Vox

JULY 28, 2023

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is structured as a nonprofit that owns a for-profit arm with “capped” profits : First-round investors would stop earning after their shares multiply in value a hundredfold , with profits beyond that going into OpenAI’s nonprofit. (How much teeth the board has had in practice is debatable.)

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2020

Then, earlier this year, the hardware was donated to the Video Game History Foundation in the hopes that the nonprofit organization could help to make sense of it. Oberth died in 2012, but he left behind a trove of old computer hardware from his time as a developer. There were numerous problems standing in their way, however.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2021

The news: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs nine startup accelerators across the world, is coming to Seattle. The initial focus for the accelerator will be the burgeoning sector of computational health, or the intersection of healthcare and software, two strengths of Seattle’s tech ecosystem.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Companies have a lot of discretion about when to disengage, the testing environments aren’t uniform, and it’s difficult to make an apples-to-apples comparison between companies. Waymo followed suit , resuming limited operations in June delivering packages for two Bay Area nonprofits.

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GeekWire

MAY 16, 2020

Over two decades, he’d been involved with five software startups, founding or co-founding four of them. Libes, who is also an author , additionally operates a nonprofit called Realize Impact that allows people to make philanthropic investments in socially conscious companies. Michael “Luni” Libes, founder of Fledge.

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GeekWire

JULY 25, 2020

In his interactions with customers in the nonprofit space, many wanted a tool to help them integrate different platforms to manage subscribers, but the only options available were costly packages from big companies that provided additional services they didn’t want. Computer types: Apple MacBook. A textbook on software testing.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Shanahan , previously chief operating and innovation officer at Globys, a software company offering digital billing products. and practiced clinical psychology until switching to software engineering in 2015.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

I wrote device drivers for the IBM PC, as well as Apple Mac IIs and SEs.”. It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S., Icertis background: The Seattle-area startup creates software for contract management. ” Syndio background : Its software helps businesses eliminate gaps in pay disparity.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Tony Hunt, chief development officer of Operation Safe Escape, a nonprofit organization that helps victims of domestic violence escape their abusers, says deleting yourself from the internet could be exactly what the stalker wants. For iOS users, Apple provides a step-by-step guide for detecting invasive apps.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 24, 2020

” In her role as CEO for Washington STEM , a nonprofit that promotes science and engineering education and careers through advocacy and coalition building, Jones sits at a hub at the center of many of today’s challenging and often emotionally charged issues. Jones calls it “the hope tree.” Mobile devices: iPhone 11XR.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

That’s going to require advances across a whole range of areas, from new hardware devices to software for building and exploring worlds. “The kinds of experiences you’ll have in the metaverse are beyond what’s possible today,” said Zuckerberg. And the key to unlocking a lot of these advances is AI.”. Who has access to this data?

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2020

Computer types: Apple Macbook Pro. Favorite apps, cloud services and software tools: My favorite software tool is Zoom. My second favorite software tool is Gusto. She is someone who prioritizes her passions and values through her work with her own and other nonprofits, and still runs her own business.

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GeekWire

MARCH 17, 2021

the diversified holding company that Allen created, to the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (a.k.a. ” AI2’s CEO, Oren Etzioni, said the new researchers will represent a substantial addition to the 120 employees currently involved in nonprofit research activities at the institute. Maybe,” he said.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Today, Facebook still has to operate under the parameters set by Apple and Google, which make and control the world’s dominant smartphone operating systems. Then I took a mock work meeting using Meta’s VR meeting software, Horizon Workrooms , which gave me a glimpse of how Facebook is envisioning the future of work in virtual worlds.

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2021

As for what or who is responsible for so many new users interested in trying the platform, which is operated by the nonprofit Signal Foundation, there are two likely culprits: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Signal competitor WhatsApp.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The cannabis regulatory environment is certainly evolving, including recent Apple App Store changes that allowed Leafly to accept marijuana orders on its iOS app. based financial management software company. She joins Skilljar a year after it closed a $33 million Series B round to grow its customer education software.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Apple CEO Tim Cook called AR “a big idea, like the smartphone.” Their sensors and software can collect and analyze huge amounts of information about their surroundings — through geolocation and depth sensing, computer vision programs, or intimate biometric technology like eye-tracking cameras.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

As builders of software that helps companies track and hit their goals, Seattle startup Ally can check off a big achievement after winning Startup of the Year. billion; Xevo acquired by Lear for $320 million; Xnor AI acquired by Apple. Ally founder and CEO Vetri Vellore accepts the award for Startup of the Year on the live stream.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse. What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it?

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

And the reason why was because we felt like they had an advantage in building a product in a software world. When I talk to people who have the technical skills, who are interested in software, who are interested in startups, socio-economic barriers are really tricky. So the chances of Apple failing, basically nil.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

” He sent a copy of Bezos’ business plan to his son, John Alberg , who was recently out of college and working as a software engineer on the East Coast. Their dad was an eager early adopter of all the latest devices, including a VCR and Apple II computer. The younger Alberg recalled perusing it while on his train commute.

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Vox

MAY 20, 2020

A new software update will allow iPhones and Android devices to use exposure tracing features built into apps from public health authorities. The Apple-Google exposure notification tool, announced on April 10 , is one step closer to being launched. But now, Apple and Google admit the tool is not meant to be a silver bullet.

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Vox

MARCH 4, 2023

Apple, Meta, and Amazon have their own AI initiatives, and there are plenty of startups and smaller companies developing generative AI or working it into their existing products. It can help developers make software. TikTok has a generative AI text-to-image system. But it’s not just creative work that generative AI can produce.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Epic vs. Apple : The fallout. Epic vs. Apple, a lawsuit that Epic hoped would tear down the “walled garden” around the Apple app store, ended in what’s probably safest to call a draw. Apple had also exhibited a willingness to change those terms of service on the fly in order to keep specific apps out of its ecosystem.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

They live together nearby and heard about the attacks through the Facebook page they co-founded called El Diario de los Deliveryboys en la Gran Manzana, or “The Deliveryboys in the Big Apple Daily.” Some started protesting and lobbying, partnering with nonprofits and city officials to propose legislation.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Among the biggest beneficiaries has been Signal, the encrypted messaging app whose development is funded by a nonprofit organization. We’re organized as a nonprofit because we feel like the way the internet currently works is insane,” CEO Moxie Marlinspike told me. On one hand, all software requires iteration.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Connected Products & Wearables : Changing The Game by McCann New York; Apple AirPods Pro by Apple.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 28, 2021

President Joe Biden brought together top executives from the nation’s biggest technology, financial services and energy companies this week to address the growing challenge of cybersecurity , speaking to tech leaders including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Apple CEO Tim Cook. And did any real solutions emerge?

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Whether it’s helping people find reliable information in search, working with the government on testing, building an exposure-tracking system into Android and iOS in partnership with Apple, or battling misinformation on YouTube, Google’s capability — and responsibility — has never been greater. We take a long-term view. We took inputs.

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Vox

JANUARY 12, 2021

Parler , the right wing’s social media alternative, was also booted from the internet; Google and Apple banned it from its app stores and Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the app on its servers. Signal’s software is open sourced, so others can download or copy it.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Many government agencies, including the Department of Defense, have secured deals with Google , Amazon , and Microsoft , according to new research from the technology accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry. The CEOs of Amazon , Apple , Google , and Facebook will appear before a US House of Representatives panel on July 27th. Industry.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Evans’s involvement in the telecoms industry began with her work as a software engineer in the early 1980s. Chief Executive and Director of SAMI Consulting , Gill Ringland, has an impressive career history that has spanned physics, software, information technology, strategy, and future thinking. Gill Ringland. Twitter: @LeadThought.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But a summer of escalated tensions with Apple have helped to make the case: if you want to control your own destiny, you have to own your platform. Facebook isn’t the only big company working on advanced headset computers — Apple, Google, and Snap are also investing billions in research and development. Maybe someone else will make it.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

(Just one example: Shortly after Facebook and YouTube began taking down copies of “Plandemic” for violating their rules, I saw people in anti-vaccine groups editing it in subtle ways to evade the platforms’ automated enforcement software and reposting it.). Apple is going to start having more employees return to its major global offices.

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Vox

JANUARY 17, 2023

The ban TikTok is now facing would forbid its China-based parent company, ByteDance, from doing business in the United States, which would block Apple and Google from hosting the TikTok app in their app stores. It wouldn’t make it illegal for you, the consumer, to use TikTok. It would just make it much harder to do so.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

On the same day as Trump’s tweets, the US Court of Appeals in Washington ruled against the nonprofit group Freedom Watch and fringe right figure Laura Loomer in a case purporting that Facebook, Google, and Twitter conspired to suppress conservative content online, according to Bloomberg. Those flameouts are most tangible in the courts.

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