Neowin News Feed for: Humanitarian

Microsoft wants to support humanitarian efforts worldwide using AI

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 02:40:02 +0000

Microsoft has launched AI for Humanitarian Action, a $40 million, five-year program meant to aid in various humanitarian efforts across the world with the help of artificial intelligence. Read more...

Google tackles refugee crisis, pledges dollar-for-dollar donation matching

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:40:01 +0000

Google, long known for their crisis relief efforts, has this time taken the initiative to assist the influx of displaced refugees from the Middle East by pledging dollar-for-dollar donation matching. Read more...

Microsoft uses headlines to read the future

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:34:35 +0000

Microsoft Research, in cooperation with the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel, is working on a system to potentially divine the future from newspaper headlines and other sources. Read more...

Microsoft Assists Humanitarian Relief Flight to Afghanistan

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 01:41:34 +0000

Early this week, a Boeing 747 took off from Portland, Oregon, loaded with more than 190,000 pounds (86,000 kilos) of lifesaving humanitarian aid, bound for Kabul, Afghanistan. Reportedly the first non-military flight to receive approval... Read more...