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

GeekWire

AskJeeves was acquired in 2005 by IAC, the internet media company run by Barry Diller, who is also chairman of Seattle-based Expedia Group. 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. billion in 2019.

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

GeekWire

Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? I’m not big on social media. I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”.

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Signal sees surge in new signups after boost from Elon Musk and WhatsApp controversy

The Verge

As for what or who is responsible for so many new users interested in trying the platform, which is operated by the nonprofit Signal Foundation, there are two likely culprits: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Signal competitor WhatsApp. We are working with carriers to resolve this as quickly as possible. Hang in there. This is false.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

Find out what Daniel looks for and how he does digital forensics using social media and other open source resources. While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You find clues.

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The Hacker Mind: Hackers Wanted: Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

ForAllSecure

Turns out, SANS Institute -- which stands for SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security -- has launched some programs to find out. So why, then, is Sunny talking to the media at this time? But what we've seen happening here is that if you really want to cast the widest net you have to start thinking outside the boxes in employment.

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

Vox

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.

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The next generation of startups is remote

The Verge

Vox Media has a whole podcast called Pivot. Who can devote nights and weekends to getting something built to show that they have started solving their problem, that has a network or a set of relationships with other people devoted to the same problem. I thought, look, if you get a job at Facebook, that’s your safety net.