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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. That mosquito nets are dangerous to people would be news to basically any public health professional who’s ever studied them. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets.

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WebMD will pay $75M to acquire employee experience company Limeade

GeekWire

Limeade reported a net loss of $3 million in its most recent quarter, down from a net loss of $6.4 designs well-being programs for employers and health plans. Limeade acquired workplace survey tool TINYPulse in 2021. million in the year-ago period. Revenue grew 13% to $14.3 WebMD Health Services, based in Portland, Ore.,

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Redfin ready for a ‘revolution’ after commissions verdict

GeekWire

Net loss: $19 million, an improvement over the previous quarter’s net loss of $27.4 million, and significantly better than the net loss of $90.2 Agents in the program will remain W-2 employees with benefits, but their compensation will be completely commission-based. Cash and cash equivalents: $125.8 EBITDA: $7.65

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New Whitepaper: Breaking the Attack Kill Chain

CTOvision

This is part of Cognitio''s Sponsored Post Program. Cyber Security Survey: Fear of cybercrime up 66 percent in US (gfi.com). Police crackdown on cybercrime nets 57 arrests (itpro.co.uk). By Katie Kennedy. Cybercrime is now a trillion dollar industry. Read the whitepaper here in the CTOvision Research Library. Related articles.

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Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $96M in grants to 32 organizations helping homeless families

GeekWire

Some 11,751 people in Seattle and surrounding King County were experiencing homelessness during a 2020 survey. While the homelessness-related fund has publicly issued four rounds of grants, little has been said about the schools program. million for Portland Homeless Family Solutions, Portland.

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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

The Equinix Global Tech Trends Survey found that 71% of global IT decision-makers agree that sustainability strategy and practices are critical to the longevity of their business, and 65% said their companies would only work with IT partners who can prove they meet key carbon-reduction targets.

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At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product

CIO Business Intelligence

The program gave the British retailer unprecedented insight into its customers and their buying habits. Establishing the net value of data operations. Ultimately, they decided to survey the sales engineers to determine how much they valued the dashboard. Of course, accurately valuing data assets is easier said than done.

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