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

GeekWire

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. I think it’s the nature of social apps to have a compounding effect,” said Cameron Brown, chief creative officer at Rec Room.

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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). “We

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Former U.S. Intelligence Personnel Turn 'Hackers-for-Hire'

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companies, and to obtain unauthorized access to computers, like mobile phones, around the world, including in the United States.”. Social media reaction to this hacking case. September 15, 2021. In simple words, the hackers used their clearance and access to private information from U.S. MCSeb (@MCSeb). Sometimes on accident.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Thakur joins from HDFC Life where he was an assistant vice president responsible for managing technology related to digital servicing and automation, and before that worked at Reliance Jio and in a number of consulting roles. December 2021. November 2021. September 2021. August 2021. He will be based in Gurugram.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. Philanthropy is part of Microsoft’s DNA and the scale of our social commitment takes my breath away.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

It’s August 2021, and while that hasn’t happened, Argo has launched a small fleet of robotaxis in Miami and Austin in partnership with Lyft. At the end of the day, what we are is a platform that enables lower-cost and safer mobility, and it has the potential to move not just people, but also goods. What are you doing?”

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The simple solutions to better games

The Verge

Social sites more often give users the ability to add alt text or captions to their content, and more people are learning to use them. You assume every game has remappable keybinds — it’s 2021, they should,” he says, “but you’d be surprised.”. Streaming platforms are slowly adding audio descriptions to more movies and shows.