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At five years old, girls are just as confident as boys. By age six, that confidence starts to waver. By nine, the gap between girls and boys who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) becomes apparent. By 17, only 11% of girls are interested in STEM. This…
Originally posted on Comcast.com Startups working on breakthroughs in connectivity, media, and entertainment for all abilities are the focus of third program in Philadelphia. Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, powered by Techstars, announced it is now accepting applications for its next program and is seeking startup companies developing the next…
Originally posted on Accenture.com Accenture Federal Services Wins Position on Defense Information Systems Agency Contract for Innovative Technology Solutions Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide systems engineering and technology solutions that transform the way soldiers interact with…
Originally Published by Marriott The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform™ has been widely recognized for driving innovation, transformation and growth across a wide range of industries FreedomPay, an innovative leader in commerce technologies, today announced an agreement with Marriott International to adopt FreedomPay’s award-winning commerce platform to be used across…
To combat time constraints and attempt to eliminate human bias, many companies have taken to entrusting at least part of their hiring processes to outside companies that use machine-learning algorithms to weed out applicants. However, with little known about how these algorithms work, they, too, may be perpetuating bias. New…
The number of women working in tech positions is growing, according to the 2019 Top Companies for Women Technologists Insights Report by AnitaB.org. AnitaB.org is a nonprofit that works to increase representation of women working in tech, and their annual report serves as a benchmark on how the industry is…
Originally Posted by Home.kpmg KPMG International (KPMG) announced today that it was named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Workday Implementation Partners, Q3 2019. KPMG, one of three Leaders, “…excels at business transformation — with depth in both finance and HR,” according to the Forrester report authors. The report also…
Two LGBTQ former Dell employees who claimed workplace discrimination against their employer spoke out in an NPR article on July 15. Dell has been on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity lists in the past, but in a company with over 100,000 employees and offices throughout world, policy can be…
Originally Published by Abbott. Advances in heart technology are helping people lead longer lives without a transplant. In a strange way, getting robbed at gunpoint saved Tyrone Morris’s life. The scare eventually led to the discovery that Morris was living with congestive heart failure. Morris was just 38 years old,…
Originally Published by AT&T. Twenty-five years ago, we dared people to imagine a world where you could take a meeting from the beach, talk to someone through your watch, and even get directions from your car’s dashboard. Today, these possibilities are realities. For the 25th anniversary of our “You Will”…