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Education in Ukraine: over $51 million in grants and in-kind support announced from UNESCO, GPE, Google and Microsoft

Stuart Mitchell

As the war continues in Ukraine, severely disrupting education, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Google, Microsoft Corporation and UNESCO will provide over US$51 million for distance learning and psychosocial support for children in conflict-affected areas. The program will be rolled out by UNESCO and UNICEF in Ukraine in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science and will provide children and teachers with equipment and tools for distance learning, psychosocial support, teacher training and education sector planning. Through the GPE Multiplier, the Global Partnership for Education has matched a…

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CarbonCapture Inc. to Supply Microsoft Carbon Removal Credits Based on Direct Air Capture Technology

Stuart Mitchell

CarbonCapture Inc. (CarbonCapture), a U.S. climate tech company that develops direct air capture (DAC) systems based on a groundbreaking modular open systems architecture, today announced an agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) (Microsoft) to provide engineered carbon removal credits. “We’re thrilled to help Microsoft move toward its commitment to be carbon negative by 2030 and to remove all of its historic CO2 emissions by 2050,” said Adrian Corless, CEO and CTO, CarbonCapture, Inc. “Validation of CarbonCapture’s scalable approach to DAC from a forward-thinking company like Microsoft is an important signal…

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Microsoft: 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Report: Driving progress through greater accountability and transparency

Stuart Mitchell

Lindsay-Rae McIntyre – Chief Diversity Officer, Microsoft has posted about their new Diversity and Inclusion report as below: Today I am sharing Microsoft’s 2022 Global Diversity & Inclusion Report, our fourth annual report and our ninth year of releasing our global workforce demographic data. This year’s data shows that globally we are a more diverse Microsoft overall today than we have ever been, with the highest year-over-year representation progress of the past five-year period for many employee communities. We’re motivated by our ongoing progress, and this year’s growth feels particularly…

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Haleon and Microsoft use AI to enhance health product accessibility for people who are blind or partially sighted

Stuart Mitchell

Haleon, a global leader in consumer health, and Microsoft Corp. have announced a new collaboration to make everyday health more accessible for people who are blind, have low vision or have difficulty reading product labels due to low literacy. Together, the companies are expanding functionality in the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide consumers with more detailed labelling information for over 1,500 Haleon products across the U.S. and U.K. Seeing AI is a free mobile app designed to help people who have trouble seeing by narrating the world around them.…

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“Be You” Campaign aims to raise awareness of how technology can help people with Dyslexia and other learning differences

Stuart Mitchell

Microsoft has developed a campaign to raise awareness of how technology supports the daily, lived experience of people with dyslexia, lower levels of functional literacy and other learning differences. “Be You” will be available from Dyslexia Week, which runs from 3 October, and seeks to empower people with Dyslexia and dispel popular misconceptions and stigmas associated with the world’s most common learning disability. The campaign will highlight how a range of Microsoft digital tools can make everyday life more accessible for people with Dyslexia, whether attending a university lecture, writing…

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