Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

To understand the grave risks involved, consider this one account from a ND-Burma observer about her trip across the border: After interviewing and collecting information from witnesses and victims in Burma, this woman had to hide scraps of paper with scribbled notes on her person and then cross back over the border.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs. We want to add that depth in more markets, and Appruve gives some of that.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

“The pandemic has accelerated the move to the cloud and that has increased the need for cloud data security,” he told TechCrunch in an email interview. government on data management and analytics issues at CSC. “We don’t see that slowing down.” Army intelligence officer in Baghdad. ” Image Credits: Immuta.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

The startup initially took a hit as its customers scrambled to navigate through the global pandemic, but the last two quarters have been its best to date, said Peddi. The fundraise caps the most successful year for the startup that started with uncertainty as the coronavirus spread across Asian nations. Image Credits: Darwinbox.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Included in that list are, of course, Valve’s own e-sports titles Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. The service is a long time coming — Valve announced that it would be bringing it to China back in 2018 , though Chinese gamers have been able to access the service with Steam’s global client. Steam China’s storefront.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

based VCs Global Founders Capital (GFC) and Goodwater Capital and UAE-based early-stage firm VentureSouq. The investment from Visa came as one of the incentives for Bloom’s participation in the global card scheme’s Fintech Fast Track Program. This investment is coming after the startup’s undisclosed pre-seed round last year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Evan Smith believes that a key part of solving supply chain stability must involve enabling stakeholders, including businesses and governments, to build trust through a shared source of truth on the global supply chain. A glimpse at Altana’s global supply chain visibility dashboard. Image Credits: Altana.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Haugen claims the root of the problem is the algorithims rolled out in 2018 that govern what you see on the platform. Facebook Vice President of Global Affair Nick Clegg appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to defend the company on Sunday afternoon, just hours before Haugen would appear. “I

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The Verge

JULY 26, 2021

Reuters reported the news this morning in an interview with Nicholas Rasmussen, executive director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). GIFCT is expanding its list as national governments are taking a closer look at far-right terrorism. There’s a lot of concern of over-censorship”.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

I reach out to sources with Gmail and then interview them over Zoom, on my laptop. the end result will be a model good enough to govern a robot in the real world. Barnett notes that if this happens, the effect on global economic growth could be massive (maybe a doubling of economic output).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

We offer group discount passes ($100 each — bring four team members and get the fifth one free); student discounts ($50); and discounts for government, military and nonprofits ($95). Enjoy interviews, panel discussions, breakout sessions and interactive Q&As geared to help early-stage startups build and succeed. Space Force.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In a statement, Dino Ying, CEO of VSPN (see also our exclusive interview ) said: “We are delighted to announce this latest round of funding. Thanks to policies supporting Shanghai as the global center for esports, and with Beijing, Chengdu, and Xi’an expressing confidence in the development of esports, VSPN has grown rapidly in recent years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We offer discounts for groups, students and current employees in government, the military and nonprofits. Want to increase your brand recognition on a global scale? PST and keep $100 in your wallet. Looking for more ways to save? Exhibit in the expo with a Space Startup Exhibitor Package.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

“What programmable NFT allows you to do is also leverage the user’s interaction or skill to make the properties rarer,” said Raunaq Vaisoha , co-founder and chief executive of Revise, in an interview with TechCrunch. Alpha Wave Global and 8i co-led the round. The startup said on Friday it has raised $3.5 million in its seed round.

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Aptiv, a self-driving technology company that is an offshoot of global auto parts supplier Delphi, owns 50 percent of the venture. In an interview, he said the company’s fleet of vehicles that are operating in Las Vegas, Singapore, and Seoul will soon be rebranded with the “Motional” brand. South Korea reportedly plans to spend 1.7

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Noam Gerstein, bina’s CEO and founder said: “I’ve interviewed students, teachers and parents globally for years, and it is clear a new systemic design is needed. Currently available to English-speaking students in the CET time zone, the bina School is planning a SaaS product for governments, NGOs and school systems. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new financing round valued the 21-year-old startup “at well north of $1 billion,” said Srikanth Velamakanni, co-founder and group chief executive at Fractal, in an interview with TechCrunch. The startup, which employs more than 3,500 individuals globally, also helps its clients with decision-making actions, Velamakanni said.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. As promised at the end of July , the organization has now announced the launch of five new programs across the continent, doubling its European presence to ten chapters across as many countries.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Led jointly by new backers Dawn Capital and Tiger Global Management, the round also had participation from past investors Mike Chalfen, Boldstart Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Backed and Seedcamp, alongside UiPath’s founder and CEO Daniel Dines and head of strategy Brandon Deer. . government. The company has raised $38.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Deals with blank-check firms have become a popular route to the public markets in the space industry; Virgin Orbit , Planet , Redwire , BlackSky, Spire Global , Satellogic , Rocket Lab , Momentus and Astra are among the space companies that have raised billions through this financial vehicle. government.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To gather my thoughts on where things were likely headed, I wrote an article in 2009 titled The Path to Globalization of Chinas Automotive Industry where I predicted the emergence of Chinese brands as global players, and described a plausible path for this to occur.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

. “We ensure the right pricing for every influencer, and as a platform, we ensure that as a brand, you get the best match and the best price for every creator that you work with,” said Apaksh Gupta, co-founder and CEO, One Impression, in an interview with TechCrunch. “We’re bridging the gap between brands and creators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Governance and managing across difference in power and capacity in network participants / members. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie). TechSoup Global Summit: Notes from Plenary Session. How and when to catalyze networks? When don’t networks work? What are the different models?

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Some of the stories have been shocking, with allegations that fully updated smartphones can be hacked with a single text message , and reports that two women close to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi were among those targeted by a government agency using the spy tool. In short, NSO Group makes products that let governments spy on citizens.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It operates as an independent organization as part of the broader Nestcoin ecosystem, said Nestcoin CEO Yele Bademosi in an email interview when quizzed on why MVM had to raise money after the African web3 upstart closed a $6.45 million round this year. . Meanwhile, MVM said it is building a soon-to-launch social gaming app, Hyper.

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Tableau

APRIL 22, 2022

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Most conversations about climate change have a global lens. They use Tableau to provide powerful, easily understandable data visualizations to local governments, decision-makers, and community leaders to inform community development and land management decisions. Neal Myrick.

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Tableau

APRIL 22, 2022

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Most conversations about climate change have a global lens. They use Tableau to provide powerful, easily understandable data visualizations to local governments, decision-makers, and community leaders to inform community development and land management decisions. Neal Myrick.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Elliot spoke with Alice Loy at the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship , one of a group of recipients of grant funding from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Project (BTOP). read more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In addition, participating startups get co-working space, will attend weekly classes and have access to four to six mentors who have expertise in various industries, not just in South Korea but global regions. . He added that its partners and mentors are all former entrepreneurs and have global business experience in both the U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. There’s no limit to either.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

The funding — which closed in May — is being co-led by AirTree Ventures and Five Sigma, with SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Salesforce Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Larsen Ventures, Scott Shleifer and John Curtius from Tiger Global, TEN13, M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Madrona Venture Group, SEEK and Y Combinator also participating.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the enterprise device supply chain grows increasingly global and fragmented, it’s becoming more challenging for organizations to secure their hardware and software from suppliers. But all else being equal, it’s true that supply chain attacks are on the rise globally. federal government contracts.

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