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7 ways diversity and inclusion help teams perform better

CIO

In the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders of 2020, companies made massive, highly publicized efforts to correct for systemic bias and improve the mix of race, gender, and lived experiences in the workplace. Politics β€” and even marketing β€” aside, there is no doubt that your teams should be diverse. It’s not sustainable.”

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA and NSA Dive into CI/CD Security, While MITRE Ranks Top Software Weaknesses

Tenable

Plus, check out the 25 most dangerous software weaknesses. Also, what developers like about AI tools – and what they don’t. National Cyber Security Centre) β€œ Four critical steps for CI/CD security ” (SC Magazine) 2 – MITRE ranks nastiest software weaknesses MITRE’s annual list of the most dangerous software weaknesses is out.

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Why DEI programs are failing

TechCrunch

Businesses have struggled to establish diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) work environments for some time now, but the events of 2020 put a spotlight on just how bad most organizations are at building impactful DEI efforts. Candice Bristow is director of EID and recruiting at Expel Inc. Why equity must come first.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in?

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

For a long time, I noticed the same startups that conducted layoffs in March 2020 had to scale back again in the 2022 wave. The cut came just four months after Hopin let 12% of its workforce go, at the time citing a goal of sustainable growth amid the changing market.

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11 investors predict a colorful, if difficult, future for psychedelic startups

TechCrunch

But if you focus and leave your preconceptions behind, you’ll find that beyond the skein of valuations and share prices, there is a world of spirited dealmaking, ripe with impetus for building a sustainable industry. The developments in Australia this year are extremely interesting and worth watching closely.

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

TechCrunch

In 2020, the company had plans to increase its average revenue per user (ARPU) in Africa for its video-on-demand service, iROKOtv, from $7-8 to $20-25. However , more bad news came in August when the CEO announced that the company was laying off 150 people. Africa can list more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad.

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