As they explore a country ravaged by climate change and social upheaval, Dan Marshall and his R.U.S.T. crew will have to fight through both the slums of the lower city and the pristine hi -
tech environments of the upper city.
While some lawyers may spend most of their time at their desk, others, for example trial attorneys in the US, may spend a significant amount of their time outside the secure and highly structured
tech environment of the office.
Not exact matches
After reading this study, I'm wondering if perhaps women entrepreneurs face very different social
environments than the men do, even outside
of tech enclaves like Silicon Valley.
As COO
of Zillow Group I'm often asked how we compete in this insanely competitive
tech environment — what perks do we focus on, do we have compensation wars, what differentiates us?
And as many as 50 %
of female
tech workers will leave the industry because
of the hostile work
environment.
The PwC report highlighted how the small Swiss municipality has emerged as a «hotbed for blockchain - based companies and advisory services,» and the country's growing «reputation
of being a welcoming
environment for companies and
tech firms.»
So if a guy living inside a giant, high -
tech tin can floating in the most hostile
environment imaginable for a year can find the funny in his everyday life, certainly most
of us can do the same despite our mundane professional challenges and personal annoyances.
Although it's no secret that
tech companies have casual working
environments, fun atmospheres, and free food, Facebook seems to outdo all
of the competition — with an office that appears built exclusively for playing more than working.
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 given the current frothy
environment around
tech stocks, where Facebook's own stock is at a near - historic high
of $ 107 a share as
of Wednesday afternoon, the timing makes sense.
«This is a wake - up call to Silicon Valley and the
tech community that if you let these things get out
of hand, having grown up in a very lightly regulated
environment, you could end up with a lot more regulation than you seek, he said after the hearing.
Time spent in the trenches
of a large scale, high -
tech turnaround that married me to my desk night, day and weekends versus a clearly architected lifestyle work
environment has produced scars
of different shapes and sizes.
Tech companies have been under fire in recent years for allegations
of not promoting diversity and inclusive
environments throughout the workplace.
Of all the causes that could narrow the pipeline of women in tech from 74 % to 20 %, I suspect the principal contributor is that the environment we've created in tech is simply off - putting to most wome
Of all the causes that could narrow the pipeline
of women in tech from 74 % to 20 %, I suspect the principal contributor is that the environment we've created in tech is simply off - putting to most wome
of women in
tech from 74 % to 20 %, I suspect the principal contributor is that the
environment we've created in
tech is simply off - putting to most women.
In Canada — an
environment with radically different processes and supports for dependent patients — the supply
of such tools is nowhere close to meeting the surging demand, signalling that caregiver - focused technology may be the greatest untapped niche in health - care
tech north
of the border.
There's plenty
of snow and rain in the state as well as mCity, a 32 - acre simulated real - world urban
environment at the University
of Michigan used by automakers to test autonomous driving
tech.
In the summer
of 2014, both product and the
tech environment were ready.
Apple and Google are trendsetters in a lot
of ways, so it's possible other
tech companies will follow their lead in trying to limit the negative impact they have on the
environment.
It strikes me, in reading Snyder's collected stories, that the «cool kids»
of tech are imposing on women the lousy
environment they once suffered through — back when they were the nerds who got teased and hassled.
Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a
Tech Startup USC Marshall School
of Business professor Dr. Anthony Borquez will be joined by a special guest lecturer to discuss how technology is changing the world we live in and how entrepreneurs need to adapt to remain successful in an ever changing
environment
A couple
of days ago, I pointed out that Virtual Reality (plus groupware and Augmented Reality) creates a work
environment that makes physical offices obsolete — including the much - touted high
tech campuses.
Along with the specific ways the
tech environment excludes certain underrepresented groups, the survey results show a general disagreement about the definition
of a diverse workplace that extends beyond the
tech sector.
Researchers,
tech companies, academics — both local and foreign — debate how these policies will affect the evolution
of the business
environment in China.
Whether it's smart minds, a welcoming business
environment, cultural assets, a legacy
of innovation,
tech talent or even cost
of living — this region has all the ingredients Amazon needs to make HQ2 a success.
It will also give you the chance to meet many
of the best and brightest in the LA
tech world all in a casual
environment.
In the past 13 rising - rate
environments over the past 64 years,
tech and health care sectors gained an average
of 20 % and 13 %, respectively during the 12 - month period following the first rate hike
of each cycle.
«If you wanted to be in Texas, a city like Austin, that has Whole Foods, a thriving
tech and arts scene and a creative
environment, would seem a better fit,» said Jeff Shulman, a professor
of marketing at the University
of Washington in Seattle.
«If you go back five years, literally,
tech companies were so apathetic about the political
environment and just wanted to avoid politics,» said Conway, one
of the earliest investors in companies like Google and PayPal.
While we did rank # 1 for
tech - enabled
environments for women entrepreneurs across all 50 cities globally in 2017, we ranked # 16 in terms
of the percentage
of capital given to women led businesses and # 15 overall for our ability to attract and support women entrepreneurs.
«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.
As one
of only seven
tech companies selected, we are proud
of our policies and practices that have helped us create an
environment of inclusiveness.
«Access to capital is a critical part
of growing a
tech firm and Canada's high - growth CEOs need a competitive tax
environment and an ecosystem that encourages entrepreneurship and scaling up globally.
The ambitious targets
of tech entrepreneurs also create a high - pressure
environment and the fast pace
of change in the
tech industry leaves many entrepreneurs facing a significant growth challenge.
Tech - Tastic The Phoenician accomplishes the feat
of merging together technology with the natural
environment in subtle, unobtrusive and even beneficial ways that serve to elevate a guest's experience rather than distract from it.
Ideal for use in and outside
of food processing plants, the Fusion
Tech single pipe bollard is custom designed to live up to the rigorous pace
of your work
environment and meet all AMI Sanitary Design Principles for meat and poultry processing plants.
Ideal for use in and outside
of food processing plants, Fusion
Tech custom guarding is designed to live up to the rigorous pace
of your work
environment and meet all AMI Sanitary Design Principles for meat and poultry processing plants.
Ideal for use in and outside
of food processing plants, Fusion
Tech bollards and guards are custom designed to live up to the rigorous pace
of your work
environment and meet all AMI Sanitary Design Principles for meat and poultry processing plants.
Split into the categories
of well - being,
tech,
environment, business, creativity, future you, changemakers, sport and adventure and food and education, there's surely something to be found for every taste.
«The research fills an important gap in our understanding
of the vulnerability
of tropical river - forest systems to changes in climate and land cover,» said the project's leader, Leandro Castello, assistant professor
of fish and wildlife conservation in Virginia
Tech's College
of Natural Resources and
Environment.
Virginia
Tech College
of Natural Resources and
Environment research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows that private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views
of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management on their land.
He says his vision
of a high -
tech cluster
of habitats would deliver «a new ocean civilization whose most important purpose will be to continuously monitor and protect the global ocean
environment.»
At Georgia
Tech, the existence
of a critical mass
of African - American students allowed me to feel comfortable and gave me a sense
of community within a largely hostile
environment.
Not much is known about what happens in these transitional savanna ecosystems located between more arid and wetter climate zones, information critical to their management,» said lead author J. Tyler Fox, who earned his doctorate in fish and wildlife conservation in Virginia
Tech's College
of Natural Resources and
Environment in 2016.
«The reason is because some local government officials are investing in those small coal mining companies,» he said, adding that the collusion
of the local government and small coal miners thwarts Beijing's efforts to shut down the low -
tech coal companies whose operations often harm the
environment.
With its huge range
of environments from cold Andean deserts to hot Amazonian rainforests, Perú is an ideal country for advancing high -
tech carbon inventories.
When testing crystalline (red) and fluid (green) materials in an
environment free
of noise — sound vibration or disturbances that are known to act upon a solidifying material — scientists at Florida
Tech and Arizona State University discovered that a previously unknown field modulated the speed and shape
of the crystal - melt interface, leading to the pictured pattern formations.
Before industry can impact climate issues and cultivate an internationally competitive clean -
tech sector, the investment has to be much broader and profound, said Salman Khan, development and strategy director for the
environment division
of Intertek, an international testing company that helps companies assess their green policies.
Amy Pruden
of Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg and her colleagues tracked two integrons — genetic elements that can be traded by microbes or persist on their own in the
environment — called sul1 and tet (W), which confer resistance to sulphonamide and tetracycline antibiotics, respectively.
The frequency
of these genes was higher than the frequency found in Lake Lanier, a natural freshwater ecosystem that has been studied by the Georgia
Tech research team, suggesting that the drinking water pipe
environments merit closer attention.
The competitors included a broad range
of organisms common in the
environment, some
of them retrieved from a lake near the Georgia
Tech campus.