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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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Labster gets millions from a16z to bring virtual science lab software to the world

TechCrunch

A16z is very excited about investing in technology companies that have a big impact and potential to become massive global successes’,” CEO and co-founder Michael Bodekaer Jensen said. Labster recently signed a deal to bring its technology to the entire country of Denmark. Post-COVID, the growth will slow,” Jensen said.

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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitcoin’s thirst for power has grown many times over, recently topping the electricity usage of several countries , including Denmark and Chile, per Cambridge University estimates. With more than 4 million users, Bitso calls itself the most popular and largest platform of its kind in Latin America. Moss wants more.

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Lifx’s bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but here’s the small print

The Verge

That’s according to Jim Malley, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of New Hampshire who’s been studying the use of UV and other light as a disinfectant for over 30 years. UV is fast acting, but it’s also incredibly dangerous when used incorrectly.

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

TechCrunch

Ilic cites a statistic suggesting at least 30 million roles will be needed globally by the end of the decade — and half a million in the UK alone, just for domestic energy retrofitting. And the startup’s stated mission is to get 10 million people into green jobs over 10 years.)

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[FREE WEBINAR] How NGOs Worldwide Can Use Digital Storytelling to Attract U.S. Donors

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Presented by: Elizabeth Ngonzi , Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs and Former CEO of Afrika Tikkun USA. Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. charitable giving in 2018 was $428 billion, yet most international organizations are unaware about how the U.S.

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Directing ML toward natural hazard mitigation through collaboration

Google Research AI blog

Posted by Oren Gilon, Software Engineer, and Grey Nearing, Research Scientist, Google Research Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, affecting more than 250 million people globally each year. Frederik Kratzert (Research Scientist at Google) provided an overview of the Caravan project (below).