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Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time?

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Across cultures and geographies, animals have been such a vital part of the food chain that it’s hard to imagine a world where animals are not put to the knife to produce protein. There’s no stopping innovation, however, and alternative sources of protein are increasingly becoming a choice people would rather make.

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#787 The Technology that Makes Cancer Less Scary with Abhimanyu Verma, CTO at SOPHiA GENETICS

Modern CTO

We discuss how their innovative technology is making cancer less scary, the necessary considerations of data in healthcare, and how AI is playing a central role in paving these paths. He is also co-founder of the nonprofit Health Hacking Lab. Today we’re talking to Abhimanyu Verma, CTO at SOPHiA GENETICS.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

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Lesbians Who Tech also offers the Edie Windsor Coding scholarship, which grants scholarships to LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary tech workers to help kickstart their technology careers. The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

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Ada Developers Academy is a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender expansive adults that also prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people. Ada’s List is an email-based group that is open to anyone who identifies as a woman and works in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Ada’s List. Girls in Tech.

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17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

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American Association of Blacks in Energy The American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) is dedicated to ensuring African Americans and other minorities have input and a voice in the discussion and development of energy policies, regulations, R&D technologies, and environmental issues.

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TIAA’s Sastry Durvasula on advancing AI horizons

CIO

trillion in assets under management serving the financial needs of people at more than 15,000 institutions across academia, government, medicine, cultural, and other nonprofit organizations. It’s a large undertaking to drive technology or system transformation for a company of our size and heritage.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Decision makers are realizing that technology is essential for reaching their ESG goals,” noted Bjoern Stengel, IDC global sustainability research lead, in the report. You need engineers and technology team members passionate about innovation and change,” he says. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.