Category: Tech4Good
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Minecraft helps you build a better world, one tree at a time
Microsoft Blogs – 11.15.22 (11.11.22) Minecraft players have helped raise more than $227,000 for the Nature Conservancy and mangrove restoration since The Wild Update was released, with one of the new biomes being the mangrove swamp. Source: Minecraft helps you build a better world, one tree at a time
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Going Green: New Generation of NVIDIA-Powered Systems Show Way Forward
NVIDIA Blog – 11.15.22 (11.14.22) With the end of Moore’s law, traditional approaches to meet the insatiable demand for increased computing performance will require disproportionate increases in costs and power. At the same time, the need to slow the effects of climate change will require more efficient data centers, which already consume more than 200…
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How Portable Solar Generators Keep You Connected in Remote Locations
BLUETTI Blog – 11.15.22 Are you tired of urban city life? All set to break free and live in a remote town or rural area? If yes, you need to think of ways to keep yourself powered. One way to supplement your energy needs is to include portable solar generators. Source: How Portable Solar Generators…
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Lenovo presents Work for Humankind
Lenovo YouTube Channel – 11.3.22 Work for Humankind is a bold initiative from Lenovo which called on volunteers from around the world to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to experience first-hand how to make a long-lasting difference to a remote island community while working from one of the most remote offices in the…
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Amazon commits $53 million to fast-track innovations by female climate tech entrepreneurs
Amazon Blog – 11.3.22 Amazon and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are launching a public-private partnership to address the gender inequities that exist for women in the climate finance ecosystem and to support female entrepreneurs with the resources they need to accelerate climate change innovations. Source: Amazon commits $53 million to fast-track innovations…
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Remote work challenges inspire Windows 11 updates to increase productivity and lessen distractions
Microsoft Blogs – 10.17.22 When pandemic lockdowns more than two years ago required Swetha Machanavajhala to work from home, she almost immediately felt the impact on her ability to work efficiently. Born deaf, the product manager on the Azure Cognitive Service Translator team reads lips and doesn’t use sign language, so when virtual Microsoft Teams meetings became…
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Your questions answered – what jobseekers with disabilities need to know to enter today’s job market
Microsoft Blogs – 10.13.22 October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities, past and present, while working to achieve parity with this year’s theme “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation.” At Microsoft, we believe people with disabilities positively impact our company culture, working environment and…
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Secure your family with 1Password and provide food security to communities
1Password Blog – 10.10.22 Here in Ontario, the leaves have begun changing colors and Thanksgiving has arrived. It’s a welcome reminder to appreciate what we have, from the simplicity of a warm meal to the joy of sharing that meal with loved ones. Source: Secure your family with 1Password and provide food security to communities…
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Tech workers turn their skills toward helping the world — one disaster at a time
Microsoft Blogs – 10.7.22 Her children had grown up under frequent bombing in eastern Ukraine for the past eight years and would automatically — and calmly — run to an inner corridor for shelter whenever they heard the telltale whoosh. So when even they started getting scared this past February, Lyubov Volodimirivna Dubohray knew it was…
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How AWS is helping its employees positively impact their communities
Amazon Blog – 10.4.22 We all have a role to play in addressing the systemic challenges that underrepresented groups have historically faced. Amazon Web Services (AWS) understands the importance of providing passionate employees with the opportunity to do just that. That’s why last year, we launched the inaugural Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ID&E) Innovation Fund to…