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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

GeekWire

MAY 16, 2020

Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies. .”

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Training angels: Fledge accelerator founder leads new courses for budding startup investors

GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2021

The training is offered through Fledge, a Seattle-based worldwide network of accelerators, investors and mentors focused on supporting entrepreneurs internationally who are creating companies with social missions. He urges others to consider backing socially conscious ventures that aim to make a difference — not just a massive return.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. DataKind has chapters in the U.K., India, Singapore and U.S.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names CEO; and more

GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. DataKind has chapters in the U.K., India, Singapore and U.S.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

It is very deep device driver level work in Windows which controls how your files are located across the network and optimized for performance and easy access across a large enterprise.”. I also got involved in a few special projects related to socially responsible / ESG investments.”. What did you learn from it? “I

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

” Jaguar Land Rover is a member of GENIVI, a nonprofit auto industry alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an open-source IVI development platform. In 2012, the Linux Foundation launched the Tizen Project , a reference architecture and software development kit (SDK) for a Linux-based IVI.

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Facebook is finally cracking down hard on anti-vaccine content. It is facing an uphill battle.

Vox

MARCH 9, 2021

After years of allowing anti-vaccine groups and pages to rack up followers on its social network, Facebook announced last month that it wants to lead the world’s largest Covid-19 inoculation information campaign and encourage its users to get vaccinated. She now supports vaccines. There’s no perfect solution for this.”.

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OpenAI’s latest breakthrough is astonishingly powerful, but still fighting its flaws

The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

In many ways, these advances are similar to the leap forward in AI image processing that took place from 2012 onward. These regularities are unknown to humans, but they’re stored as billions of weighted connections between the different nodes in GPT-3’s neural network. It’s all there, feeding the machine.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

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AUGUST 2, 2022

For example, I have a laptop and it runs Linux so I can get into network security. We were trying to make sure we still maintain social distancing at our CTF and and in vehicles. In my you know 1011 Oh man even more than that 2012 1415 years now. There was also a hack of the internal Wi Fi network of a commercial airplane.

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

While the use of the term in this way dates to at least 2012, it has gained new prominence after a series of violent incidents linked to its adherents. Also of note is where Boogaloo adherents are organizing themselves: social networks, most notably Facebook. Why are there so many Boogaloo groups on Facebook and elsewhere?

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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. One of her focuses is building networks between Azerbaijani people and researchers across the world.

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What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

And while I ultimately come to some different conclusions than the authors do, the book is worth reading for everyone interested in social networks, trust and safety, and cybersecurity. Facebook has since learned that lesson; it has never been harder to set up a network of fake accounts on the network and keep it operational.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

The laundry detergent capsules, which were originally released in 2012, evolved over time to look strangely delicious : lush green and blue gels, swirled around one another attractively, all but daring you to eat them. Still, Facebook made it clear today that, like other networks before it, the company does consider QAnon a problem.

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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

Training angels: Fledge accelerator founder leads new courses for budding startup investors

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names CEO; and more

First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

Your car is about to go open source

Facebook is finally cracking down hard on anti-vaccine content. It is facing an uphill battle.

OpenAI’s latest breakthrough is astonishingly powerful, but still fighting its flaws

The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

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