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by: HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press Posted: Mar 25, 2021 / 09:33 AM EDT / Updated: Mar 25, 2021 / 09:43 AM EDT Dr. Eric E. Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Futures, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, during a hearing on emerging technologies and their impact on national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a… Source link

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to establish a center that aims to battle diseases with a mix of biological and data science studies By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer March 25, 2021, 1:39 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a “new era of biology” aimed at battling diseases with a mix of data and life… Source link

Google is committing $150 million to promote COVID-19 vaccine education and equitable distribution to underserved communities, the tech giant announced Monday. Google also pledged to open up its own facilities to serve as vaccination sites as needed. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Google worked with more than 100 government agencies and global nongovernmental organizations to run critical public service health announcements through its ad grants crisis relief program. The company will… Source link

Self-driving cars are still many years away from becoming a ubiquitous reality, but today, one of the bigger efforts to build and develop them is taking a significant step out as part of its strategy to be at the forefront for when they do. Yandex — the publicly traded Russian tech giant that started as a search engine but has expanded into a number of other, related areas (similar to U.S. counterpart Google) — today announced that it is spinning out its self-driving car unit from… Source link