technology – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Thu, 02 Apr 2020 07:10:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Will Impact Investors Be Spared the Wrath of COVID-19? /will-impact-investors-be-spared-the-wrath-of-covid-19/ /will-impact-investors-be-spared-the-wrath-of-covid-19/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=15435 Impact investors with money in sectors such as biotech, health and communications technology may see pandemic-fueled growth. Forecasting models from a leading climate change stress-analysis firm suggest that share prices may be down as much as 38% this year from the end of 2019. While COVID-19’s long-term economic impact is uncertain, early scenario analysis suggests […]

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]]> /will-impact-investors-be-spared-the-wrath-of-covid-19/feed/ 0 India’s Low Coronavirus Numbers Has Experts Wondering Why — and If It Will Last /indias-low-coronavirus-numbers-has-experts-wondering-why-and-if-it-will-last/ /indias-low-coronavirus-numbers-has-experts-wondering-why-and-if-it-will-last/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:44:07 +0000 /?p=15274 India’s confirmed coronavirus cases lag much of the world — less than 200 in a nation of 1.3 billion Whether India’s use of technology and antibiotics has prevented infections or if the country simply has missed cases are open questions. Experts caution testing is minimal and that a wave of infections is coming India, the […]

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]]> /indias-low-coronavirus-numbers-has-experts-wondering-why-and-if-it-will-last/feed/ 0 The Web Isn’t Working for Women Because of Online Trolls, Skewed AI and Accessibility, Founder Says /the-web-isnt-working-for-women-because-of-online-trolls-skewed-ai-and-accessibility-founder-says/ /the-web-isnt-working-for-women-because-of-online-trolls-skewed-ai-and-accessibility-founder-says/#respond Sat, 14 Mar 2020 05:39:06 +0000 /?p=15235 World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says web’s not working for women, citing accessibility issues, online harassment and biased algorithms  The issues keep women from work and education opportunities Online harassment is a major problem for 83% of U.S. women 18 to 29 years old in a  Pew Research Center study The inventor of the […]

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]]> /the-web-isnt-working-for-women-because-of-online-trolls-skewed-ai-and-accessibility-founder-says/feed/ 0 OpenAI’s Holy Grail — to Build a Thinking Machine — Means Ideals Yield to Fundraising Reality /openais-holy-grail-to-build-a-thinking-machine-means-ideals-yield-to-fundraising-reality/ /openais-holy-grail-to-build-a-thinking-machine-means-ideals-yield-to-fundraising-reality/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:05:08 +0000 /?p=14967 The quest to build a machine that can understand or learn anything that a human can began as a public service at OpenAI, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs. But four years after its founding, things are changing. The company’s charter declares that its “primary fiduciary duty is to humanity.” But the guiding principles […]

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]]> /openais-holy-grail-to-build-a-thinking-machine-means-ideals-yield-to-fundraising-reality/feed/ 0 U.S. Special Forces May Get Facial-Recognition Gear That IDs Foes From 1 Km Away /u-s-special-forces-may-get-facial-recognition-gear-that-ids-foes-from-1-km-away/ /u-s-special-forces-may-get-facial-recognition-gear-that-ids-foes-from-1-km-away/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:20:41 +0000 /?p=14929 The U.S. military is taking facial-recognition software to a new level. The next generation of the technology will be portable and able to identify individuals from distances of as much as a kilometer away, according to New Scientist. The technology is being developed for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the magazine reported. Work began […]

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]]> /u-s-special-forces-may-get-facial-recognition-gear-that-ids-foes-from-1-km-away/feed/ 0 Dark Side of Microloans: Poor Kenyans Defaulting Under Sky-High Rates, Report Says /dark-side-of-microloans-poor-kenyans-defaulting-under-sky-high-rates-report-says/ /dark-side-of-microloans-poor-kenyans-defaulting-under-sky-high-rates-report-says/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:12:16 +0000 /?p=14894 The dark side of making microloans to the poor is on display in Kenya, where small borrowers are defaulting on loans from Tala, a U.S. fintech firm that claims to lift customers with a dream out of poverty, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. Tala makes loans of $10 to $500 using a smartphone app that instantly offers […]

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]]> /dark-side-of-microloans-poor-kenyans-defaulting-under-sky-high-rates-report-says/feed/ 0 Softbank-Owned Arm’s New Chips Focus on AI Tasks With Less Reliance on Cloud, Data Centers /softbank-owned-arms-new-chips-focus-on-ai-tasks-with-less-reliance-on-cloud-data-centers/ /softbank-owned-arms-new-chips-focus-on-ai-tasks-with-less-reliance-on-cloud-data-centers/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:44:37 +0000 /?p=14847 New chip designs that handle more artificial intelligence tasks on tiny devices like sensors and cameras are promising faster speed and more privacy — and may help the world cut down on the increasing need for energy-gorging data centers. Softbank-owned Arm Holdings said its two new designs can improve processing on devices by as much […]

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]]> /softbank-owned-arms-new-chips-focus-on-ai-tasks-with-less-reliance-on-cloud-data-centers/feed/ 0 Big Brother in the Classroom? NY School District Adopts Facial-Recognition Technology, NYT Says /big-brother-in-the-classroom-ny-school-district-adopts-facial-recognition-technology-nyt-says/ /big-brother-in-the-classroom-ny-school-district-adopts-facial-recognition-technology-nyt-says/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:16:58 +0000 /?p=14829 The battle over facial-recognition software has entered the classroom. A New York school district began using the technology a few weeks ago to monitor the grounds at its eight schools, the New York Times reported. Lockport is the first known public school district in New York as well as one of the first in the country […]

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]]> /big-brother-in-the-classroom-ny-school-district-adopts-facial-recognition-technology-nyt-says/feed/ 0 Big Companies Buying Clean Power at Record Pace; Google Biggest Buyer as Companies Feel Reform Heat /big-companies-buying-clean-power-at-record-pace-google-biggest-buyer-as-companies-feel-reform-heat/ /big-companies-buying-clean-power-at-record-pace-google-biggest-buyer-as-companies-feel-reform-heat/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:58:59 +0000 /?p=14766 Corporations bought more clean-energy than ever, boosted by tech heavyweights Google, Facebook and Amazon as they are pushed to reform their energy policies. Power purchase agreements totaled 19.5 gigawatts of clean energy last year, up 44% from the 2018’s record of 13.6 gigawatts, according to BNEF. A total of 53 gigawatts of the deals have […]

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]]> /big-companies-buying-clean-power-at-record-pace-google-biggest-buyer-as-companies-feel-reform-heat/feed/ 0 Trump Campaign Spending Millions Advertising on Facebook, Where Political Ads Are Welcome /trump-campaign-spending-millions-advertising-on-facebook-where-political-ads-are-welcome/ /trump-campaign-spending-millions-advertising-on-facebook-where-political-ads-are-welcome/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:40:19 +0000 /?p=14741 Donald Trump’s re-election campaign spent almost $20 million on Facebook advertising in 2019, alarming Democratic rivals, as the campaign takes advantage of the social media platform’s relatively lax political ad restrictions. The money paid for more than 218,100 Facebook advertisements last year, the Guardian reported, outpacing Democratic foes in spending and volume on the platform. […]

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