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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

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The company says it will offer free curriculum to all of the nation’s public community colleges, training for faculty at 150 community colleges, and scholarships and other resources for 25,000 students. The company isn’t disclosing the total funding it’s commiting to the program initially. government agencies.

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Smart home services company Plume blooms with $300M boost from SoftBank

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SoftBank, which estimates that 1 trillion connected devices will create $11 trillion in value by 2025, is betting big on Plume. Read More.

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Seattle startup that helps companies protect their AI and machine learning code raises $35M

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Protect AI sells software that allows companies to monitor the various layers and components of machine learning systems, detecting potential violations and logging information on those attacks. predicts businesses will spend more than $100 billion on related services by 2025. McKinsey and Co.

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Car industry analyst: Amazon’s move into vehicle sales ‘just makes sense’

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As part of the deal with Hyundai, Amazon is now the company’s preferred cloud provider and will install its Alexa technology into Hyundai vehicles starting in 2025.

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Amazon bolsters its clean energy leadership with 9 new projects worldwide

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The cloud company and online retail sales juggernaut now claims to be the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in Europe. The energy will provide juice for operations at its corporate offices, Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, product fulfillment centers and Whole Foods Market stores.

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Salesforce vets land $8M for employee access management startup

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Alkove started the company after retiring last year from Salesforce, where he was chief trust officer, responsible for enterprise-wide information security and compliance. Kunda also held engineering leadership roles at Salesforce, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. McKinsey and Co.

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Amazon renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

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“Renewable energy is the place where you have a big impact on our carbon footprint today,” said Charley Daitch , the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy. ” Charley Daitch, the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy. . It then becomes available for everybody else.

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