GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2021

It reported more than $68 billion in cash and marketable securities as of September. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $186 billion. The company posted $14.1 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland. ”

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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. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Vox

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But a new report says those benefits are increasingly lopsided — in Amazon’s favor. 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

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GeekWire

JUNE 1, 2021

But carbon offsets and removal are in ever greater demand, and folks are working to develop legitimate programs and technology in the space. I don’t think this should be put on consumers to figure out,” said Noah Deich , president of Carbon180 , a carbon removal, policy-focused nonprofit. ” Max Scher, Salesforce.

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Vox

MARCH 29, 2023

SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Inside the labs that helps evaluate AI safety for models like GPT-4 About six months ago, I decided to make AI a bigger part of how I spend my time as a reporter. Cotra is a program officer for the Open Philanthropy Project (OpenPhil). The world of AI is evolving very, very fast.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Unfortunately, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases aren’t this easy to visualize, making it challenging to figure out rigorous systems for calculating and reporting the pollution. More than 683 companies, 136 countries and 234 cities have made pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions. billion cars.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

In this episode, Sonny Sandelius , Assistant Director of the SANS workforce programs, talks about programs that recruit people from outside computer sciences, encouraging those from diverse backgrounds who share the curiosity and the basic aptitude necessary to become hired cybersecurity professionals in as little as six months.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Carbon capture is critical for us to address climate change in time and to actually reach net zero [emissions],” said Deepika Nagabhushan , a program director with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. The department has a Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization program that is helping advance the sector.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2020

In early April the duo launched $1k Project to provide direct assistance that felt more personal than donating to a fund or nonprofit. The $1k Project is particularly interested in helping people who are not already plugged into government, social safety-net programs.

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Vox

MAY 22, 2023

Some 85 percent of 2023 grads said stability was important to them, according to a Handshake report this year, up from 74 percent at the beginning of their senior year. Graduates with degrees in things like computer science are widening their net to industries outside of tech, where their skills are still hugely in demand.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Then a couple days later, two startup founders who had been a part of Y Combinator tweeted that they had been kicked out of the program for criticizing it. It reminds me of, like, a TPS report in Office Space in its stupidity. We have a growth program for companies that are way post-product market fit. The early program?

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2022

While it’s certainly easy to group workers by age, more emphasis should be placed on when people enter the workforce, the coinciding state of the economy, and the various safety net programs in place, said Sarah Damaske, an associate professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Penn State University.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

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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Vox

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

And Facebook has always defended itself by insisting that it is a net good to society because of how it brings people together. Already, the Journal’s reporting has prompted consequences for Facebook: A bipartisan Senate committee is investigating Instagram’s impact on teenagers, and a group of legislators led by Sen.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Nature Conservancy will be using some of its grant money to support programs that benefit temperate rainforests stretching from the Washington coast to Southeast Alaska. It leaves Bezos with limited options for grantees, pushing him toward established nonprofits who might not be on the cutting edge of climate innovation.

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2021

Over just the first four months of 2021, Musk has committed almost $150 million directly to charities, according to Recode reporting and public announcements. 5 million to Khan Academy, a platform for online courses, which came as a complete “surprise” to the nonprofit, a spokesperson said. $5 Change may be afoot.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2022

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has faced a backlash since Politico reported earlier this week that he indirectly funds and wields unusually heavy influence over an important White House office tasked with advising President Joe Biden’s administration on technical and scientific issues. . | Michael Kovac/Getty Images.

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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. Youngsook Park uses her foresight skills to promote social justice and human development.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2021

Melissa Santos is a reporter for Crosscut , where this story first appeared. MORE FROM CROSSCUT People of color across Cascadia speak up against climate change How the coronavirus changed Washington state’s economy One year in, there’s an emotional toll from reporting on COVID-19. Amazon plans to roll out a fleet of electric vans.

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Vox

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The grant was for a reporting project in 2023, which is now on pause. (I It proved the worst of both worlds: It didn’t actually help our reporting at all, and it put our reputation at risk. Obviously, knowing what we know now, I wish we hadn’t taken the money. Journalism, as an industry, is struggling badly.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

million needed to get its internet service to 28,000 economically disadvantaged students at no cost as part of a program set to last for 10 years. Elizabeth Prieto, whose 12-year-old daughter, Ozada, qualified for the program, uses EPB’s internet to work from home as her daughter uses it for school. “It Erik Schelzig/AP.

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Vox

AUGUST 8, 2022

I had asked the people at the “let’s all give our money to buy the world’s poor malaria bed nets” conference to buy me a plane ticket ? Obviously the money should go to bed nets! Ord was struck by just how vast the difference in cost-effectiveness between the interventions in the report was. Flash forward to 2021. billion.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal published a report about Facebook’s efforts to fight polarization since 2016, based on internal documents and interviews with current and former employees. Anyway, Facebook reacted to the Journal report with significant frustration. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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