Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

If a worker has impaired wayfinding, mapping apps can be tailored to working environments and live location data can be used to guide staff around complicated sites. Our own employer, the University of Bath, has a repository of reasonable adjustments that can be tailored to support staff and students experiencing mental illness.

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

But a recent study by researchers at Washington University and NYU's Stern School of Business highlights a new hardship facing freelancers: the proliferation of artificial intelligence. It's compelling evidence that big tech's endless push toward an AI-powered future will continue to be a one-way street in our current labor environment.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Those practices can create a psychologically safe and supportive work environment. As an economist , I know theres a lot of research proving this point. Promote collaboration. The impact will speak for itself.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. The businesses in Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR reflect that trend.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Despite “significant research gaps,” the evidence related to the land-based food chain “is certainly raising alarm,” said Lev Neretin, environment lead at the FAO, which is currently working on another technical report looking deeper into the problem of microplastic pollution in soils and crops. Plastic is ubiquitous.

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DataRobot

APRIL 21, 2022

Because model size poses a cost for whoever is paying for your infrastructure, and it also has implications for our environment, as the computational needs of bigger models drain more power from our infrastructure. Furthermore, it costs somewhere between $1 and $3 million in a cloud environment to train. Why should you care?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The proximal experiences that you have in the day to day of your workplace are what predict your general overall sentiments about your work, says Sawyer, who is an associate professor of management and organizations at the University of Arizonas Eller College of Management.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally-renowned, public doctoral research university and academic health center dedicated to transforming the student experience. Improving Internal & External Communications with Marketing Cloud. The entire Cloud for Good team has been fantastic to work with. ?All

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Futurism

APRIL 13, 2025

"When we checked the ALMA images showing the outflows, we noticed these long and narrow filaments spatially offset from any star-forming regions," said Shanghai Jiao Tong University researcher and team lead Kai Yang in a statement that described the findings as vast "alien structures."

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2020, USB-C is about as universal as wired connection standards come. But is that enough reason to maintain the status quo if Apple cares as much about the environment as it claims ? By using the environment to justify the removal of wasteful iPhone charging accessories, Apple has now argued itself into a corner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The ability to build and customize your home environment, according to Meta, is coming soon along with the ability to invite your Oculus friends for a visit. Your exploration of the Horizon Metaverse is done through the Oculus Universal Menu which can be quickly accessed by clicking the Oculus button.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

That fluorescence could shed light on how life can thrive in extreme environments, including that of Jupiter's moon, Europa. Its rock and mineral formations also boast a unique chemistry that fluoresces when exposed to black light, according to talks presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The universe would just be right if I bought The Onion. There was a real opportunity here to take this modern American institution and help it thrive in a new media environment. An environment where we need satire more than ever. If youre going to try and buy something, youre going to need a powerful set of spreadsheets.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That is one of the findings in new research from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University titled The Giving Environment: Giving During Times of Uncertainty. Those who did not receive stimulus checks gave close to the predicted amount in the absence of the pandemic, just $62 less.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

When scientists collect samples from the environment to study microplastics, they usually want to know more about the chemical identities of the microplastic particles found in the samples. Ambuj Tewari is a professor of statistics at the University of Michigan. Most scientific studies focus on microplastics in water.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Leaders must create environments where feedback is welcomed , mistakes are viewed as learning opportunities and employees feel empowered to express their perspectives. Employees feel safe when they work in an environment where feedback is taught and encouraged.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 12, 2023

A natural next step is to use such tools to construct agents that can complete different decision-making tasks across many environments. However, training such agents faces the inherent challenge of environmental diversity, since different environments operate with distinct state action spaces (e.g., Video policies generated by UniPi.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem The startup economy has grown and shifted since the turn of the century, and universities — stocked with a never-ending supply smart, ambitious young people — have increasingly taken part. Register for the free virtual event here.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

Test models are already working in factories alongside human beings across the world, while AI companies develop new foundation models designed to help robots navigate their environments as easily as humans do. Theyre highly accurate as we get good precision in conversion from angle to linear distance travelled, he explains.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

That level of destruction could be catastrophic, argues David Krueger, assistant professor at the University of Montreal, studying AI safety and risk. We need some ability to coordinate to prevent actors from building AI systems, says the University of Montreal’s Krueger.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

31% have boycotted a company that has hurt the environment. 31% have boycotted a company that has hurt the environment. 50% of Gen Z’s will be university educated compared to 33% of millennials and 25% of Gen X. [ JWT Intelligence]. Gen Z believes that is climate change biggest challenges facing the world in the next decade.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay and #LabourDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 5: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal15.

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Futurism

MARCH 12, 2025

The probe was jointly developed by researchers from Texas Tech University and the California-based startup Honeybee Robotics under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. They're hoping to drill down to a depth of just shy of ten feet into the dusty regolith, as NASA explained in a December blog post.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Bryan, College Station, and the Texas A&M University System, a metro area with almost 300,000 people, have sued the developer to stop the project. Texas A&M University declined to comment for this story. On the other side: the cities atop the Simsboro that rely on its water. A trial is set for the first week of May.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

A study from the University of California found that it takes an average of 23 minutes to refocus after an interruption. Changing your environment can also enhance deep thinking; a walk, a quiet room, or a retreat space can be instrumental in shifting your mindset from reactionary to strategic.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

Humanoid robots can work alongside human teams, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can navigate complex warehouse environments, and intelligent cameras and visual AI agents can monitor and optimize entire facilities. In these ways, physical AI is becoming integral to todays industrial operations.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We removed unnecessary educational requirements that might have limited our applicant pool and no longer assumed elite universities had the best talent. We rewrote job descriptions to use gender-neutral language. We advertised open roles on websites and platforms serving diverse communities, expanding our reach beyond our usual channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Since then, the environment just got a whole lot more fraught. they’re listening to their local station, which is probably, chances are, attached to a local university. I think that the overall environment right now is that people really want to do the work. That sounds almost quaint right now though.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 6, 2024

For better or for worse, gamers have a reputation of being unproductive and disengaged from society – traits that are not valued in most business environments. This reputation is not only unfair, according to Jesse Olsen, a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, but it also hurts businesses that. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Light of Motiram's lengthy new trailer certainly gives the impression that it is set in the Horizon universe. There's the wild jungle, mountain, and desert environments dotted with dilapidated modern buildings, a young, red-haired female protagonist, the post-apocalyptic vibe, and even the music sounds similar. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Universal Studios Japan has announced an opening date for its long-awaited Nintendo-themed area. A themed cafe and merchandise store have already opened in the larger Universal Studios Japan park. A themed cafe and merchandise store have already opened in the larger Universal Studios Japan park. 4, 2021 in Osaka.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Architecture is, at its core, about problem-solving: balancing aesthetics, functional needs, and technical constraints to create effective buildings and environments. Residents can connect with nature in an environment that feels like a hike through the mountains.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 2: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal17. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay. 11: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay. 12: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay. 12: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

Just as you’ve finally settled into the shift from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and started to get a handle on its new metrics, Google has yet another deadline for organizations to meet. On July 1, 2024, Google will permanently remove access to all Universal Analytics data.

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