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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina learned how to use Miradi while working on a Guam watershed plan with CMP member The Nature Conservancy. Now she’s a Special Project Coordinator for the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans Guam Coastal Management Program where she uses Miradi to prioritize threats to Guam ecosystems.

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Donna Leads a Home Visit to a Blind Toddler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She's even been to Pingelap with Mary Kidd from Guam, taking the ship Micro Glory for 24 hours, sleeping on a straw mat on one of the upper decks. Donna feels that seeing the child in his or her home environment is essential for development and assessment. I'm dedicated, but not that dedicated!

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

Top Nonprofits

What should nonprofit employers do—if anything—to quell political debate when it infiltrates the work environment? What should employers do—if anything—to quell political debate when it infiltrates the work environment? However, it doesn’t mean that HR is not within its rights to insist on a mutually respectful environment.

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How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay

The Verge

An indigenous Chamorro woman from an island just north of Guam, Anuncia worked as an infertility specialist, researching in vitro fertilization and stem cell techniques. “The fact that she was never, ever paid what she was worth impacted every single aspect of our life,” Moussouris says. The data at Microsoft spoke for itself.”.

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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

With software barriers removed, even flimsy, imprecise robotic joints can calibrate themselves with cameras and pressure sensors, navigating environments like humans do. Missiles from the PRC fly toward strategic targets in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and California. The main bottleneck to robotics was brains not limbs.