GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Rec Room , the virtual reality community and gaming platform, a mainstay of VR and mixed reality platforms including the Meta Quest and, more recently, the Apple Vision Pro. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good.

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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

JULY 7, 2023

As a critical part of the governance ecosystem, we impact the economy, social welfare, and all of those people who rely on these organizations to deliver the outcomes they need. Therefore, we have programs to educate all directors on cybersecurity. One way to get experience is by joining a nonprofit or small private board.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Wrapping up her first virtual semester at Princeton University, the Bellevue, Wash., Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. The nonprofit has held more than 200 programs, camps, and events for more than 3,200 youths across 12 countries.

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GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2021

This crisis is the “result of the ongoing pandemic, which has been exacerbated by continued isolation, difficulty engaging with virtual learning, and lack of regular in-person interaction with educators, school personnel, mentors and peers,” states an emergency proclamation signed by the governor on Monday.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 27, 2020

One of his healthcare providers suggested that his family apply to the program, and Price described his excitement about fighting villains and a fascination with robots. Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. Christina Wright / Make-A-Wish Photo).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Social media management tool Hootsuite appointed four new board members: Angel investor and HubSpot board member Julie Herendeen , who will serve as board chair. Scener co-founder Joe Braidwood departed the virtual watch party platform to join San Diego-based Vektor Medical. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

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. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As outrage and protests spread across the nation and social media after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May, major tech companies issued statements of solidarity , startup founders spoke out about racism and investors announced funds dedicated to entrepreneurs of color. Pacific Science Center Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. Their nonprofit, Tacoma, Wash.-based Photo courtesy of Katie G. Carl Bickford Photo).

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GeekWire

JUNE 18, 2020

Although deposits aren’t yet being taken, interested parties can get in a virtual line for reservations via Space Perspective’s website (which was overloaded just after today’s announcement). “It’s the ultimate Facebook status update,” MacCallum said.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

Seattle startup 98point6 raised $43 million earlier this month to help increase development capacity for its virtual healthcare technology. Other Seattle-area startups that are ramping up hiring to meet demand include voice tech developer WellSaid Labs ; social support platform Give InKind ; cloud services provider BitTitan ; and more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

We couldn’t get together in person, but we still found a way to celebrate the best in Pacific Northwest tech on Thursday as the GeekWire Awards went virtual. In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. Winners accepted via Zoom — only two forgot to un-mute! .”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2022

The rise of local blogs, social media, and now newsletters have chipped away at the audience for major news sites over the past decade. One former seattlepi.com staffer, who recently left her role as a web producer for a job in nonprofit communications, expressed skepticism about Hearst’s long-term commitment, based on her experience.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

So I also have recently launched a nonprofit called the Forte group. I shouldn't say I launched I along with a number of InfoSec women leaders launched the nonprofit and we have about 85 cyber and high tech leaders in the group and it is a networking and support group for senior women in cyber and technology. That's a that is a trend.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Their sensors and software can collect and analyze huge amounts of information about their surroundings — through geolocation and depth sensing, computer vision programs, or intimate biometric technology like eye-tracking cameras. Others, like Facebook and Snap, made their names on ad-supported social networks.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Tennisha: Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So she founded Black Girls Hack to help others. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. If you follow members and ask questions, you're likely to get answers.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So she founded Black Girls Hack to help others. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. If you follow members and ask questions, you're likely to get answers.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Our guests included: Cindy Liebes, Chief Program Officer for the Cybercrime Support Network; Jake Wilson, Security Awareness Evangelist for Western Governors University; and Gretel Egan, Senior Security Awareness and Training Strategist for Proofpoint. I can go into my [saved] folders, and find our folder on social engineering.

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2022

This buzzy phrase , popularized on social media in the pandemic, rejects work as a basis for identity, framing it instead as an act to pursue out of financial necessity. But will these virtual acts of employee resistance culminate in lasting systemic change? Naturally, this has major consequences for social attitudes about work.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

CBS: A computer security researcher was kept off a plane for suggesting on social media that he could hack into the planes control system. Next to that we had a virtual reality training that the Air Force uses for pilot training. So one security researcher decided to poke the tiger. And his work certainly made the evening news.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 26, 2023

When you have a lot of video conferences to attend, the Otter Bot may be programmed to join in on the calls and transcribe the conversations for you. To share your transcript with others, tap the share icon at the top right corner of the app and choose from various options, such as email, text message, social media, or copy link.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

And people are talking about hacking control system tackling PLCs and what we quickly realize is they don't they've never touched to be able to say they have no idea what these control systems are how they work their security researchers, you know that that maybe the firmware or maybe they found a program or something somewhere.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The story here, reportedly, is that Roblox developers end up with few useful skills, since programming for Roblox bears little resemblance to making a game anywhere else, and the poor conversion rate on the in-game “Robux” awards means they’re effectively working for pennies.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

It is the final work of a coalition of some of the most respected names in platform analysis in academia and the nonprofit world: the Stanford Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. no widespread fraud. So let’s discuss it.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

There are areas where tech companies have made significant contributions — like collecting mobility data that helped officials understand the effects of social distancing policies. Big tech companies can be extremely useful,” says Andrew Schroeder, who runs analytics programs at the humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

In a preliminary settlement filed on Friday in San Mateo Superior Court, the social network agreed to pay damages to American moderators and provide more counseling to them while they work. Many powerful political actors — including the National Rifle Association — similarly operate with the aid of “social welfare” groups.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Reyhan Huseynova. Location: Azerbaijan. Location: Beijing, China. Ayesha Khanna. Location: Singapore.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Human needs are pretty fundamental, I think, in terms of being social, wanting to meet people. I felt that, given a lot of our work could be done from home, it made sense for us to contribute to social distancing. He’s doing it all virtually now. But it’s a bit hard for me to say. Personally, I can’t wait to be back in a.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

It won’t say; Dustin Volz describes the range of possibilities nicely at the Wall Street Journal : The social-media company hasn’t said specifically how the attackers penetrated its internal systems and tools or indicated how long they had access to them. of the social media company’s technical roles, up from 1.5%

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But the TikTok Transparency and Accountability Center is now open for (virtual) business — and on Wednesday I was part of a small group of reporters who got to take a tour over Zoom. Do social networks pull us into self-reinforcing echo chambers, or don’t they? TikTok is building an incident command center in Washington, DC.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Social media is already filling up with misinformation about a COVID-19 vaccine, months or years before one even exists. They are savvy media manipulators, effective communicators and experienced at exploiting the weaknesses of social media platforms. Reported cases in Illinois: 83,168. Data from The New York Times. Governing. ?

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

But you could also use it as an umbrella term to talk about initiatives related to what Facebook and other social networks have lately taken to calling “platform integrity” — removing hate speech, for example, or labeling misinformation. Which he reiterated at a virtual shareholders’ meeting today.). He said “big action” would follow.

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Vox

MARCH 2, 2021

In part, it has to do with a 2019 study conducted by a nonprofit linked with Read Across America Day called Learning for Justice that concluded Seuss’s works traffic in “Orientalist tropes” and “anti-Blackness.” It seems social conservatives have worked overtime to, uh, "cancel" LGBTQ books. All hell broke loose from there.

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