According to University of Chicago researchers, cryptocurrency traders are getting more racially diverse. Nearly 40% of 2021’s traders identified as non-white, suggesting a notable shift from the traditional image of the middle-aged IPA tech bro. Cryptocurrency provides a new opportunity to participate in an estimated two trillion dollar market for many African Americans. Still, is this strategy enough to […]
Alix Jules
Alix is a Senior Technologist at Google, focused on helping customers reimagine an inclusive, sustainable future where innovation doesn't leave people behind.
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‘Cementing bias in a flower-scented maze’: A.I. and the eternal digital footprint
Artificial intelligence is big business, and it’s not going away. International Data Corporation predicts that worldwide revenue for the A.I. market will top 157 billion in 2020, growing to over 300 billion by 2024. A.I. is prolific, with estimates of over 403,000 conference papers on A.I. in 2019 alone. The number of A.I. deployments is […]
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Microsoft’s purchase of Activision is about the Metaverse
There’s been a lot of talk about the Metaverse recently, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last year that he’d be changing Facebook’s name to Meta and shifting the company’s focus to “the Metaverse.“ What is the Metaverse? Although we have glimpses of the Metaverse today in gaming (Roblox, Fortnite, and other games), the Metaverse is […]