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Seattle NFT startup Niftmint joins Andreessen Horowitz accelerator program

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(Niftmint Photo) Seattle startup Niftmint is joining Andreessen Horowitz’s Talent x Opportunity ( TxO ) accelerator program, part of nine companies in the venture firm’s fall 2023 batch in San Francisco. He said the startup’s acceptance into the program serves as “resounding validation” for the company.

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

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After leaving Equinix in 2019, he hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, became a life coach through UC Davis Extension, and in 2020, took a Stanford philosophy course on the meaning of life. And to help develop an answer, he enrolled in Pepperdine University’s Doctorate Program for Global Leadership and Change in 2022.

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Reimagining technology for the next generation

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The metaverse will require a digital foundation that enables trust and authenticity. There are endless avenues to enable new ways to augment, customize, and otherwise “program” our physical environments. billion in 2020 , is expected to reach $184.5 Building trust. A programmable world. billion by 2030. Navigating the unreal.

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Twitter is working to bring back verification

The Verge

The company’s help page still says its verified account program is on hold, and “we are not accepting any new requests at this time,” however. I’m not tech support) pic.twitter.com/ED58QsD7kM — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) June 7, 2020. Twitter confirmed Wong’s tweet but declined to comment further.

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Cherokee Nation empowers its citizens with IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Cherokee Nation had run digital campaigns in the past, but the systems in place could not authenticate citizenship, leaving a significant amount of manual labor behind each interaction. COVID-19 expedited the need for a digital platform to handle authentication and meet the spike in demand for assistance in the wake of a global pandemic.

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BCBSNC builds a better IT workplace through DEI

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When employees feel they can bring their authentic selves to work, it can result in higher levels of employee productivity and satisfaction, improved retention rates, and more effective recruiting efforts. BCBSNC’s Ladder program addresses this issue by fostering leadership relationships for BIPOC IT workers. Diggs says.

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Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017

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Twitter is relaunching its public verification program , allowing anyone to apply for a coveted blue check mark. The social network suspended the program in November 2017 after it was widely criticized for verifying the account of a white supremacist. That changed when Twitter opened up its verification program to the public in 2016.