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10-25-2023 Expanding Diverse Voices in Tech to the Midwestern US

PLUS: Star Ballet Dancer Makes Case for Diverse Pointe Shoe Emojis to Apple

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Lisa Sparks
October 25, 2023

Today’s DINT shines a light on a few positive stories in the tech, race, and gender arena. We’re also seeing some movement in Microsoft’s upward progress with its Azure Cloud business. We’re still waiting patiently for the company to release its 2023 diversity and inclusion report, though.

Today’s Top 5 News Stories in Tech, Race, and Gender

Meet The Black Woman Behind Wisconsin Tech Month | Essence

Nadiyah Johnson owns her own tech company and is trying to put her home state of Wisconsin on the map.

www.essence.com/news/black-woman-nadiyah-johnson-behind-wisconsin-tech-month

2/ Star Ballet Dancer Makes Case for Diverse Pointe Shoe Emojis to Apple

Misty Copeland wants Apple to add diverse pointe-shoe emojis. She has a good reason

Ballet star Misty Copeland says diverse pointe-shoe emojis would help ensure that ballet 'in all its forms, celebrates every dancer's story and shade.'

www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-09-25/misty-copeland-pointe-shoe-emojis-apple-ballet-abt

3/ Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Strategy Appears to Be Working as It Widens the Gap Away from Its Nearest Competitor, Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft extends cloud lead over Alphabet with focus on OpenAI, big clients

Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make money from generative artificial intelligence through early bets on OpenAI and focus on big clients, raising worries that the Google parent could lose share in the cloud-computing market.

www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-surpasses-alphabet-cloud-race-with-openai-bet-enterprise-focus-2023-10-25

4/ Meta Puts Kids into Addictive State: 42 U.S. Attorneys General

5/ ️India-Based EdTech Startup Connects Emerging Economy Students with Study Abroad Programs and Scholarships

An Indian edtech that helps students live out their study-abroad dreams

Leverage Edu, which has raised $70 million, is among the few profitable edtech companies in the country.

restofworld.org/2023/3-minutes-with-akshay-chaturvedi-leverage-edu

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React Summit US – The Biggest React Conference in the US

React Summit US is an in-person and remote first (hybrid) conference of all things React, gathering OSS authors, top trainers and speakers, as well as web engineers across the globe to meet in New York and online.

November 13 - 15, 2023
New York City

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