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In a lengthy memo on Alibaba's internal forum, Jack Ma voiced his support for a company undergoing a turbulent restructuring, saying it is now on the right path (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Jack Ma Emerges to Cheer Alibaba Overhaul Plan in Online Forum
Jack Ma took to an internal Alibaba forum to voice his support for a company undergoing a turbulent restructuring, emerging from seclusion for the second time in months to try and shore up sagging morale at the Chinese e-commerce pioneer he co-created.

WSJ EIC Emma Tucker says the paper is "shifting our center of gravity [in Asia] from Hong Kong to Singapore", leading to layoffs of "some" staff (Lucia Moses/@lmoses)
https://twitter.com/lmoses/status/1786010264015454260

Lucia Moses (@lmoses) on X
More changes at @wsj since I wrote this, with restructuring and layoffs in Asia

Challenges in Restructuring Community-based Moderation
Chau Tran, Kejsi Take, Kaylea Champion, Benjamin Mako Hill, Rachel Greenstadt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17880

Challenges in Restructuring Community-based Moderation
Content moderation practices and technologies need to change over time as requirements and community expectations shift. However, attempts to restructure existing moderation practices can be difficult, especially for platforms that rely on their communities to conduct moderation activities, because changes can transform the workflow and workload of moderators and contributors' reward systems. Through the study of extensive archival discussions around a prepublication moderation technology on Wi…

Manager Characteristics and SMEs' Restructuring Decisions: In-Court vs. Out-of-Court Restructuring
Rachid AchbahUL2 UFR SEG
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18135

Manager Characteristics and SMEs' Restructuring Decisions: In-Court vs. Out-of-Court Restructuring
This study aims to empirically investigate the impact of managers' characteristics on their choice between in-court and out-of-court restructuring. Based on the theory of upper echelons, we tested the preferences of 342 managers of financially distressed French firms regarding restructuring decisions. The overall findings of this study provide empirical support for the upper echelons theory. Specifically, managers with a long tenure and those with a high level of education are less likely to re…

[Thread] Engadget announces layoffs and a restructuring that separates news and features from reviews and buying advice (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)
https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1760714150354014545

Max Tani (@maxwelltani) on X
Memo that went out to staffers at Engadget announcing layoffs today

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01292 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Autonomous Intelligent Systems: From Illusion of Control to Inescapable Delusion
Autonomous systems, including generative AI, have been adopted faster than previous digital innovations. Their impact on society might as well be more profound, with a radical restructuring of the economy of knowledge and dramatic consequences for social and institutional balances. Different attitudes to control these systems have emerged rooted in the classical pillars of legal systems, proprietary rights, and social responsibility. We show how an illusion of control might be guiding governmen…

[Thread] Engadget announces layoffs and a restructuring that separates news and features from reviews and buying advice (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)
https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1760714150354014545

Max Tani (@maxwelltani) on X
Memo that went out to staffers at Engadget announcing layoffs today

Filing: a US court gives Audacy, the second-largest radio broadcaster in the US, approval to exit bankruptcy, slashing ~$1.7B of its debt in a restructuring (Amelia Pollard/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Audacy Gets Court Approval to Exit Bankruptcy, Hand Ownership to Creditors
Radio and podcast company Audacy Inc. received court approval on Tuesday to emerge from bankruptcy and hand ownership to creditors including Soros Fund Management.

Electron Beam Restructuring of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Sergei Nedi\'c, Karin Yamamura, Angus Gale, Igor Aharonovich, Milos Toth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09440

Electron Beam Restructuring of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) holds promise as a solid state, van der Waals host of single photon emitters for on-chip quantum photonics. The B-centre defect emitting at 436 nm is particularly compelling as it can be generated by electron beam irradiation. However, the emitter generation mechanism is unknown, the robustness of the method is variable, and it has only been applied successfully to thick flakes of hBN (>> 10 nm). Here, we use in-situ time-resolved cathodoluminescence (CL) spectrosc…

Using Mathlink Cubes to Introduce Data Wrangling with Examples in R
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07029 https://

Using Mathlink Cubes to Introduce Data Wrangling with Examples in R
This paper explores an innovative approach to teaching data wrangling skills to students through hands-on activities before transitioning to coding. Data wrangling, a critical aspect of data analysis, involves cleaning, transforming, and restructuring data. We introduce the use of a physical tool, mathlink cubes, to facilitate a tangible understanding of data sets. This approach helps students grasp the concepts of data wrangling before implementing them in coding languages such as R. We detail…