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‘Insane’ — UK tech reacts to government moves that might hand UK startups contract to Barclays Bank

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Tech Nation is trailing in second place in the race to remain the U.K.’s First in line at this point in time — in a decision which is due in December — is banking giant Barclays. Tech Nation’s existing government funding runs until March 2023. Tech Nation has long been embedded in the U.K. tech startup scene.

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CarMax drives business value with GPT-3.5

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That is why the omnichannel used-car retailer earned a coveted spot on the 2023 CIO 100 Award list: for its early, innovative use of a nascent AI technology that led to a spike in page views as well as higher SEO ranking and placement that drove substantial business growth. In this early use case, the CarMax team employed GPT 3.5’s

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

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Considering the broader impact — across business, people, and the planet — of how we run our business isn’t new for Dell Technologies. Achieved 59% renewable electricity across Dell Technologies global facilities, in support of our goal to deliver 100% by 2040. In FY23, we: Used 155.5 million kilograms (343.3

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access

TechCrunch

By the time they met, Yang was working in the nonprofit world, and said they began talking about the friction between the nonprofit and venture capital worlds. Due to the access issue between fund managers and potential investors, there are trillions of dollars sitting on the sidelines, he told TechCrunch.

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How to make trees better

TechCrunch

” Some are working on direct air capture technologies, like Climeworks , which raised $110 million in April. These have been championed by nonprofits like The Nature Conservancy and American Forests. It can then sell those credits to corporate buyers like Microsoft and Salesforce that have net-zero ambitions for their companies.

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CIT Announces Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) FY2014 Fall Solicitation Awards and Upcoming Solicitation

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December 12, 2013 (HERNDON, Va.) – The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced today nearly $1.4 During this solicitation, awards were made to ten unique organizations targeting nine strategic industry priorities identified in the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap. By Bob Gourley.