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Seattle Angel Conference launches new health startup competition to help educate angel investors

GeekWire

The program is modeled after the Seattle Angel Conference, which has been educating new investors and funding new companies for more than ten years, mainly through its startup competition. Apis Health Angel Conference program manager Elizabeth Cross Nichol. Apis Photo). Each contributes $5,000.

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Google is shutting down its VR field trip app Expeditions

The Verge

Google is ending support for its Expeditions virtual reality app. The app, which offered educational VR tours, will be removed from iOS and Android app stores on June 30th, 2021. Google launched Expeditions for its Cardboard VR viewer in 2015 , and classrooms could get boxes of Cardboard headsets for “virtual field trips.”

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Techie-turned-lawmaker uses his Microsoft chops to challenge the status quo as a state senator

GeekWire

Washington State Democrats Photo) After a decade working in the tech sector, Joe Nguyen tackled his new role as a state senator like any good program manager. He has sponsored significant legislation addressing climate change and clean energy, facial recognition technology and computer science education.

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Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19

Kitaboo

One of the hardest-hit sectors among others is the education sector. Not only academic classes but corporate training programs have also been postponed or canceled. As state-imposed lockdowns continue to hamper business activities, companies are finding out ways to mold themselves in this ‘new normal’ situation.

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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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10 most popular IT certifications for 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

The first covers mobile devices, networking technology, hardware, virtualization and cloud computing, and network troubleshooting. For those with a secondary degree, you’ll need five years of experience, 7,500 hours leading and directing projects, and 35 hours of project management education.

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Junior Geek of the Month: Future doctor Nicole Magaki wants to make health care more accessible

GeekWire

As she moves forward with her education and career goals, she’s set her sights on reforming public policy and the overall health care system so that care and treatment are more accessible to more people. She wants to help doctors help more people. A 17-year-old from Des Moines, Wash., ” Nominate a Junior Geek.

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