Month: January 2021
VC investment in proptech can yield profits and change lives
D. Hara Perkins Contributor D. Hara Perkins is a partner at Goulston & Storrs, PC in New York City, where she focuses her practice on affordable housing and economic development. Alexander Shermansong Contributor In 2020, nearly $24 billion in venture capital poured into companies creating new technology products or innovative…
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US arrests far-right Twitter troll for 2016 election interference
In a case that could set a precedent for how the US handles election-related misinformation moving forward, the Justice Department announced the arrest of infamous far-right troll Douglass Mackey on Wednesday. Better known by his online handle of Ric… Source
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Google Docs will soon show out of office information for collaborators Google Docs
With more employees working remotely over the past year, adoption and usage of online collaboration software such as Google Workspace has skyrocketed as these tools allow teams to work together no matter where in the world they are. However, work-life balance has been severely disrupted as a result of the…
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Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next?
President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order today that makes climate change a top US national security priority. He commissioned a “National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change.” He also directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to develop plans to adapt to a…
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Could meme stocks like GameStop kill bitcoin’s rise?
Cryptocurrencies, more so than most other things, are only valuable because of a shared agreement that they are valuable. Their value is a product of digital handshakes over millions of transactions firming up that consensus. For bitcoin, the trust that it has worth has turned more valuable in the past…
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Open storage is disrupting the enterprise market servers
Virtually every organization in the world relies on digital automation, making data more valuable today than ever before. Preventing data loss is thus a paramount concern, making storage system reliability an absolute imperative for organizations of all sizes. Delivering on this requirement, enterprise-class open source software is emerging as the…
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