2. By the numbers: Tech's trickle of change

A recent analysis reveals that the state with the highest cost of living was Hawaii.

Black homebuyers in North Carolina are twice as likely to be denied for mortgages as white homebuyers. By the numbers: A recent Zillow analysis of Housing and Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows that 20% of Black applicants in N.C. were denied mortgages in 2020, compared to 10.9% of white potential buyers. Nationwide, the gap is […] The post Study: 20% of Black mortgage applicants in N.C. denied appeared first on Axios Charlotte.

The Biden administration on Friday announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math — part of the broader effort to make the U.S. economy more competitive. The State Department will let eligible visiting students in those fields, known as STEM, complete up to...

In 2022, the digital economy that rewrote the old rules of business will continue to thrive off hyperconnectivity. As this economy sharply rises in value, there will be a critical need for fast, secure, and reliable technologies. Recent maneuvers by key players suggest that this infrastructure will provide even more...

As a woman and an immigrant in tech, DE&I is top-of-mind in my own endeavors. My company is woman-led, and our team is both multicultural and multinational. And, honestly, I find that executives don't have to be convinced that diversity, equity, and inclusion are good ideas--that's not the challenge. Instead, it's how to ensure that equal representation actually happens.

Black patients were more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white patients to have negative descriptors about them in their electronic health record, according to a study published Wednesday in Health Affairs. Why it matters: The study is further evidence of bias in the U.S. health care system, which can...

New data on job vacancies in the UK suggests that employers are switching up their recruitment efforts in response to the continued shortage of tech and IT workers. The latest Report on Jobs, published by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and compiled by IHS Markit, found that the IT and Computing sector continued to lead growth in permanent job vacancies in December 2021.

Elizabeth Holmes told investors she could diagnose hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. She couldn't. Last week she was found guilty of fraud. But with so much money sloshing around in Silicon Valley, will the verdict change anything?. On this week's Tech Tent, we speak to...

The amount of data and analytics that are being made available in enterprises, and the enterprise’s ability to utilize them is growing at unprecedented levels. It’s to the point where the core fiber of the modern enterprise is changing, which will lead to a changing of the guard in those we hold up as exemplary.

What’s in a number? The goals of the 2021 United Nations’ climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, called for nations to keep a warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius “within reach.” But when it comes to communicating climate change to the public, some scientists worry that too much emphasis on a specific number is a poor strategy.

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, most knowledge workers are in hybrid work arrangements, partly remote and partly in-office, a new survey finds. By the numbers: 58% said they now work this way, in a survey of around 10,000 knowledge workers from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan, conducted last November by Future Forum, a research group backed by Slack.

New Jersey on Tuesday became the second state to require Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history in school curricula. Why it matters: The move comes after a rise in anti-Asian hate since the pandemic began two years ago, and calls for action from AAPI leaders who say education is necessary to understand the community's diversity and needs.

MILLIONS of Americans could get a huge new stimulus check in the coming days after they started being issued this week. Californians are expecting to receive their final round of stimulus payments, with checks to be sent out on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. As part of the California pandemic stimulus...

Transitioning the global economy to net-zero emissions by midcentury would have high upfront costs, but huge benefits in the form of reduced climate damage and industrial innovations, two new reports out today show. Why it matters: The reports each detail the enormous upsides to limiting global warming's severity, along with...

The categories with the greatest price increases over the past year are the things lower-income households spend most of their income on.

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ExxonMobil has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from all of its operations by 2050, a step the company says is in line with the Paris Agreement. Why it matters: Some investors and environmental activists have pressured the Irving-based oil giant to do more to reduce its emissions and address its contributions to climate change.

Kohl's received a $9 billion takeover offer from Acacia Research Corp., backed by activist investor Starboard Value. It reportedly may receive a rival bid from buyout firm Sycamore Partners. Why it matters: Kohl's is one of the country's largest off-mall department store operators, with over 1,100 stores in 49 states,...

Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Igalious "Ike" Mills grew up working his family's farm in the Piney Woods town of Nacogdoches. His siblings still keep it running, relying on a lot of the same equipment used by their father and grandfather. Mills, who is Black, spends much of his energy trying...

The response to a preliminary move by federal banking officials shows how Wall Street regulation is an increasingly important front in climate policy battles. Driving the news: Over 1,900 people and counting are urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to use the "full extent of its authority" to press large banks to consider climate-related risk and make good on emissions pledges.