Category: Tech4Good
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Celebrating Opportunity for All on Autism Awareness Day
Dell Blog – 4.4.19 (4.2.19) Today is World Autism Awareness Day, a day to increase the global understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism is described as a “spectrum” because there’s a wide degree of variation in the way ASD affects people. When describing autism, the concept of neurodiversity is becoming more…
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Amazon scholarship winners react
Amazon YouTube Channel – 4.4.19 (4.3.19) Read more at: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/communit… Visit Amazon’s Day One Blog: https://blog.aboutamazon.com Source: Amazon scholarship winners react
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Beyond Recycling: How “Circularity” is Reshaping the E-Waste Fight
Seagate Blog – 4.3.19 (4.2.19) The amount of e-waste that the world generates — and the lost economic potential from that waste — is staggering. An estimated 50 million metric tons of e-waste was generated in 2018, up from roughly 41.8 million metric tons in 2014. Most of this waste ends up in a landfill,…
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Bin-e’s Smart Recycling Bin Makes It Easy to Be Green
NVIDIA Blog – 4.1.19 We’re polluting our planet with our trash. Everything we “throw away” ends up somewhere else — destined for landfill or even the oceans. With increasing awareness of environmental calamities like mountains of trash in some Asian countries and the Great Pacific Garbage Patches, out of sight is no longer necessarily out of mind. Read…
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DJI Stories – Protecting Kenya’s Elephants from Above
DJI YouTube Channel – 3.25.19 (3.22.19) With more areas around the globe being used for agriculture and development, elephants are increasingly at risk from poachers and other human encounters. At Kenya’s Mara Elephant Project, staff are turning to drones as a vital tool for managing these extraordinary animals. Source: DJI Stories – Protecting Kenya’s Elephants…
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What’s New in EDU – Women’s History Month Special Edition
Microsoft Blogs – 3.22.19 (3.20.19) This month, as a part of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we’re bringing you a special edition of What’s New in EDU focused on celebrating the women and girls who use their passion for STEM to solve real problems and create amazing things. Read more: What’s New in…
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‘Power of Zero’ campaign launches, promoting digital civility and positive online behaviors
Microsoft Blogs – 3.14.19 (3.13.19) Earlier this week, Power of Zero, a new global campaign calling for zero violence, zero hate and zero bullying from age zero launched in New York City. Microsoft was on hand to support the lead organization NoBully and to promote civility and positive online behaviors among children, young people and all digital citizens.…
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All of Us: Why We Cannot Separate Diversity and Inclusion
Adobe Blog – 3.12.19 (3.11.19) Just ahead of National Women’s Month, six of our Adobe leaders served as delegates to The MAKERS Conference, joining 600 other leaders in critical conversations about gender at work. This year’s conference theme was #AllOfUs, the message being that it takes every individual, both men and women, to drive positive…
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Celebrate International Women’s Day with These 16 Artists
Adobe Blog – 3.9.19 (3.8.19) This International Women’s Day, discover the work of 16 global artists who embody the spirit of the holiday by uplifting and empowering women. Representing diverse backgrounds from all over the world, these women share one thing in common: their dedication to supporting women and sharing their stories through art. We…
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In Their Own Words: Leading Women in Tech Confront the Gender Gap
IBM Blog – 3.8.19 (3.7.19) With only a quarter of U.S. technology jobs currently filled by women[1], there is far more we must do as an industry to close the gender gap. And let’s be clear, closing the gender quality gap benefits society as a whole; there is a strong correlation between business performance and…