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Silicon Valley Community Foundation challenges donors to address local problems
‘I like to think about community as an ecosystem,’ says CEO Nicole Taylor Scott Bade 8 hours Scott Bade Contributor Scott Bade is a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of “More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First.” More posts by this contributor The tech of giving…
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‘Capitalism generates a lot of wealth depending on the situation’
In an extended interview, writer Ben Tarnoff weighs the ethics of technology Greg Epstein 8 hours Greg Epstein Contributor Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of The New York Times bestselling book “Good Without God.” Described as a “godfather to the [humanist]…
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Getting tech right in Iowa and elsewhere requires insight into data, human behavior
Hollie Russon Gilman Contributor More posts by this contributor What can cities learn from Amazon HQ? Millennials could be the answer to government malaise Tara Dawson McGuinness Contributor Tara Dawson McGuinness, a former senior advisor to President Obama, is a Senior Fellow at New America and teaches public policy in…
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Will Apple, Facebook or Microsoft be the future of augmented reality?
Tim Merel Contributor More posts by this contributor VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper) Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023 Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence…
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FAA’s proposed remote ID rules should make compliance easy
Jon Hegranes Contributor Jon is the CEO and co-founder of Kittyhawk, the leading provider of unmanned software and airspace systems. More posts by this contributor Separating fiction from feasibility in the future of drone delivery When Josh, my co-founder, and I founded Kittyhawk, we saw the need for a new…
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Peru’s startup scene is ready for more
Greg Mitchell Contributor Greg Mitchell is regional director of Angel Ventures, a startup investor and advisor and is the creator of the blog Ruta Startup. Funding of Latin American startups has doubled each year over the past two years. And while most of this capital has been directed toward Brazil…
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