With the recent string of natural disasters hitting the United States and its neighboring countries, many tech companies were characteristically quick to respond in a number of ways. They exhibited how instrumental tech can be both financially and practically through monetary donations and other forms of aid, giving onlookers near and far a sense of […]
On Tuesday, September 5th, President Trump decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program amid many calls to keep the program, especially from the tech industry. Dubbed the “Dreamers” program by supporters, the immigration policy was passed by an executive order during Obama’s presidency to allow undocumented immigrants who came to the […]
Walmart and Google, two household names that are well-known for… well, almost everything, are partnering to challenge Amazon Echo’s artificial intelligence voice assistant Alexa. To do so, Walmart is bringing its products to Google Express, Google’s online shopping hub that delivers products quickly from recognizable stores like Costco, Walgreens, Kohl’s, and more. Many are stating […]
It’s no secret that women in the tech industry, or any one of the STEM fields, walks on a much thinner tightrope than her male counterparts. It can be very difficult to get to the other side when you’ve got people wiggling an already slim string under your feet. But that doesn’t stop women from […]
In June, Amazon announced it’s buying Whole Foods, the grocery store of choice for upscale, urban dwellers, for $13.7 billion. The move to invest in brick and mortar locations may seem like a confusing choice for the Internet giant who is squeezing profits from the retail industry, but this deal will allow Amazon to have […]
Cybersecurity Ventures just released a report estimating that by 2021, there will be 3.5 million available cybersecurity jobs that will remain unfilled, three times as many as those that were unfilled in 2016, highlighting a major and growing labor crisis in the global cybersecurity industry. In the U.S. specifically: The cybersecurity industry employs approximately 780,000 […]