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How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

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megawatts (MW) of solar power this year alone, a more than 10-fold increase over a decade ago, according to an industry nonprofit. We’re in a transitional time,” said Eliza Ives, renewable energy program manager with Seattle City Light. Volunteer homeowners allow the nonprofit to install a home on their property.

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Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area

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The nonprofit, backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion Day One Fund , will open a new school on Oct. George retired from Amazon in July 2017 after nearly 20 years at the tech giant, where he held multiple leadership positions spanning hardware to HR. 19 in Des Moines, Wash., With Amazon’s market value soaring past $1.5

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How Melinda French Gates’ fortune has ‘transformational potential’ to boost women’s equity

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Melinda French Gates speaking at the University of Washington in December 2017, with long-time computer science professor Ed Lazowska in the background. The company has made seven investments in six different companies or nonprofits since March 2019. One of her early programs to get computers into U.S.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 Cohen was most recently CFO for ANGI Homeservices, a digital marketplace created when home improvement directories Angie’s List and HomeAdvisor merged in 2017. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Jamie Cohen.

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Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

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The report , which comes from the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), asserts that Amazon takes a larger and larger cut of sellers’ earnings through the various fees it levies on them. AWS netted $13.5 ILSR estimates seller fees netted $24 billion. billion in 2020, according to Amazon’s financial data.

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The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity

Vox

To play chess, they programmed in heuristics about chess. Releasing a program that writes convincing fake reviews or fake news might make those widespread, making it harder for the truth to get out. Once, we made progress in AI by painstakingly teaching computer systems specific concepts. they drew on the field of linguistics.

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

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It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.