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Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge

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Kate Behncken, Microsoft Philanthropies corporate vice president. LinkedIn Photo) Microsoft is launching a new AI Skills Initiative that includes a global grant challenge, free online courses, and a training toolkit for teachers. “We’ll need to revolutionize how we train people, and we believe that AI skills can help.”

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Get Microsoft Office for Mac and six courses for just $80

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Receive lifetime access to Microsoft Office alongside courses to help you with each program. The post Get Microsoft Office for Mac and six courses for just $80 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Free LinkedIn Learning Courses for SCCM Intune

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Microsoft MVPs are notorious for passionately sharing their knowledge with the world. In this post, we will see the details about free LinkedIn learning courses available for SCCM and Intune (Learn SCCM Intune). Microsoft MVP award Program […].

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‘It changed my life’: Microsoft vet creates mentoring program for tech-focused college students

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Top universities are able to accept a fraction of applicants to their in-demand computer science programs. These relatively affordable institutions of higher ed have been ramping up their computer science courses, offering multiple four-year degree options. ” (Photo used with permission) So he’s trying to change that.

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Amazon donating $15M to Code.org to create AP computer science course with inclusive focus

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Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course aimed at underrepresented groups of students. Code.org will supply the curriculum and professional development workshops needed to offer the course to all participating schools.

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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

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(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. “You do your 200-level courses that start to get into the details.

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Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs

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Panos Panay, the Microsoft chief product officer for Windows and Devices, introduces Windows Copilot at Microsoft Build in May. Photo by Dan DeLong for Microsoft) For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal computer.

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