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How commercial space stations could become the final frontier for data and cybersecurity

GeekWire

“Data storage and compute is one market. “We have a lot of data that’s created in space, but how valuable would it be to actually do compute and storage in space? .” “We have a lot of data that’s created in space, but how valuable would it be to actually do compute and storage in space?”

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

2019 : Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B Co-founder and CEO : Dan Lewis , former general manager of new shopping experiences at Amazon. CEO : Todd Dunlap , former managing director of North America at Booking.com and former vice president of consumer and online at Microsoft. Founded : 2019. Industry : Cloud data storage.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

GeekWire

Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. Seattle hybrid cloud storage startup Qumulo appointed Adriana Gil Miner as its chief marketing officer. contract management startup Icertis. He also stepped down from the board of Trip Advisor.

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How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

GeekWire

Inslee is urging Washington lawmakers to provide $100 million in grants to support the expansion of solar installations and energy storage in Washington. We’re in a transitional time,” said Eliza Ives, renewable energy program manager with Seattle City Light. At the national level, the U.S.

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Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple

The Verge

If they did this to a customer, people would lose their goddamn minds,” says Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager. Apple adopted Slack in 2019, but some teams still use iMessage as a primary way to communicate, which makes opting out of a message sync nearly impossible. But others, like messages, can be trickier.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

You might compare that to Elon Musk, who in 2019 promised a fleet of 1 million Tesla robotaxis on the streets by the end of 2020. On the other hand, if you look at it from a basic compute and storage and silicon standpoint, we’ve made substantial progress in the 17 years I’ve been doing this. Is it the Ford program manager for a car?

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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

The Verge

So the next big thing is that in early August, Apple places Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, on administrative leave. So Apple rolled out Slack in 2019, a decision, I have to imagine, executives truly regret at this point. They ask to get the storage upgrade. So let’s start at the start.

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