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Today the world is saying goodbye to Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), the American former heavyweight champion boxer and one of the greatest sporting figures and social activists of the 20th century. As an Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to capture the heavyweight title three times, Ali won 56 times in his 21-year professional career. While it was his grace in the ring and incredible work ethic [...]
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On this Earth Day, it's time to move beyond debating climate change and get to work rolling up our sleeves and tapping the best and brightest minds so we can tackle this challenge. For too long, taking action on climate change has been the can kicked down the road because some feared solving this problem could hinder economic growth. However, for the past two years, carbon emissions have fallen, while [...]
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When the president of the student engineering association at the Cuban polytechnic institute (CUJAE), was asked why he chose to go into engineering, I don鈥檛 think I was fully prepared for his answer: 鈥淢e permite so帽ar,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t allows me to dream.鈥� Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to Cuba as part of a delegation, led by the U.S. Ambassador and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for [...]
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As world leaders, business executives, the scientific community, and others meet in Paris for the COP-21 summit it is clear that the question is no longer whether our climate is changing, but how do we meet the environmental, economic, and societal challenges a changing climate will pose to humanity. Rather than accept an imperiled future, technology companies know that we can innovate and help create [...]
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The European Union鈥檚 plan to create a Digital Single Market (DSM), which would reduce barriers to digital trade and innovation within Europe, is at a pivotal phase. In the coming months, EU officials will hold a wide-ranging conversation with companies, public interest groups, and individual citizens regarding the details of this ambitious project. This week, European Commissioner for Digital Economy [...]
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Tomorrow the White House is hosting a summit at Stanford University on the important topic of cybersecurity.聽 Silicon Valley is a fitting backdrop and there will be high level participation from both CEOs and leaders from many of the companies who have long been leading cybersecurity advancements.聽 We welcome this engagement and hope it will expand the dialogue to reinforce the notion that we all have [...]
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Today is a day of pomp and circumstance as the new 114th Congress convenes to be sworn into office. As these members from different regions and political persuasions attempt to make good on their campaign pledges to grow our economy, we remind them that when it comes to growing the economy and creating jobs, tech鈥檚 agenda is really America鈥檚 agenda for success. The tech industry is one of our nation鈥檚 [...]
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An op-ed published today in The Hill聽shares my perspective that when it comes to workforce diversity there is less of a Silicon Valley 鈥� D.C. 鈥渄isconnect鈥� and more of a shared challenge on crafting an inclusive workforce in both the tech sector and the corridors of power in our nation鈥檚 capital.聽 Instead of being bystanders, tech intends to lead. And that starts with the candor to own up to the problem [...]
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Soon I will have the privilege of visiting South Africa for the first time. I will be meeting with government and business leaders, as well as students, to talk about the opportunities and possibilities a free and open Internet will offer Africans. I am very excited about this opportunity. While I arrive as a newcomer, South Africa is not a stranger to me. As president of the Information Technology [...]
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The technology sector in San Francisco is developing at astronomical speed.聽 Last year alone, tech employment grew by 17 percent, totaling more than 53,000 jobs in a city of 837,000 people.聽 These numbers appear even more remarkable when you consider that in 2013 the city鈥檚 overall employment increased at a rate of 4.6 percent, while at the height of the dot-com bubble in 2001, San Francisco had approximately [...]
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