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Singularity University: Virtual Reality Training Program and On-Demand Classes at 2019 Global Summit

August 22, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Singularity University (SU), a global community with a mission to educate leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s challenges, announces its two newest products: On-Demand Classes, the company calls these “affordable” and “bite-sized” learning opportunities on topics like security and hacking, artificial intelligence, and human healing Uncommon Learning, a “personally adaptive virtual reality (VR) training system” with […]

Does Your Org Have Any Used Cisco Hardware? The Company Is Making It More Difficult to Use It

August 21, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

According to this report from iFixit, owners of used Cisco hardware may find it more difficult to use it. When their Smart Licensing System became mandatory to use Cisco’s Catalyst 3650, 3850, and 9000 series switches, the company claimed it would make make fore more flexible management of hardware licenses. But, according the iFixit report, it also […]

Google Vows to Introduce Recycled Materials into Manufacturing Process

August 21, 2019 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

The tech company is working on making its products with more recycled materials, and aims to be carbon neutral in the next couple of years.

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Bloom Energy AlwaysON Microgrid Solution Provides Resiliency During Grid Outages

August 21, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Bloom Energy, a microgrid company, announces a new AlwaysON Microgrid solution with designed to make it easier and convenient for companies to protect themselves from extended grid power outages and escalating grid electricity rates, the company says. Hundreds of thousands of electric utility customers have been left without power for days at a time this summer as […]

Classroom Technology Fails: What NOT to Do with Education Environments

August 21, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The benefits of classroom technology can only be measured in how well the students and teachers actually use it. Far too often, teachers and faculty in schools across the world find themselves fed up with faulty A/V systems. Meanwhile, though, the students suffer most, because interactive classroom tech can’t live up to its name if […]

Senators Call on Google to Hire Long-Term Independent Contractors

August 20, 2019 Sam Harton Leave a Comment

Google uses many freelancers for a variety of services, but these workers don’t receive the same salary, benefit, or professional treatment as their full-time counterparts even when they work consistently.

UC Santa Barbara Sues Major Retailers over LED Light Bulb Patent

August 20, 2019 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

The recent lawsuit issued by the University of California Santa Barbara sparked attention to patent enforcement issues in the retail industry.

ADTRAN Addresses Connect America Fund Program with Fully-Managed, Cloud-Based Performance Test Solution

August 20, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Adtran, a provider of open networking and subscriber experience solutions, announced its fully-managed, cloud-based performance test solution, built to streamline data collection and reporting for network operators that utilize the Connect America Fund (CAF) program. Recipients of these Federal broadband subsidies will be required to submit testing results as part of their annual compliance in […]