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The Wayra and UnLtd partnership is also focused on supporting social impact tech projects.
It's also been impacted by the larger declines impacting tech stocks, which in October saw their worst month since the 2008 recession.
As philanthropy constantly searches for optimal impact, tech nonprofits would be non-starters, stuck in a loop: proving impact requires a product, building a product requires money, money requires proving impact, which requires a product.
She also recognised that for a long time the government hadn't realised the impact tech companies were making on the economy, but that today would be the beginning of a new conversation with the tech industry.
The mayor also brought up the case of Zynga, and referred to our TechCrunch story about the stock option tax as something that opened his eyes to the way city policies impact tech companies.
Douvos isn't sure how big an impact tech's suddenly strained relationship with Saudi Arabia could have, but he thinks — as we do — that it could be the first shoe to drop.
"You're talking about one-bedroom [and] studio apartments as opposed to single-family apartments or three-bedroom apartments, so you change the nature of the kind of housing," Joel Kotkin, an expert on cities who worked on Kansas City's (failed) bid for Amazon, said of the impact tech companies like it have on housing.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) posed a question about commercial space exploration, which impacts young tech companies, including SpaceX and Blue Origin.
At the same time politicians are also gazing rather more critically on the works and social impacts of tech giants.
Chris Frommann, 27, has seen first-hand how this culture clash impacts government tech projects.
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