Month: August 2018

AT&T Expands its Renewable Energy Program with NextEra Energy Resources

Stuart Mitchell

To celebrate Global Wind Day, AT&T is expanding its renewable energy program with NextEra Energy Resources. Together, AT&T and subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources will help to deliver clean energy, create jobs, boost the local economy and support a low-carbon economy. During a groundbreaking ceremony in Webb County, Texas for the first AT&T-backed wind farm project, AT&T announced a new agreement to purchase 300 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. It also announced a scholarship program for students interested in pursuing careers as wind turbine technicians, one of the fastest-growing jobs…

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Life saving CPR to be added to the school curriculum

Stuart Mitchell

In a landmark move, the UK Government has revealed plans to add CPR to the national curriculum. The historic announcement sees CPR and first aid added to the curriculum as part of wider Health Education classes. The move could transform survival rates from out of hospital cardiac arrests, potentially saving thousands of lives. Survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrests are shockingly low, with less than 1 in 10 surviving. The British Heart Foundation Chief Executive, Simon Gillespie, says evidence suggests “nearly 1 in 4 could survive if all…

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RNIB joins with broadcasters to get more people using audio description

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is supporting a high profile advertising campaign aimed at helping people to use audio description on their televisions. UK Broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, UKTV, and Viacom are taking part in the campaign, with promotional adverts airing from 17 July – 9 September 2018. Audio description is a free service that can transform TV viewing for people who have difficulty seeing what’s happening on the screen. Like a narrator telling a story, an additional commentary describes body language, expressions and movements,…

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Google & The REC Foundation Empower More Girls To Enter Stem Fields With Second Annual Girl Powered Workshop

Stuart Mitchell

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation was excited to help host the Google Girl Powered VEX Robotics Workshop, uniting 565 middle and high school girls for a weekend of STEM fun last weekend at the Google in Sunnyvale, CA. The students gathered with Google engineers to build and program VEX EDR robots, network and meet others during a series of Girl Powered activities, and put their newly built robots to the test playing a version of the VEX Robotics Competition game Turning Point. The Workshop is an effort to…

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The LGBT Israel Task Force and Creator of Eurovision’s Winning Song ‘Toy’ Fight for the Israeli LGBT Community and Present: ‘Waiting in YouTube’s Antechamber’

Stuart Mitchell

The LGBT Israel Task Force (‘The Aguda’) and renowned Israeli composer and song writer Doron Medalie are launching together with Google a very unusual YouTube experience. This experience will effectively turn pre-roll ads into a waiting room where people wanting to listen to one of Medalie’s many hits will have to patiently wait, while listening to a series of interviews. But with Medalie’s songs figuring in most Israelis’ playlists, the LGBT Israel Task Force have essentially hacked the medium and ensured their message is heard through YouTube. With close to…

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