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Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the health care industry was so slow to change. But the global crisis forced the industry and companies to act swiftly.  But can an industry that still relies on fax machines while simultaneously pursuing integration of artificial intelligence maintain such a pace post pandemic?  Dr. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group and Health Plan, says it must in order to address health inequities. “I think health care is ultimately a fundamental foundation of our… Source link

Rutgers senior guard Geo Baker is frustrated with how the NCAA treats athletes. Baker ripped the NCAA on Instagram on Saturday, calling the organization’s approach to athlete rights “modern day slavery.” Baker made those comments in response to an Instagram post from the NCAA March Madness account. The post featured a graphic of Baylor’s men’s basketball coach Scott Drew. A quote under Drew’s picture read, “Guys are breaking up with their long-time girlfriends to keep the bubble… Source link

(Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has not… Source link

(Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has not… Source link

Jan 12 (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has… Source link

Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, has written to the EU’s competition regulator calling for Google’s acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit to be blocked — unless meaningful safeguards can be baked in. The tech giant announced its intent to splash $2.1 billion to acquire Fitbit a year ago but has yet to gain regulatory approval for the deal in the European Union. In a letter addressed to the blocs competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, Amnesty writes: “The commission… Source link