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Udacity and Citi announces Scholarship to help increase opportunities for under-represented communities

Udacity and Citi announces Scholarship to help increase opportunities for underrepresented communities In this technocratic world where information of the many is held by a few, the need for equality in representation becomes the need of the hour. The rise of technology witnessed by the 21 st Century also witnessed the racial underrepresentation of many. While technology is forcing us to break the shackles of the past that weighed down on us for centuries and embrace the world where nothing matters other than one’s skills and personality, and where innovation is the ultimate goal, the reality is contradictory and disheartening. Google’s report on the breakdown of gender and racial workforce in 2014 claimed that out of 50,000 employees, 30% were Asian, 60% were White. Just 1.9% Black and 2.9% Latino. As of May 2020, only 5.9% of Google’s contractors and employees were Latino, and 3.7% were Black.  Udacity and Citi Scholarship In this situation like a breath of new hope, Udacity a
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

 Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare  The last two years have shown us how neglected and overburdened our healthcare system is, starting from gross inequality between rural and urban healthcare, lack of infrastructure, shortage of trained and efficient manpower, and, unmanageable load on the infrastructure as the patient to doctor ratio is 1:1511 and nurse to patient ratio is 1:670.  This situation has made it necessary to bring about a drastic transformation in the healthcare sector of India to be able to mitigate any such unpredictable outbreak in the future. And a major part of that transformation is digitizing the healthcare sector. AI and CT scans  Artificial intelligence (AI) played a very important role in the management of Covid 19 as AI was used for the qualification and detection of COVID-19 cases from CT scans and X-ray images. Researchers have built a model of deep learning called (COVNet) COVID-19 Detection Neural Network, which helped in differentiating between pneumon
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 Coding for Children: Why and How?  In today’s world; technology is everywhere and human beings are more tied up with it than ever before. Our lives are moving very fast, nobody can spare their time to sit and watch the news for hours when we have the same provided by our smartphone on the move in a very short amount of time. Nowadays we are extremely interconnected, be it with our friends or with people from different parts of the world, due to the technology that allows us to watch every moment of their lives as it unfolds. Ever wondered what made these possible? The apps that provide us with news within our commute time and that allow us to share moments of our lives and many more such apps and web platforms contain millions of codes that help in their construction to make them what they are.  What are codes?  In computer programming, codes are the representation of the command we give to the computer. In simplistic terms when we were kids, we learned that the command we gave to the
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A Step-by-Step guide to making an attractive profile on LinkedIn

 A Step-by-Step guide to making an attractive profile on LinkedIn Whether you are a fresh graduate, a business owner, or a marketing executive of a major company, it’s quite impossible that in today’s world you haven’t heard of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social networking site where you can meet potential recruiters or network with people. It is a perfect platform to showcase your expertise, experience, education, skills, etc. In other words, it is a place where you get to boost your personal brand.  The profile page of LinkedIn is the basic foundation for your personal branding. As it helps you stand out from your peers working in the same field or niche. A LinkedIn profile page helps you to seek jobs that match your skills and expertise and it also helps you to build connections with people and even role models in your field.  So, let's see what makes an attractive LinkedIn Profile  The right profile picture Like in any other social media platform, your profile picture in LinkedIn i
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Why Do Cats Like Milk So Much? Should You Treat Your Kitty?

Why Do Cats Like Milk So Much? Should You Treat Your Kitty? Imagine coming home from a day’s work, you sat on the sofa and saw your cat jump on your lap and yap a little. You know what it means, she is hungry. So, you got up, got her bowl, and poured some milk into it, and you could see the joy in her as she licked your face before running to the bowl.  But did you know, the milk you are giving to your cat is harmful to its health? Popular culture has made us believe through animations and cartoons that cats and milk share a solid relationship. This myth is believed to have begun many years back in farms where cows produced fatty, warm, and fresh milk. The farm cats there could be seen slurping the creamy layers, this farm milks would contain more sugar or lactose than actual milk. But the milk that we find in modern groceries contains lower levels of fat, which even though are beneficial for us humans, are harmful for cats.  Now, the question arises  Why You Shouldn’t Feed Your Cat Co
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