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Fostering digital talents to achieve the goals of the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

ASEAN’s commitment to building a sustainable digital talent ecosystem is epitomized by the ASEAN Digital Masterplan (ADM) 2025. ADM 2025 provides a robust action plan, among other things, for ASEAN Member States to increase their citizens’ capability to participate in the digital economy.

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Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

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Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. Building on that coursework foundation and graduate success, Amazon is now bringing the program to students outside Amazon.

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Ada Developers Academy ‘significantly’ reduces headcount, pauses admissions, names interim CEO

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Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. The organization previously said a lack of internships for its students was due to decreased demand for software development talent. Shawna Young, inerim CEO at Ada Developers Academy. Former Ada Developers Academy CEO Lauren Sato. markets by 2025.

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Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system

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The program, funded through the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Innovation Office and the Office of Naval Research , calls for the demonstration to take place by 2025. and one of its partners in the program is Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, which is headquartered in Kent, Wash. Space Force by 2025.

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Diversity-focused school Ada Developers Academy cuts 45% of staff amid tech industry hiring pullback

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Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday.

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Amazon rolling out ‘WorkingWell’ program to reduce injuries among operations employees

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Amazon warehouse workers take part in a health and safety huddle as part of the company’s WorkingWell program to prevent injuries on the job. About the plan: Developed in collaboration with employees from within Amazon operations, aspects of WorkingWell were first piloted in the U.S. Amazon Photo).

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. Smith also sees Germany in second place in Europe for the development of AI-based applications, an assessment he bases on code contributions on GitHub, Microsoft’s source code repository. Microsoft will invest €3.2

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