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Sign up for GeekWire’s first-ever virtual sports competition, raising money for nonprofits

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A portion of the team entry fee will be placed into a collective prize pool, with the winning team designating a nonprofit of their choice to receive the funds. The three Rocket League players from the winning team also will receive round trip tickets on Alaska Airlines. May the best team win!

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Think of all the short videos or unique images your brand can provide to attract Instagram followers. You could even be like Lululemon and feature videos and images that highlight values and principles that your brand stands for. Did somebody just post a video or picture of your product? Reach out and comment or like the post.

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

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Everyone buys office supplies, so I got to learn about a broad range of companies across different industries, from biotech to shoe manufacturing to video game developers.”. This was back when you had to have a physical airline ticket to board a flight.”. I learned that paper airline tickets are wildly inefficient!

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As worries spark over the carbon impacts of NFTs, some unexpected boosters come to their defense

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

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” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry. The airline industry wrote it off as an unlikely scenario. It plans to fly again on Saturday but United Airlines kept them off the plane. Vamosi: And yet the airlines continued to dismiss of this work?

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How Tom Alberg bet on Seattle and Amazon, shaping the region’s tech industry and building a legacy of understated influence

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He has served as a startup mentor, helped launch the Alliance of Angels investment group, and acted in leadership roles for the Pacific Science Center, the Intiman Theatre , the Technology Alliance , fundraising for the University of Washington, and created the nonprofit Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

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In that case, rather than just reporting on the vulnerability, the researchers had some fun they actually had a reporter in the driver's seat on a Missouri interstate during rush hour, and they captured that video on how the researchers remotely turned off the brake system on that car. Again, all all around the InfoSec community.