The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Since the UK entered lockdown in March, engineers like Qureshi had unwillingly found themselves on the front line of a strange global crusade. Any point he brought up would be shot down by the woman’s self-fulfilling rationalization that Qureshi was part of a global conspiracy. His job felt undeniably essential. The solution?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

It expanded to National Football League stadiums and music festivals, where stores have reduced average transaction and queue time by 50% and increased per capita sales by 170%. Meanwhile, Gu mentioned the global pandemic was a factor in helping retailers and consumers realize the importance of autonomous stores.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

An example of this type of collaboration is Gavi and their partners, who launched COVAX , a global alliance to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. A country portal allowed nations to apply for vaccine support and report on the performance of their programs, which ultimately allowed for more data-informed decisions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. Dublin, Ireland: Tech for Good — Eco Showcase.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s a long, sequential process that crosses many national borders. If you go back to May 2020, Boston Consulting Group put out this forecast that overall, 2020 global vehicle sales would drop 14 to 22 percent, in their most likely case. So Intel does have a global footprint. Their most optimistic forecast was a 12 percent drop.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance. The newly formed coalition, called Alpha Global, is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We'll offer an online program for change, support a global community of practice, and keep expanding the program based on community input. The model we landed on was movement building. We plan to fuel a distributed Change Network of organizations growing OF/BY/FOR ALL together.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. BB: Can you talk a little bit about the relationship between the Global Fund for Women and this book?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

As noted above, ePrivacy also explicitly requires that electronic comms be kept confidential unless the user consents to interception (or unless there’s some national security reason for the surveillance but Zoom training generative AI features doesn’t seem likely to qualify for that). Or it may just be focused elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Yaccarino will be leaving her role as chairman of Global Advertising & Partnerships at NBCU. X opens up its ad revenue sharing program globally The company announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is now available for eligible creators globally. X also changed its App Store tagline from “Let’s talk.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Zoom will see you now : To boost its asynchronous offerings, Zoom is acquiring Ireland-based employee communications platform Workvivo. billion, the two said late Thursday as the weakening global economy hammers investors’ appetite, Manish reports. Oh, and Starboard has plans to shut it down temporarily so that it can be revamped.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Many Americans aren’t that happy, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 , which ranks happiness across nations. It’s World Happiness Day, otherwise known as International Day of Happiness , but if you’re not feeling the love, you’re not alone. 24earning its lowest ranking yet.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The country is now fifth-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas globally. That’s costly to build in rich nations like the U.S., The country was the fastest growing data center market in Asia Pacific in the first half of 2024, according to global real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Citizens from 14 nations, including Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and China — subject to a pending reciprocal agreement — will all be allowed entry for the first time since March as the EU attempts to rejuvenate the continent’s vital tourism industry. The EU is easing restrictions to rejuvenate tourism.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

So Biden held up Intel and Ohio as an example of what’s possible if we invest in domestic chipmaking, while raising the specter of national security and global competitiveness concerns if we fail to pass the bill. “We Is there something to the national security concern? We went to Ireland, we helped to create the Silicon Isle.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

It’s one thing to ban an app for content hosted within the app — YouTube has been blocked in various countries over the years for just that reason — and quite another to ban it as part of a game of brinkmanship between nation-states. TikTok is moving its privacy operations for European users to Ireland and the UK. Zoe Schiffer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

The company is already carbon neutral for its global corporate operations, but the new commitment would mean every Apple device sold would have net zero climate impact. The policy is part of a package of bipartisan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is expected to vote on later this week.

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