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Meet ADP's 'business anthropologist,' putting human thought behind chatbots

ComputerWorld IT Management

has developed her craft over 15-plus years at a variety of organizations — a nonprofit, a telecommunications company and an e-commerce firm. Her niche is helping global brands optimize their systems to meet the needs of users across multiple markets.

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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to retire; Howard Schultz returns as interim chief

GeekWire

“Although I did not plan to return to Starbucks, I know the company must transform once again to meet a new and exciting future where all of our stakeholders mutually flourish.” Johnson was also part of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

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Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state

GeekWire

Yet in December, the federal government announced plans to award hundreds of millions of dollars to companies Elliott is afraid won’t meet the state’s standards. One of those companies is SpaceX, whose satellite internet service Elliott says has yet to prove capable of meeting the state’s 2028 internet speed goals.

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

Trends in the Living Networks

If we want products and services to meet our growing unmet needs, more women will need to become futurists, design innovators, scientists and inventors. This powerful combination has helped her become one of Australia’s leading futurists in the telecommunications space. Twitter: @GayemarieBrown. Sandra (Sandy) Burchsted.

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The case for Broadband for All

Vox

The problem is painfully obvious, and fixing it entails understanding how we got here, seeing what’s at stake, and finally meeting the moment. Major telecommunications providers have been accused of “digital redlining” in cities such as Cleveland , Detroit , and Dallas , and discriminating against low-income and minority communities.

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Three takeaways from a visit to TikTok’s new transparency center

The Verge

That’s why we’re trying to be even more transparent — we’re meeting and talking to everybody that we can,” Beckerman told me. million to nonprofits and universities using artificial intelligence and data analytics to better understand the coronavirus crisis, and its impact on vulnerable communities. Governing. ?

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The clock is ticking on a TikTok ban

Vox

He’s invited TikTok creators to the White House several times , and a nonprofit associated with the Biden administration even has an official TikTok account, which was posting videos touting Biden’s accomplishments as recently as last November. Joe Raedle/Getty Images.