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☆ How to Save Tech Industry: Fire Managers, Put Tech People in Charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This disastrous mindset has hollowed out Silicon Valley's ability to innovate and caused regular people to grow increasingly frustrated with everyday tech. The large platforms have generally ignored this feedback for one big reason: The tech industry has been taken over by career managers. Now Google Search is more profitable and worse, elevating spammy content and outright scams, a problem exacerbated by artificial intelligence. AdvertisementBut today's tech products feel built to sell a dream of the future rather than solve a customer's existing pains. As long as the tech industry is controlled by people who don't build things, it will continue to build products that help raise growth metrics rather than help consumers with tangible problems.

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The White House, Google Maps and Google Arts & Culture launched a new virtual tour of the famous mansion on Friday, which is also National Civics Day. “Not everyone can make the trip to Washington, D.C., to tour the White House, so she's bringing the White House to them,” Alexander said. Political Cartoons View All 1220 ImagesThe tour is the first Google virtual tour of the White House to include audio captions for people with disabilities. It is also Google's first virtual tour of the White House to have Spanish translation. The tour is available on the White House website, as well as on Google Maps and the Google Arts & Culture page.

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☆ Google’s CSO Kate Brandt on How AI Can Accelerate Climate Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Rochelle Toplensky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

Kate Brandt has been working since 2015 to make Google’s operations and products more sustainable and was named its chief sustainability officer in 2018. Early in her career, Brandt worked on climate and energy in the White House, the Pentagon and the Energy Department during the Obama administration. I kind of teared up and felt really excited to see this momentous occurrence in the climate movement. We’re going to see more and more opportunities—whether that’s for governments, for businesses, for nonprofits and NGOs—to use AI to really accelerate their climate work. Google’s total carbon footprint increased last year—what happened?

Persons: Kate Brandt, Brandt, Obama, Kate, I’ve, We’ve, Ben Gomes, Rochelle Toplensky Organizations: Pentagon, Energy Department, Google, UPS, Greenlight, Rainforest, Sustainable Business, Rochelle Locations: Washington, Paris, California, Muir Beach, U.S, Hamburg, Germany

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