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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Rec Room initially premiered in June 2016 on the Steam digital storefront, but has since grown to include several other platforms, including iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox and Oculus. Gaming company or social company? GeekWire File Photo).

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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

GeekWire

While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020. Rec Room is among of group of community-based social gaming and entertainment apps that rely on user-generated content and have seen huge upticks in growth during the pandemic. Rec Room Image).

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OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet

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Mission team members wore masks and tried to observe social distancing as a COVID-19 safety measure, but some hugged nevertheless. When OSIRIS-REx was launched, back in 2016 , mission planners had expected to find a smooth stretch of cosmic sand for sample collection. “The spacecraft did everything it was supposed to do.”

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE).

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Slashdot is a social news website that originally billed itself as “News for Nerds. Social Media Technology Blogs.

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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Slashdot is a social news website that originally billed itself as “News for Nerds. Social Media Technology Blogs.

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