Category: Tech4Good
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Why providing mentorship programs to women in tech should be every organization’s priority
Acronis Blog – 9.15.22 (9.14.22) More and more women are joining the tech industry every day. Companies, no longer comfortable with the status quo, begin to realize the great benefits of having a diverse workforce, and start to provide equal opportunities to people of all walks of life. I love hearing stories about diversity changing…
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Introducing Emergency SOS via satellite
Apply YouTube Channel – 9.7.22 Emergency service, even without service. iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro let you text emergency services via satellite when cell service or Wi-Fi are unavailable. Available in November 2022. Source: Introducing Emergency SOS via satellite
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How Amazon is helping Ukrainian students get back to school
Amazon Blog – 9.2.22 Amazon has worked in countries across Europe to donate school supplies to help young Ukrainian refugees prepare for the new school year. Volunteers have also helped set up multimedia centers, complete with Amazon devices, to ensure the children have access language and learning support. Source: How Amazon is helping Ukrainian students…
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Bringing computer science education to 11 million students
Google Blog – 9.1.22 Earlier this summer, I had the chance to meet alumni of The Hidden Genius Project, an Oakland-based international nonprofit that provides Black male youth with training and mentoring in technology, entrepreneurship and leadership. Many of these graduates had no formal computer science education in their curriculum before joining the organization. Thanks to…
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Managing E-waste Responsibly: Critical Steps Towards a Circular Economy
Dell Blog – 8.23.22 E-waste not only poses health and environmental hazards, it’s also an untapped value that businesses of all sizes, across all sectors, could return to the circular economy. According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020, only 17.4 percent of e-waste is formally documented as being collected and recycled. The report estimates that globally,…
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Shelter From the Storm: AI Helps Gauge Catastrophe Risks
NVIDIA Blog – 8.23.22 Floods in Kentucky and wildfires in California are the kinds of disasters companies of all sorts are trying to address with AI. Tom Rikert, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based startup Masterful AI, is one of many experts helping them manage catastrophe risk. Source: Shelter From the Storm: AI Helps Gauge Catastrophe…
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An AI-Enabled Drone Could Soon Become Every Rhino Poacher’s… Horn Enemy
NVIDIA Blog – 8.22.22 Want inspiration? Try being charged by a two-ton African black rhino. Early in her career, wildlife biologist Zoe Jewell and her team came across a mother rhino and her calf and carefully moved closer to get a better look. The protective mother rhino charged, chasing Jewell across the dusty savannah. Eventually,…
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A climate and clean energy renaissance in the U.S.
Google Blog – 8.17.22 The climate and energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 represent the most comprehensive investments to combat climate change in U.S. history. These investments offer the opportunity to bring about a renaissance of American-made clean energy and renewed energy security, putting the country on a path to historic emissions…
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Logitech and Girls Who Code Research Asks: “What (and Who) is Holding Women Back in Tech?”
Logitech Blog – 8.9.22 Women have made great strides over the last four decades in fields like life sciences and material sciences, but their participation rates in engineering and computer sciences stay unchanged or have even declined. These persistent gender inequality in the tech and IT industries can be discouraging, but a new research report from Logitech…
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The phone industry needs systemic change | Behind the scenes
Fairphone YouTube Channel – 8.6.22 (8.5.22) What’s going on behind the scenes of the smartphone industry and how are we changing things from the inside? Source: The phone industry needs systemic change | Behind the scenes