.

AI, AI, and more AI: The technology is disrupting everything, and it's found everywhere in our speech industry achievements for 2023.

Interface interoperability is becoming closer to reality, but more work is needed.

Improved accuracy, wider language choices, and real-time options are among the benefits.

Deepfakes threats advance, and technology is challenged to keep up.

Voice and video creation tools continue to benefit from AI augmentation.

Speech systems will continue to get more conversational with AI advances.

The insights come faster and are more comprehensive

How generative (and other types of) artificial intelligence is impacting five important sectors.

Voiceitt, an Israeli provider of speech recognition for nonstandard speech, seeks to disrupt the voice accessibility market.