Tag: Philanthropy
What motivates innovative entrepreneurs: Money or altruism?
Hala Hanna Contributor Hala Hanna is Managing Director, Community at MIT Solve, a marketplace for social impact innovation. In today’s new world completely engulfed by COVID-19, all sorts of innovations are emerging to help the world overcome this difficult time: 3D printers are cranking out medical supplies; rapid advancements in testing have…
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Mark Zuckerberg commits Facebook to $10 million donation to ‘groups working on racial justice’
Even as Facebook continues to take a hands-off approach to monitoring violent rhetoric and disinformation on its platform, the company will make a $10 million donation “to groups working on racial justice” in the U.S., according to a late Sunday night post from chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The commitment from…
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I had COVID-19, but my tech guilt is worse
Ziad Reslan Contributor All views are his own. More posts by this contributor Freelancers rights come of age as gig economy booms Egypt and Thailand: When the military turns against free speech I’ve been infected with the novel coronavirus for at least three weeks. It started with my partner coughing…
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Let’s give tech philanthropists the benefit of the doubt on COVID-19
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 How Huawei is dividing Western nations ‘A city where you can pilot almost anything and figure out if it’s going to…
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Apple will donate 10M face masks to healthcare workers
By way of a working from home Twitter message, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company has sourced and will be donating 10 million face masks. The number is a sizable increase over the two million reported last week, and a hefty bump over the nine million figure Vice…
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Flexport, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others launch a fund to get supplies to front-line responders
There’s a global shortage of available protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies for use by front-line responders working to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus, and the Frontline Responders Fund wants to channel donations to help address that shortage. The fund, which is seeking public donations via GoFundMe, will…
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