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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Gen Z does not dream of labor

Vox

This buzzy phrase , popularized on social media in the pandemic, rejects work as a basis for identity, framing it instead as an act to pursue out of financial necessity. But will these virtual acts of employee resistance culminate in lasting systemic change? Naturally, this has major consequences for social attitudes about work.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Lil Nas X’s “Panini,” NASA’s social media presence, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, and John Krasinski’s Some Good News YouTube show are among the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Chung has been a Co-Curator of TEDxSingapore, and she continues to advise teams of undergraduate students about their management consulting projects for clients in the social sector.

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Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”

The Verge

Social networks contain multitudes. One day you’re writing about internal dissent over the company’s ability to uproot influence campaigns and election interference ; the very next, you’re watching a live stream of the same company’s foray into virtual reality helmets and designer mixed reality glasses. Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge.

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How to think about polarization on Facebook

The Verge

But you could also use it as an umbrella term to talk about initiatives related to what Facebook and other social networks have lately taken to calling “platform integrity” — removing hate speech, for example, or labeling misinformation. Which he reiterated at a virtual shareholders’ meeting today.). He said “big action” would follow.

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