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What Apple is doing with 25,000 acres of former cattle pastures in Brazil

Fast Company Tech

It’s the first step in a larger effort that will eventually restore 741,000 acres of degraded land across Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile. “It’s faced a rate of loss that’s fairly extreme,” says Will Turner, senior vice president at Conservation International’s Center for Natural Climate Solutions.

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Understanding Income Inequality

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We need to do a better job of understanding social needs, both to improve our programs and measure their ultimate impact. I spend more and more of my time talking to leaders in the sector, helping advance the use of data for action and impact. employment attachment and educational level of adult household members? Which are widespread?

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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers

TechCrunch

Italian-born Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay, who hails from Spain, met in Peru several years ago and discovered they both had an interest in using technology to make a social impact and help people escape “the poverty trap.”.

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

OwnLocal couldn’t dictate pay rates, benefits and perks, and had little visibility into the work that was being done beyond a monthly invoice. It’s a wise pitch, given that outsourced code generally gets a bad wrap for poor quality assurance testing and impacting the morale of U.S.-based based workers.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

However, most AI programs and documents are written in English, in which Latin America has a 56% proficiency rate. Imagine the impact on GDP if companies invested in improving digital inclusion, as well — consumers could gain access to online goods and services, and more people could start 100% digital companies.

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Sony raises PlayStation Plus prices in Canada

Engadget

These include deep breath Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. So far, we haven't seen or heard of any US or UK price increases.