09-21-2023 Black Workers Get 26% More Useless Performance Feedback Than Non-Black Peers

Black workers receive more low-quality feedback in performance reviews than their counterparts in the workplace, reports Textio in its second annual study of workplace feedback.

What Stood Out Most 📋in the Study Findings:

· 🏃🏾‍♀️ ‘I’m Leaving!’ Poor-quality feedback is leading to higher attrition (leaving the company) and lack of access to promotions within a company.

· 🤷🏻‍♂️ Vague feedback: More Black employees receive 26% more non-actionable feedback than their non-Black peers.

· ✅ High value in clear feedback: Women overall (71%) and white men (83%) received a clear understanding the path to their next promotion.

Black Employees Must 👋🏾 Leave to Level Up

For many Black and Hispanic professionals, leaving for another firm is the only way to reach the next level in their careers, according to a Russell Reynolds and Valence study published in CIO.com

Bleak Outlook for AI Data Centers: Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric’s new industry research reveals AI GPUs and CPUs for model training produce more heat and consume more energy than any other type of workload. For some, the answer is liquid cooling says Schneider’s authority report.

The catch: There’s no uniform standard in the liquid cooling space, leading to unpredictable outcomes and difficulty in comparing the utility of one liquid cooling solution over another.

Unlikely Midwestern Scammers Fleece Avaya for $88M in Stolen Access Codes

Brad and Dusti Pearce sold access to Avaya software for voice over internet /protocol systems. They weren’t authorized sellers and pocketed all of the proceeds from the sale. They obtained the access codes illegally. Today the married couple plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and each could serve up to 20 years in prison for their crime.

Pay up! 💰💰
In addition to incarceration the couple must pay full restitution to those harmed by the scam. They’re beginning by forfeiting $4 million in assets including cash, gold, and cryptocurrency.

The NSFW Chatbot App Hooking Gen Z on AI Boyfriends
OpenAI banned a relationship chatbot leveraging a version of ChatGPT called Janitor AI. Why the ban? Users were falling in love with the bot characters other users created in the system.

Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It
The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) budget, like many others, is quite complex since it funds all five branches of the U.S. military. Unlike other departments, though, the DoD needs a system that leverages AI to bring clarity to how much money it needs and where the funds are going.

Uber Loses Injunction Against Income Boosting App for Drivers
In Brazil, Uber drivers use an app called StopClub to calculate the per kilometer or per hour earnings for each ride. It’s helping drivers earn more money since they can determine whether a ride is profitable enough to pick up in real time. Uber wasn’t happy about the success of the app and filed for an injunction in Brazilian court. In late August, Uber lost. StopClub lives.

🚗Fat Fingers Don’t Matter with this App: StopClub users can set the app to automatically reject rides that are below a certain threshold, saving users precious time since they’ll only see rides that are worth picking up.

What’s Coming Up in Tech

Africa Money and DeFi Summit – West Africa

October 3 – 4, 2023
Accra, Ghana

8^th America Digital World Congress 2023

November 15 – 16
Miami, FL