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His Bury St Edmunds-based firm, N2S, has increased headcount from 60 to 83 during lockdown and is now on the hunt for scientists to help accelerate its bio-tech strategy. Using bioleaching techniques, N2S is breeding bacteria to extract gold and other rare metals from printed circuit boards, which Gomarsall said make up to 70 to 90 per cent of the embodied carbon in technology. CRN visited its facility last Spring.  Having recently taken on two new investors, Gomarsall said N2S is close to re...

Whats the most alarming sustainability-related stat youve heard recently? There are many alarming sustainability related statistics. However, one that stands out to me personally, because my husband and 10 year old daughter enjoy sea fishing together, is that by the year 2050 there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the ocean! This is why it is so important that HP has sourced more than 60 million bottles of ocean-bound plastic, that might otherwise have reached waterways and oceans, f...

Tech Impacts Francis Johnson Named Fellow by the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology Initiative News provided by Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech Impact, a 501(c)(3) that empowers communities and nonprofits to use technology to better serve our world, today announced Francis Johnson, Managing Director, Technology Services at the nonprofit, has been named Nonprofit Technology Fellow for the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology Initiative. The ...

"We are facing a man-made disaster of a global scale - a threat to our very lives. And if we do not reduce the carbon emissions by 2030, we are looking at irreversible and catastrophic damage to our lives which will result in many millions of deaths and quite possibly a threat to human civilisation," Whittle said. Whittle said there are "four or five" things people need to do together, including using less, sharing more, sourcing locally and recycling. This also includes embracing new sustainab...

Marilyn Nieves / ForYou13 / Getty Images As a Black woman with a computer science degree and 30 years of experience under her belt, Lisa Gelobter felt the time had come to use her skills to do something about issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace. “I’ve gotten to a place where my resume is pretty unimpeachable,’’ says Gelobter, whose past credentials include serving as chief digital officer for Black Entertainment TV (BET), CDO of the Department ...

UBC, UNB receive funding from feds, Bell for innovation programming The Government of Canada and Bell each recently announced planned investments in cleantech and cybersecurity development totalling $3.1 million at two Canadian universities. Through Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the federal government is investing $1.9 million to fund the creation of a cleantech innovation hub at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Okanagan campus. Across the country, te...

fire Nov 2, 2020 NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from near the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia after an electrical fire knocked out power to the Parkway House Apartments early Monday morning. After being awakened by fire alarms, residents sat in SEPTA buses and their cars to stay warm. Residents were later told it could be up to 30 days before they can return to... Philadelphia Oct 16, 2020

Dec. 15, 2020 This summer, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded over $42 million in Youth Apprenticeship Readiness grants to 14 organizations to increase youth participation in new or existing Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). This investment marks the first federal initiative targeted specifically at youth apprenticeship since the School-to-Work Opportunities Act nearly 25 years ago, and will provide resources to expand apprenticeship opportunities at a critical time for young a...

Business, you have the forefront of feeling the tech impact. its such a powerful impact for everybody, its been so stimulating for the economy. essentially the people now want to spend on prevention, want to have those services like hair rejuvenation or skin rejuvenation for the extensions, like you mentioned were doing their dna sequencing, understanding how not to get sick and how to prevent that. >> so people are spending money on themselves. and they are feelings of freedom to do that kind o...

Conference. over 5,000 developers here to listen to announcements we will see on the phones the next few months. one interesting one which is unexpected. a tech addiction tool. screen time. apple is now giving us the ability to monitor how much time were spending on our phones. certain features allow us to look at the numbers. for me it will be scary. the ability to take the power back and focus more. i spoke to tim cook about it. >> tell meut your tech habit. >> i have been using it and i have ...