Esther Montanez’s housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son. The pay was steady and solid — enough to pay her bills and still have money left over to sock away savings for her child. But when the pandemic slammed the […]
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to spend the $10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, the fund’s new CEO said Tuesday. Since Bezos announced the fund in February 2020, little has been revealed about how it would be used combat the climate crisis. Andrew Steer was named as the fund’s CEO […]
Molex, a global connectivity and electronics solutions provider, released Monday a global survey of decision makers from telecom carriers exploring the “State of 5G” and the significant transformational opportunities it presents. Additionally, the survey asked about the impact on deployment progress, current delivery challenges and emerging business prospects. Overall, carriers are optimistic: more than half […]
China’s exports surged 60.6% over a year earlier in the first two months of 2021, after factories reopened and global demand started to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Exports rose to $468.9 billion, customs data showed Sunday, accelerating from December’s 18.1% gain and nearly double the growth expected by forecasters. Imports jumped 22.2% to $365.6 […]
While 2020 will always be written off by many as the year that vastly disrupted people’s life, medical researchers may well look back at this year at the tipping point that saw the world place greater emphasis on their work. While funds poured into COVID-19 vaccinations, medical technology was making a silent rise behind the […]
Job openings in emerging technologies or positions requiring emerging tech skills increased significantly in the last month. A CompTIA analysis, the non-profit association for the IT industry and workforce, showed positive momentum for IT employment in the U.S. in February, with key indicators pointing to strong current and future employer demand for tech talent. According […]
A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha’s Vineyard near Cape Cod, would create 800 megawatts of electricity, […]
Victims of a massive global hack of Microsoft email server software — estimated in the tens of thousands by cybersecurity responders — hustled Monday to shore up infected systems and try to diminish chances that intruders might steal data or hobble their networks. The White House has called the hack an “active threat” and said […]
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts. GOP politicians in roughly two dozen states have introduced bills that would allow for civil lawsuits against platforms for what […]
The turn of the decade has so far been filled with great news for the environment as renewable energy industries continue to reach unprecedented growth worldwide. According to a recent report by U.S.-based analytics firm Allied Market Research, the global solar farms industry generated $61.4 billion in 2019, and is estimated to generate $261.0 billion […]