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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo).

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Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more

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based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. Founded by Eric Rosenfeld in 2007, Oregon Venture Fund focuses on startups in Oregon and southwest Washington. Bhawna Singh. Auth0 Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based Its portfolio includes BrandLive, Hubb, Rigado, Bright.md

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Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs

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ExtraHop, founded in Seattle in 2007, was acquired by private equity firms Bain Capital and Crosspoint Capital in a $900 million deal in June 2021. ExtraHop co-founder Jesse Rothstein has continued in his position as chief technology officer. It had raised $61.6 million before the deal.

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The Story No One Cares About: PC Sales at lowest number since 2007

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The analyst firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments in 2015 were about 300 million units, on par with 2007 numbers. Bob Gourley. The PC market continued to face persistent challenges from longer-PC lifecycles and competition from mobile phones and tablets, despite the slowing growth in those markets.

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Al-Qaeda Innovations Correlated To Unauthorized Disclosures By Snowden: Independent Verification Through Open Source Intelligence

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Now for more on their assessment: Recorded Future reported that: Since 2007, Al-Qaeda’s use of encryption technology has been based on the Mujahideen Secrets platform which has developed to include support for mobile, instant messaging, and Macs. They provide more meat and graphics here.

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The Ethics Of Big Data: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Are Writing New Case Studies For Us All

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The term “Big Data” has been around quite a while (see a short history of Big Data here), but really came into mainstream discussion in 2007 (which also happens to be the first year CTOvision used the word). The phrase had an important role in helping many of us think through new architectures for how […].

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Are We Already Weary of Wearables?

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For many, Apple’s iPhone set the bar for smartphones in 2007. CTO Gadgets Mobile' While wearables resemble past waves of smartphones and tablets, this tech surge is different in some surprising ways. First, where is Apple? Speculation around an iWatch is ubiquitous among techies.