Recently, NASSCOM Foundation and CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), released India’s first Tech for Good Report. It contains insights from the inputs received from 548 organizations: 305 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 124 social enterprises and startups, and 119 corporations.
Tech giants took a stance on Wednesday after violence sabotaged the joint Senate –House of Representatives session to confirm Joe Biden’s electoral win. Twitter and Facebook led the charge and marked Trump’s updates instigating insurrection as ‘being reviewed’ first to taken down later on.
Despite the generalized budget cuts and corporate funding pivots led by the pandemic, tech companies big and small have continued their sustained investment in lobby and public affairs.
Here is a list of 10 news that have made waves within the tech and data science community in 2020. From AI ethical oversight to the impact of covid-19 on accelerated digital transformation worldwide.