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DEI MIA in new Meta AI advisory group

CIO Business Intelligence

The creation of a new group to advise on AI and technology product strategy by Facebook parent Meta Platforms has been criticized by an executive member of the Responsible AI Institute (RAI) for what on the surface appears to be an acute lack of diversity. “It

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Microsoft backs effort to extend fiber internet access to 20 million in Africa

GeekWire

(Liquid Intelligent Technologies Photo) Microsoft says it’s partnering with a fiber-cable connectivity venture called Liquid Intelligent Technologies to bring high-speed internet access to an additional 20 million people in Africa by 2025. Conference on the Least Developed Countries , which gets underway next week in Doha, Qatar.

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Microsoft files amicus brief with other tech giants in case against ‘dangerous’ NSO Group

GeekWire

A group of tech companies including Microsoft today filed an amicus brief in a case brought by WhatsApp against NSO Group. Israel-based NSO Group is behind spyware called Pegasus that was used to access devices with just a phone call via WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging platform sued NSO Group last year over the exploit.

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A program for cheaper internet for low-income Americans launches today

The Verge

Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program. Households can apply to take up to $30 a month off their internet service bill. percent of city-dwellers without high-speed internet access. The program launched today with $14.2

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Groundbreaking HR solution earns BT Group unique SAP Innovation Award honor

CIO Business Intelligence

BT Group has never forgotten its beginnings as a company ensuring that everyone in the UK could have access to a new invention called the telegraph. But in the early part of this decade, the company’s human resources (HR) systems were not aligning with BT Group’s mission as a digital and technology leader.

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The Generative Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

Summary: The self-sovereign internet, a secure overlay on the internet, provides the same capacity to produce change by numerous, unaffiliated and uncoordinated actors as the internet itself. This article explores the properties of the self-sovereign internet and makes the case that they justify its generativity claims.

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Good internet service is still a luxury in the US

Vox

That gap has been persistent even as the number of people who live in poor households has gone up over the years,” according to Lee Rainie, director of internet and technology research at Pew, which has been surveying broadband access for two decades. Broadband in the US is more expensive than in many other developed nations.

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