Sentences with phrase «more tech people»

«If you look historically over the last five years, there are more tech people than normal being called to Congress on privacy issues, security issues, Russian hacking,» Conway acknowledged.

Not exact matches

Of course I fund people outside of that age range but statistically startup founders of VC - backed tech companies are more likely in that range.

content while the already tech - heavy world around you seems to be getting a little meaner, harsher, and more polarized, you can take a small measure of comfort knowing that there are people out there who see the world the same way.

The year I attended, so did more than 61,000 other people, many of them in the tech industry.

Alan Braverman, an entrepreneur and angel investor who co-heads the Giant Pixel, a tech startup studio, speaks more bluntly: «What most people consider a safe career path, I consider falling behind.»

What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.

It makes people feel more comfortable around the tech.»

It's been more than two years since Facebook and others in tech committed to hiring more women and underrepresented people of color, and so far, there is very little to show for it.

To build tech champions, the government should put more energy into funding R&D in a commercial environment, because you employ a hell of a lot more people and can build scale.»

And when companies do find people that meet their specifications, they are more likely to be lured away by a competitor, given the high demand for tech talent.

Roku's look is distinctly more «fun,» which might be off putting to people who take their media very seriously, but is ultimately a win for less tech - savvy folks.

Google recently unveiled more detail about its much - buzzed - about wearable computer, releasing a teaser video showing people doing everyday things with the futuristic tech specs — playing with the kids, skiing, driving, carving a giant tiger's head from a block of ice.

With the tech industry accounting for 7.1 percent of U.S. GDP, employment in the industry surged to more than 6.7 million people in 2015.

While smartphones and cloud technology are making people's personal lives easier and more convenient, new tech solutions are making it easier to manage businesses, too.

Though the 2008 financial crisis buffeted Thiel's world, it also made people more receptive to his «tech slowdown thesis,» Thiel says.

While this premise might seem somewhat niche for a show that could just as easily make a fake company that develops a consumer gadget or a software program that is more tangible for the «low tech» people among us, it is actually extremely relevant.

«There's this organic tech following where we're not just a car company, we're more than that, and a lot of our people who follow us as a tech company are also enthusiasts of cars and clients of ours,» Canton said.

They don't see those efforts as mutually exclusive, and it's perhaps for that reason that some HR departments, particularly in the tech world, have recently undergone some of their own internal rebranding, shedding the stodgy old «human resources» name in favor of friendlier and more inviting monikers like People Operations (Google, Southwest Airlines), Employee Experience (Airbnb), and Employee Success (Salesforce).

And the public was ready to pounce: Just 24 hours after Fowler published her post, the Twitter hashtag #DeleteUber had generated almost 5 million more impressions than it did during the weekend of January 27, when masses of people started using it to protest the company's response to a New York taxi strike and CEO Travis Kalanick's (soon to be short - lived) participation in President Donald Trump's tech advisory committee.

The layoffs, which would result in more than 1,000 people leaving the tech giant, is set to affect Yahoo's media business, European operations, and platforms - technology group, Business Insider said on Wednesday.

After learning more about the case, Kondoker said he is now in favor of Apple and agrees with the tech giant that «this software the government wants them to use will be used against millions of other innocent people.»

These aren't the kind of hacks that mean tech - savvy folks need to change their login credentials, but precursors to something far more serious: potentially devastating and life - threatening infrastructure disruptions that could leave thousands or millions of people without electricity or other utilities.

The layoffs, which would result in more than 1,000 people leaving the tech giant, is set to affect Yahoo's media business, European operations, and platforms - technology group.

The new Sidewalk project would make way for self - driving cars on its streets, more efficient electricity and water delivery systems, and high - tech housing units for tens of thousands of people and workers.

In October, the tech giant revealed it had underestimated by billions the number of people affected by a 2013 data breach (already the world's largest), in which thieves stole names, emails, phone numbers, and more.

Canadian tech darling CGI Group was motoring along just fine until people found out that it was the lead contractor behind the infamous Affordable Care website in the U.S. (It's down more than 10 % since November.)

The move also comes as a number of retailers stake a claim in the growing «smart home» industry which centers on tech that does things like let people turn off the air conditioning remotely: Best Buy (bby) recently announced it was giving more floor space at 700 of its stores to better showcase Amazon's Echo as well as Google Home.

Based on survey data from ad tech firm Rocket Fuel charted for us by BI Intelligence, the majority of people in a December 2014 survey said they would be comfortable sharing their health and fitness data (56 %) and their diet data (56 %) to get more personalized advertisements.

«There are about two million people right now, who are tech - forward and are more likely to be in a service business.

Chakravorti is joining a growing chorus of voices asking tech companies to do more to keep people safe on the platforms they've created.

Learn how thriving companies are using tech to create more efficient and streamlined practices that keep people at the center.

You stated your interest in a city where you can grow your company to 50,000 employees over the next 20 years, a home base that can hold your interest... a strong sense of place, a rich cultural life, great transit systems, smart young people and plenty of infrastructure - ready land that is close to both the business center and top universities... density, walkability, and diversity... some of the nation's finest universities... tech - savvy millennials... Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, offers all of these desirable attributes at a more affordable cost.

It leveraged the tech industry buzz around the product into more meaningful usage by people like Jimmy Fallon or U2.

The advantage will be stronger in whichever place you have been more active recently, for most people this will be their home region... Moving to a place more conducive to your type of business, e.g. SF for tech companies, has a lot to offer.

Today, young people are more concerned with smartphones and tech gadgets when it comes to expensive purchases, and as smarter consumers, they find a way to afford them.

Recruit more tech - savvy workers who might otherwise spurn the bond manager for traditional software companies, people familiar with the matter said... Many of those new employees will be engineers tasked with modernizing Pimco's technology systems, from the tools used to harness new databases of information to the platforms that trade bonds electronically.

The private equity firm, which has investments in several national security and tech - sector assets, has also hired bankers to offload Anaren in a separate deal that could be worth more than $ 800 million, the same people told Reuters.

Mr. Acton's anti-Facebook message, retweeted more than 10,000 times, captured a moment in the tech industry when even some of its best - known people are publicly calling for change.

The world is awash with smart tech and people are now more connected than ever before.

Action: Block some network requests Who is this for: Paranoid people How difficult is it: Need to be tech savvy Tell me more: On macOS, you can install something called Little Snitch to get an alert every time an app tries to talk with a server.

If any of those startups want to come to the Columbus, Oh Area (Central Ohio), I can provide them with a list of hundreds, of not more, of former IT people, electronics engineers, technicians and tech managers, all of whom are looking for employment.

In 2017, more than 1,000 people attended 36 86 for an exciting lineup of Fortune 500 decision - makers, global tech titans and high - growth startup successes, such as AOL Cofounder Steve Case, Walmart CTO Jeremy King, Sen. Bill Frist, MD, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, FedEx CEO Fred Smith and more.

For more than a decade, he was behind every crucial decision as Apple rolled out blockbuster hits from the iPod to the iPad, changing how people listen to music and watch entertainment, reshaping entire industries and making Apple the world's most valuable tech company.

And while it's easy to dwell on the negatives, we think it's also worth sharing some of the more positive steps people are taking to create a more inclusive and socially conscious tech community.

In a previous chart, we showed 49 % of millennials are much more open to engaging tech companies for financial services, while only 16 % of people of other generations feel the same.

«People think that tech is going to go from the Wild West to a much more regulated, scrutinized environment,» said Dan Suzuki, an equity strategist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

«One Tech Action» empowers non-techie, busy professionals to easily take advantage of technology to multiply their efforts at home and work, increase efficiency, and spend more time with the people who matter the most to them.

In an interview with Mashable, Jim Jansen, a senior fellow at the Pew Internet Project, said: «There is a view that the more tech - savvy a person is, the less religious they tend to be.

Today however many knowledgeable people are saying that many of the high - tech developments have produced technological systems in which the mechanical - materialist view of reality, human greed and ecological destruction are built in; and that therefore a new paradigm of development with technologies integrated with a more holistic understanding of human personhood and peoplehood and recognizing the organic natural and spiritual dimensions of human community are called for.

Plus: More and more people are planning with great success to get very old, and high - tech «capitalism» far more than «social democracy» is the cause of their unprecedented succMore and more people are planning with great success to get very old, and high - tech «capitalism» far more than «social democracy» is the cause of their unprecedented succmore people are planning with great success to get very old, and high - tech «capitalism» far more than «social democracy» is the cause of their unprecedented succmore than «social democracy» is the cause of their unprecedented success.