At the intersection of traffic and tech, Google is attempting to time stoplights and reduce gridlock in a program powered by AI. Boston, ranked fourth in bad traffic, is partnering with Google to put the project in the fast lane. @StevenRomo reports. https://t.co/uMSAqoladn
Today’s climate predictions vary widely, partly because it’s hard to simulate clouds accurately. Learn how we leverage #TPUs designed for ML to simulate clouds with unprecedented scalability to help climate scientists understand future cloud patterns. ↓ https://t.co/KVwDGcwq51
At our Sustainable with Google event, we discussed how our products can empower partners, governments and people to be more sustainable. 🌎 Learn more ↓ https://t.co/9kD42U9kIb
Contrails — those fluffy ice clouds airplanes sometimes make when flying in humid regions — are responsible for 35% of aviation’s global warming impact. 🤯 Learn how airlines are working with @GoogleAI to reduce contrails and mitigate climate change → https://t.co/iRSpHsTlh8
"The South is a region rutted with inequities, and every time the pendulum of climate change swings from extreme heat to extreme cold it deepens the grooves."
“The smoke felt much like these last years of extreme weather in the South have felt—heavy, muddling, inescapable.” Southerners can handle heat, but climate change is making summer in the region unbearable, @oliviacpaschal writes. https://t.co/eDQF3pBmOy
“The smoke felt much like these last years of extreme weather in the South have felt—heavy, muddling, inescapable.” Southerners can handle heat, but climate change is making summer in the region unbearable, @oliviacpaschal writes. https://t.co/eDQF3pBmOy
For @axios: A global network of volunteers is using AI to translate hundreds of thousands of words from official climate reports and studies to dozens of languages.
Why it matters: They're aiming to make vital climate change resources more accessible.
https://t.co/qIvfDLBjQf
Today Google announced that our flood forecasting capabilities are now available to 80 countries around the globe. Providing information to keep people safe up to 7 days before a flood is just one of the ways we’re using AI to address the climate crisis.
https://t.co/WB3vKEZOri
The revolution is coming faster than you know, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. This Sunday, 60 Minutes looks at how rapidly advancing artificial intelligence is changing our world. https://t.co/9FzToxYdPQ
#HIGID: @KateEBrandt has taken the sustainability lessons she learned in Washington and is applying them in Silicon Valley. She lives in Northern California with her husband and 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Here’s how she gets it done https://t.co/80ehfx5VOW
w/ Google layoffs, a good day to remember that our immigration system is so screwed up that anyone laid off at Google on a visa (or Microsoft, or Amazon, etc) only has 60 days to get a job or get out of the US
https://t.co/cfDr9CmGm8
In partnership with @Ford, we're a founding member of Michigan Central, an innovation hub focused on mobility. We'll offer digital skills training to job seekers, mentorship programs for students, cloud services for projects & research + more.
https://t.co/e2IFFhu47N
@DoorDash I ordered lunch through a restaurant that uses your delivery services. It never arrived and they're telling me I need to follow up with you, but I don't have an option for that because I didn't use your app. I have an email from you, but no way to report an issue. HELP
Google is proud to support our nation’s immigrants. We joined 30 other companies to protect the H-4 EAD program which spurs innovation, creates jobs and opportunities, and helps families.
It's Equal Pay Day 2021, so please talk about how, globally, girls' and women doing unpaid and largely invisible work is a *wealth transfer* in the form of time and support to men. Time as an asset also being distributed unequally between women. Pandemic illustrates this sharply.