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Last week鈥檚 election results will soon usher in a divided Congress in Washington. While we can no doubt anticipate lively policy debate in the foreseeable future, one issue where there is bipartisan agreement 鈥� both within Congress and the administration 鈥� is the need for successful workforce development programs. It is essential that we equip our workforce with the proper skills to qualify for the [...]
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Innovators are focused on Colombia right now, and it鈥檚 not just because of the 鈥淥range Economy鈥� principles of innovation and creativity permeating throughout the Duque government. Recent actions give confidence that this new administration understands the environment needed for technology and entrepreneurship to flourish in Colombia. One example is the draft ICT modernization bill that the Duque government [...]
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Across the globe, governments are realizing that outdated approaches -- from trade agreements to privacy guidelines 鈥� no longer address the needs of the modern economy. In response, many are quickly moving to update policies to better address today鈥檚 digital reality. But in some cases, this haste can lead to serious, unintended consequences that could cause more harm than good. In that vein, international [...]
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When Joseph Adjei enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he struggled as a newly deaf student from Ghana. 鈥淲here I lived,鈥� Joseph said, 鈥渢hey believed that deaf people can鈥檛 do anything.鈥� In class he tried to read lips, but he hadn鈥檛 yet learned American Sign Language. 鈥淚t was very, very difficult.鈥� Everything changed when Joseph鈥檚 class began using Microsoft Translator鈥攁 program that uses [...]
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Around the world, entrepreneurs, governments and academia are working to harness the benefits of emerging technologies. Few advancements are showing as much potential and opportunity to transform society as artificial intelligence (AI). From medical devices that are helping doctors and nurses diagnose patients quicker and more accurately, to self-driving cars that are making roads safer and reducing [...]
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The tech sector is committed to achieving greater diversity, inclusion, and equity. Making progress towards that aspiration has been slow. Fortunately, the future is brighter than the past, in part because of the partnerships we have built over the years and will celebrate this week as a part of the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference and the 2018 Leadership Conference for [...]
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We are optimistic that a deal between Canada, Mexico, and the United States to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could be reached in the coming weeks or even days. Since NAFTA first came into force in 1994, the world has become more digitized and interconnected, and new technologies have revolutionized the ways we do business. Because of this, we have always believed that a [...]
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by U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, Harold L. Martin Sr., and Dean Garfield Diversity is the key to unlocking exponential growth for the tech industry. The future of our country depends on building a more inclusive economy. We are at the precipice of innovations that could only be imagined a decade ago 鈥� driverless cars that reduce fatalities, curing incurable diseases, and a more sustainable planet are all within [...]
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More and more, American jobs are calling for a new set of skills, ranging from computer science and advanced manufacturing to coding and machine learning. As the workplace evolves and millions of new jobs are created, ensuring current and future American workers have the training, skills and education they need to get a good-paying job is a national imperative that requires immediate attention. This [...]
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It is an exciting time to be working on technology policy. Right now, the world is having a discussion on how best to govern and create policies around emerging technology like artificial intelligence, digital taxation, and data flows. We want to not only be a part of the conversation but we want to constructive and work with governments around the globe to create policies that will protect consumers [...]
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