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Amazon’s new $2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington, Nashville and Seattle areas

GeekWire

attempting to leverage its extraordinary financial assets to address disparities in three communities where its rapid growth risks deepening the economic divide. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $186 billion. and Arlington, Va., The company posted $14.1 ”

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Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

GeekWire

It’s the Amazon employee who has seen the company’s stock price rise steadily; the former venture capitalist who wants a crack at big financial returns in a newly hot sector; parents or parents-to-be who are panicked about leaving a global warming-ravaged Earth to their kids. Eager investors keep coming.

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

GeekWire

Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 She succeeds co-founder David Brown, who will remain on the board of the global network for entrepreneurs. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. The company posted revenue of $4.2 billion in 2019. Jamie Cohen.

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

Vox

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 billion in 2020, according to Amazon’s financial data. ILSR estimates seller fees netted $24 billion.

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$1k Project makes direct, anonymous matches between sponsors and families suddenly in need

GeekWire

The volunteer-led effort, started by venture capitalists in Seattle and New York, matches donors with families who suddenly find themselves in financial trouble due to the pandemic, providing them $1,000 a month for three months. is part the network. Donors can also make smaller gifts , which are pooled with other contributions.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So it wasn't this story that we hear sometimes thrown around about Lightspeed net speed cyberattacks, you know it was human adversaries doing research on the environment, so the attack starts. Ransomware is malicious computer code that blocks and owners access to their computer network until a ransom gets paid. What's in there?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

You got into a network. But I was given a Class A network, and I deployed as many snort sensors on it all over. Let's take apart packet captures you know, Project Honey net was going well. VAMOSI: I hadn’t thought about that, but Daniel’s right. That doesn’t happen today. Now you can Google most things.