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The leaders of the world鈥檚 20 largest economies are gathering in Argentina for the annual G-20 Summit. All eyes will be on President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet face-to-face to discuss escalating trade tensions between the world鈥檚 two largest economies. With tariffs on many Chinese goods set to increase to 25 percent in January, both leaders must take this opportunity [...]
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When Joseph Adjei enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he struggled as a newly deaf student from Ghana. 鈥淲here I lived,鈥� Joseph said, 鈥渢hey believed that deaf people can鈥檛 do anything.鈥� In class he tried to read lips, but he hadn鈥檛 yet learned American Sign Language. 鈥淚t was very, very difficult.鈥� Everything changed when Joseph鈥檚 class began using Microsoft Translator鈥攁 program that uses [...]
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Around the world, entrepreneurs, governments and academia are working to harness the benefits of emerging technologies. Few advancements are showing as much potential and opportunity to transform society as artificial intelligence (AI). From medical devices that are helping doctors and nurses diagnose patients quicker and more accurately, to self-driving cars that are making roads safer and reducing [...]
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The tech sector is committed to achieving greater diversity, inclusion, and equity. Making progress towards that aspiration has been slow. Fortunately, the future is brighter than the past, in part because of the partnerships we have built over the years and will celebrate this week as a part of the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference and the 2018 Leadership Conference for [...]
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by U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, Harold L. Martin Sr., and Dean Garfield Diversity is the key to unlocking exponential growth for the tech industry. The future of our country depends on building a more inclusive economy. We are at the precipice of innovations that could only be imagined a decade ago 鈥� driverless cars that reduce fatalities, curing incurable diseases, and a more sustainable planet are all within [...]
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The appropriate frustration and disappointment resulting from the recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica disclosures are making it easy to forget the personal and economic benefits of social media. For example, let鈥檚 not forget that we choose to integrate these services into our daily lives because they allow us to deepen social connections and enable us to exercise our individual agency in a fashion [...]
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Like the United States, the tech industry is a collection of people with exceptional skills and backgrounds. They have helped create a plethora of innovative products and services that benefit our day-to-day lives. If you're looking for an answer on Google, or buying something on eBay, or using a computer powered by Intel, it is because America opened its doors to immigrants. Half of the 87 startup [...]
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I am a black CEO, not a CEO who happens to be black. My self-identity is steeped in my blackness and my humanity. Yet, I find myself questioning the seemingly singular focus on numbers when it comes to assessing diversity and inclusion in corporate America, including in the tech industry. There鈥檚 no question that diversity matters, and that data are a key component of evaluating diversity. The most [...]
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Here鈥檚 a quick exercise. Tally up the most important things in your life that rely on the internet. Your checking account, life savings, data storage, balance sheets, family photos, health records, rolodex, business procurement, travel plans, ride home 鈥� all accessible, and as a result, at risk, online. In less than one generation, global citizens have completed the greatest transfer of goods, services [...]
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Although the United States has led in creating the technologies that have driven major innovations in previous decades, continued American leadership is not assured. Robert Samuelson鈥檚 鈥淐hina鈥檚 breathtaking transformation into a scientific superpower,鈥� makes that clear. The tech industry shares the goal of the Trump Administration and Congress: we want to ensure that America remains a global leader [...]
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