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Seattle investment bank that helps buy and sell companies forms new SPAC to target ‘industry 4.0’

GeekWire

Now, the Seattle-based investment banking firm is on the prowl to make its own purchase. Purchase an emerging technology company in what the long-time investment banking professionals call “industry 4.0.” In 2019, just 59 SPACs completed offerings. ” “Today, Industry 4.0

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Making Security Personal: Warn End Users About New Bank App Alert

SecureWorld News

It's a common best practice among CISOs trying to get their employees invested in cybersecurity for the corporate network: make things personal. Department of Justice alert: rogue banking apps and trojans. If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that a trip to the bank is one of the least exciting errands of all time.

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Tech Moves: Expedia and F5 Networks add board members; Madrona principal departs; and more

GeekWire

Hunder joined Silverback Therapeutics at the beginning of 2019 and was most recently senior vice president of clinical research and development. F5 Networks appointed Elizabeth Buse to its board of directors. . — F5 Networks appointed Elizabeth Buse to its board of directors. and Seattle Genetics. CoreStack raised $8.5

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ATD banks on B2B digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

But in mid-2019, the Huntersville, N.C.-based But B2B companies have not been entirely immune to the shift toward digital services, with many of late launching transformations of their own centered around revamping old ways of conducting business in a new world.

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Four Pillars of an SSI Network

Phil Windley

Summary: Building an operating network takes more than protocols or even code. A functioning network for an identity metasystem is a social system, and building it requires a means of building coherence to align the actions of people and organizations. It requires aligning the efforts of people to get a hard thing done. Governance.

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Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation

GeekWire

In a new court filing, lawyers for Seattle entrepreneur Amy Nelson and her husband contend that her salary and earnings are being unfairly held by the government as part of the FBI’s seizure last year of more than $892,000 from their bank accounts. Amy Nelson, CEO of The Riveter. Riveter Photo). They sold their Seattle home for $1.3

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Online romance scammers stole more hearts (and money) in 2020 than 2019

Vox

Frederick Brown/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images. In 2020, the amount of money people in the US lost to romance scams, which usually start online, surged 50 percent from the year before, jumping from just over $200 million in 2019 to more than $300 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission.