GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

Protestors carried signs that read ‘Tax Amazon’ on the company’s campus during the 2018 ‘head tax’ fight. It would levy a tax on salaries exceeding $150,000 annually at Seattle’s largest companies. Companies with annual payroll exceeding $1 billion would pay a 1.4% million dollars each year.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

“The pace of the city seems bustling and exciting, which is exactly what I wanted summer 2020 to be.” Patel is grateful that the tech giant maintained the program despite the challenges — many of her peers are without work this summer due to cuts in programs. Albert Kim. LinkedIn Photo). YouTube screen grab).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 16, 2021

With new rules for tighter consumer privacy protection looming, freshly appointed chief privacy officers often lacked tools to manage enormous amounts of sensitive data scattered across siloed departments, with some still using spreadsheets to manually store passwords and social security numbers. GeekWire: You immigrated to the U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 7, 2024

AI is revolutionizing entire sectors and ADNOC aims to be the most AI-enabled company in the energy industry. ADNOC has developed its digital infrastructure, enabling the company to rapidly expand its business, unlock untapped opportunities, and responsibly supply energy to meet customer needs. Artificial Intelligence

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - Tips to Improve Your Web Design in 2020 - Information Technology Blog. For that, you need to do technical tasks that may be complicated if you do not know much about programming. The page has programming errors. Here are some tips to improve your web design in 2020. Social Proof.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Eight years later, Smartsheet is a publicly traded company valued at more than $5 billion, recently surpassing $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Which company will be the next tech titan to emerge from the Pacific Northwest? The company in 2023 announced a $52.5

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ComputerWorld IT Management

MARCH 17, 2022

As a global technology company with more than 63,000 employees, Lenovo aims to advance diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace. Part of the company’s mission is to ensure that its leaders reflect the various cultures and ethnicities of its internal talent. Lenovo’s global D&I initiative.

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GeekWire

JULY 10, 2020

Some companies have accelerated growth plans, many pivoted or reduced staff, and others are cautiously charging ahead. 7) graduated from the list in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020 during a period of increased demand for health technologies but also broader uncertainty about an economic downturn. Accolade graduates. 98point6 Image).

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JUNE 25, 2021

Online tests have become an integral part of student assessment programs. . Williams founded the Topical Review Book Company. Williams founded Topical Review Book Company in 1936 in Auburn, NY. The company has grown to be known as the “LITTLE GREEN BOOK COMPANY” because of the color of their review books.

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GeekWire

JULY 6, 2021

Former drugstore.com CEO and board chair Dawn Lepore doesn’t need to be convinced that it’s important to have diversity on company boards of directors. To get a sense of where Pacific Northwest companies are starting from, GeekWire researched the board composition of 30 publicly traded technology and biotech corporations in Washington.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 12, 2023

A 2020 report from McKinsey found that companies with stronger gender diversity numbers were 25% more likely to outperform their less diverse competition. Yet, while companies have placed a greater emphasis on addressing the gender gap of late, women remain largely underrepresented in IT positions.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2023

For companies looking for an edge in the tight talent market, a solid DEI strategy and employee engagement often go hand in hand, creating a balance that fosters an inclusive work environment. 1 on Computerworld’s 2023 Best Places to Work in IT list for large companies. And those efforts have paid off, with BCBSNC coming in at No.

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The Verge

JULY 11, 2021

The company announced today that it’s partnering with TED to bring exclusive chats to the social audio platform throughout the summer and beyond. The company says additional rooms will launch soon, all going through TED’s Clubhouse club. million times per day in “virtually every country on Earth.”

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Who: Saudi Telecom Company and Huawei Technologies. What: STC’s Corporate Customer Experience Management program enabled the operator to overcome pandemic-related challenges and quickly meet changing customer needs in unprecedented circumstances. At the end of 2020, STC mobile ARPU had increased by 10.6%

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GeekWire

JULY 13, 2023

Last year nearly 70 companies, including Apple and Google, signed an amicus brief related to the Supreme Court case supporting affirmative action in higher education. “[DEI] efforts depend on university admissions programs that lead to graduates educated in racially and ethnically diverse environments,” noted the brief.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 14, 2021

Steam’s user community broke a lot of records during the socially-quarantined year of 2020. It provides a look back on 2020, as well as a roadmap for what’s coming for Steam in 2021. Steam, like the rest of the games industry, had a banner year in 2020. Valve Software image). Bellevue, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JUNE 6, 2020

With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. Extreme social distancing: Why camping is poised for a ‘huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology. The interior of a Cabana camper van. Cabana Photo). Cabana recently closed a $3.5 Cabana Photo).

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2023

Apptio deal marks another new era for Seattle-area cloud and IT management company IBM announced a deal Monday to buy Apptio for $4.6 based cloud and IT management company for $1.9 … Read More -based cloud and IT management company for $1.9 . … Read More IBM’s $4.6B … Read More . … Read More

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

96% of employees say they share the company’s values. 95% of employees say they are proud to work for the company. Time required to fill new job vacancies dropped from 43 days in 2018, to 39 days in 2019, and to 25 days in 2020. Vacancies filled by employee recommendation increased by 34% in 2019 and a further 21% in 2020.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 17, 2022

As a global technology company with more than 63,000 employees, Lenovo aims to advance diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace. Part of the company’s mission is to ensure that its leaders reflect the various cultures and ethnicities of its internal talent. Lenovo’s global D&I initiative.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

They had monthly lunches and started a social justice book club to discuss the Black experience. But as the COVID-19 pandemic drove Black and Brown unemployment numbers disturbingly high and more companies pledged to increase their workplace diversity in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, they decided that talk wasn’t enough.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

These Snapchat filters use computer vision, the complex process by which a program can detect objects in the real world. To take face-tracking technology one step further, developers have to introduce machine learning to the Viola-Jones Algorithm and teach a program not only how a face can move, but also how various faces can differ.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2023

CRM giant Salesforce today said that it would commit $250 million to investments in startups focused on generative AI, even as the company warned of the dangers of the technology. The second, Cohere, is a natural-language processing startup which, it said, aims to make language AI accessible to a much broader range of companies.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Amazon employees participating in the Global Climate Strike in Seattle, Washington in September 2020 | Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images. Amazon denies that its HR teams were tracking emails to monitor organizing, and told Recode that it subscribed to the groups to monitor employee feedback on company culture.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

The Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department recently detained six hackers for the use of the ransomware program known as "Clop.". The group used Clop to encrypt data on the servers of multiple American companies and universities, as well as some Korean companies. In April 2020, Clop was used to attack the large U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 17, 2023

Billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 131.68 Companies are working with aerospace technologies to accelerate innovation and provide new differentiation. Companies are working with aerospace technologies to accelerate innovation and provide new differentiation. What of the Aerospace companies themselves?

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2021

Spotify’s live audio app, Greenroom, formally launches today on iOS and Android, marking the company’s first real attempt at creating a social media platform. The social audio app, which is similar to Clubhouse, allows users to host live conversations about sports, music, and culture.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This is Rec Room’s second round of funding in 2021, following a $100 million raise in March that officially catapulted the company into “unicorn” status as a privately-held startup valued at over $1 billion. While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Seattle-area education technology company DreamBox Learning sold a majority stake to Evergreen Coast Capital Corp., The company’s technology adapts to individual students based on their answers and how they solve problems. The 400-person company, ranked No. billion in 2020, up nearly 30% year-over-year. and Winooski, Vt.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The firm launched in 2020 and is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. Only about 1% of startup funding went to Black founders in 2020, and U.S. companies founded solely by women raised just 2.4% Balk later ran that program, building it into a $250 million portfolio. ” The gaps are vast.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 6, 2020

When it comes to addressing cybersecurity, Microsoft's Bug Bounty program is putting its money where its mouth is. This year, we launched six new bounty programs and two new research grants, attracting over 1,000 eligible reports from over 300 researchers across 6 continents.". NEW: Election Guard Bounty Program, launched October 2019.

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Vox

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a security conference in 2020. But my view is that what we’re seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use the leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company,” said Zuckerberg. Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images. Facebook’s numbers are doing fine for now — but not its reputation.

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GeekWire

APRIL 12, 2021

Glow launched in June 2019 with a way to help podcasters make money through membership programs. “We think it’ll be a great thing for all of Glow’s customers to have the support of a larger company in the podcasting ecosystem,” Gilbert said. Glow raised $2.3 million from investors, including Greycroft. .

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2023

We are in a period of overall economic stress, which decreases the demand for the products and services that tech companies offer. Importantly, even after these reductions, most tech companies will still be far larger than pre-pandemic levels. In January 2020, Salesforce had 50,000 employees.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2020

Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 10, 2020. 60 Minutes shows Amazon’s virus-killing robot; says company uses AI to enforce social distancing. Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Most popular stories on GeekWire. … Read More. … Read More.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

Riedner interviewed for the role and has been working at the company without yet meeting Paoli or other members of the team in person. Jean Paoli, the company’s CEO and co-founder, has met almost none of the new employees in person, neither during the interview process nor since they’ve started in their new roles.

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