Month: July 2016
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DoD launching innovation office near MIT
Accelerating Innovation to the Warfighter CAMBRIDGE, MA — Today, AP is reporting Defense Secretary Ash Carter is launching the military’s latest effort at improving its technological capabilities in Cambridge, Massachusetts. […]
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Elon Musk’s ‘Master Plan’ for Tesla: Solar power, fully autonomous car-sharing and heavy vehicles
Tesla chief executive lays out plan for combination of Tesla and SolarCity MarketWatch‘s Jeremy Owens reports Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk doesn’t want to stop with electric cars: […]
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Congress confirms Carla Hayden as 14th Librarian of Congress
First woman and first African American to head Library of Congress WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s nominee for Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, by […]
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Azure captures Predix: GE and Microsoft CEO’s announce new deal
Microsoft’s Azure cloud wins a high-profile new customer—GE by Jon Fortt | CNBC TORONTO, ON—In their latest reveal, Microsoft hopes that when GE’s Predix becomes available on Azure next year, its […]
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Black Girls Code gets $2.8 Million space within Google NY HQ
Black Girls Code now has its own space within the confines of Google’s New York HQ – in a space worth $2.8m – with aims of connecting young girls directly […]
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Exclusive: National Basketball Players Association Announces First-Ever Tech Summit
NBA players’ union plays matchmaker with its athletes and Silicon Valley for more than beefing up portfolios by KC Ifeanyi NEW YORK, NY – The National Basketball Players Association announced today it […]
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Employee Resource Group Partnerships with BDPA
WASHINGTON—Employee resource groups (also known as ERGs, affinity groups, or business network groups) are groups of employees who join together in their workplace based on shared characteristics or life experiences. […]
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BREXIT: What IT could mean for TECH in Africa
HARARE, ZI—CNBC Africa reports lower commodity prices, a slowdown in exports, higher debt servicing costs, greater currency volatility and dollar liquidity issues are some of the challenges African economies likely will […]