Georgetown Disruptive Tech

Since 2017, Georgetown Disruptive Tech has changed the way that our school interacts with computer science.

[Emergeast @EMERGEAST]

Join us this Wednesday at 7:30PM UAE for a live conversation on ‘Why are NFTs Valuable?’ with special guest @AnanasBRB, co founder of Arts DAO and the Crypto Sheikhs podcast and some of the participating artists in our current NFT M.E exhibition 🚀 https://t.co/agdLcUYiDv

[Douglas Emhoff Archived @SecondGent46]

I am honored to be the first male spouse of an American President or Vice President. But I'll always remember generations of women have served in this role before me—often without much accolade or acknowledgment. It’s their legacy of progress I will build on as Second Gentleman.

[BuzzFeed News @BuzzFeedNews]

NEW: Amazon is booting Parler off AWS, its web hosting service, knocking the pro-Trump social network offline until it finds a new host. https://t.co/zdR68ASJM2

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Apple removes Parler, the social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store a day after Google took a similar step
https://t.co/Psl3bHCUJI

[Bloomberg Technology @technology]

Facebook says it took down “Stop the Steal" group attempting to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election https://t.co/i5BzOl4izW

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

If we had machines that could think like us or better, then maybe we’d stand a better chance at solving the world’s biggest problems. That’s been the guiding vision of AI research since the earliest days—and remains its most divisive idea. https://t.co/8v1cq29yqZ

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

"As much as I think that AI is the technology of the future, unless we figure out how to trust it, we will not see it moving forward," says the winner of a new $1 million artificial intelligence prize. https://t.co/CBz9lXtijc

[Bloomberg Technology @technology]

Facebook approached FBI about Michigan Militia six months ago https://t.co/ptHEpULzHD

[Dr. Rana el Kaliouby @kaliouby]

It’s so important to build #AI that is empathetic and human centric, especially as we tackle the “empathy crisis” in these complex times 👩‍💻 👨‍💻

#HumanFirst #empathy #ethics #EthicsMatter #ArtificialIntelligence #technology

[Engadget @engadget]

iPhone 12 comes with free EarPods in France thanks to radiation laws https://t.co/fHtrd72mp5

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

Elon Musk's SpaceX is launching a satellite that can measure rising sea levels to the millimeter from 830 miles above Earth https://t.co/TZAaa7puaf

[Georgetown Disruptive Tech @tech_georgetown]

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[Georgetown Disruptive Tech @tech_georgetown]

Obsessed with building an excellent product, Omry Sitner spearheads the new and transformative tool that allows teams to rethink the workflow and project dynamic. Join a conversation with Sitner, the Academic and Startup Ecosystem Partnership Lead at https://t.co/7DXSGVxLFF.

[IrisGuard @IrisGuard]

Delighted to have received final certification and notice of compliance to ISO 30107-3 Level 1 PAD test, providing even greater assurance for all our clients and beneficiaries, that we continue to offer the highest level of security @iBetaQA @IrisGuard #authentication #Biometric

[itnewsdirect @itnewsdirect]

IrisGuard Leads the Way in Contact-free Iris Verification Payment Services with ISO Level 1 PAD Test Compliance https://t.co/tFbLLe7MYL #Latest #PressReleases

[Georgetown Disruptive Tech @tech_georgetown]

@Georgetown Core Pathways Webinar discussion with @chrishughes, Co-Founder of Facebook: A discussion on the evolution of Facebook and our new online world. #tech #facebook #onlinewebinars #Georgetown

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

This new workplace monitoring tool issues an alert when anyone is less than six feet apart. Amazon is also using similar software to monitor the distances between their warehouse staff. https://t.co/aUiVgUMWg5

[Georgetown Disruptive Tech @tech_georgetown]

Huge news! The question of tech companies having to pay for using content is a question each country will eventually have to address

[Sunrise @sunriseon7]

Australia will become the first country in the world to force tech giants Google and Facebook to pay media companies for their news content.

More on this story: https://t.co/P8XuKTd9Mc

[FinTech Collective @fintech_io]

In the same way you can’t make lemonade without lemons, you can’t have fintech without internet connectivity.

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