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Washington state launches center to cater to — and potentially regulate — crypto and fintech companies

GeekWire

Facing explosive growth in NFTs and cryptocurrencies coupled with vague regulations for the wave of new financial technology and investment startups in Washington, the state recently announced a new Center for FinTech Information to warehouse in one place licensing guidelines and regulations. “It needs to get significantly easier.”

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U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data

GeekWire

A group of three U.S. and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) — sent a letter to Jassy asking a series of questions about its new Amazon One program which encourages people to make contactless payments via hand scans in its brick-and-mortar stores, such as Whole Foods. How many third-party customers has Amazon sold (or licensed) Amazon One to?

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Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

GeekWire

He made his mark at Microsoft as the leader of the company’s intellectual property group, implementing a strategy of patent licensing and litigation. Charania spent five years at Blue Origin, working most recently on its Blue Moon lunar lander program. Former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst joined Kirkland, Wash.-based

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The digital transformation of an island nation: how Bahrain rose to lead cloud adoption in the GCC Region

CIO Business Intelligence

This year, Singapore-based Whampoa Group also selected Bahrain as the HQ location for its new digital bank. IDC also notes how Tamkeen undertook a substantial retraining program for IT professionals in the wider economy, with the aim of increasing employment in IT and telecoms by 35% by 2023.

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MOVEit Vulnerability Exposes Millions as List of Victims Grows

SecureWorld News

million Oregon driver license holders and around six million Louisiana residents have been impacted. CL0P has targeted banks, consultancy and legal firms, and energy giants, adding them to its growing list of victims. million people, according to TechCrunch. critical infrastructure to a foreign government?

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What is data science? Transforming data into value

CIO Business Intelligence

While the number of data science degree programs are increasing at a rapid clip, they aren’t necessarily what organizations look for when seeking data scientists. Some of the best data scientists or leaders in data science groups have non-traditional backgrounds, even ones with very little formal computer training. Data science jobs.

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3 powerful lessons of using data governance frameworks

CIO Business Intelligence

They already had a technical plan in place, and I helped them find the right size and structure of an accompanying data governance program. The DGI publication includes components it thinks should be included in a data governance program. “I had been asked to help Coors Beer prepare for upcoming Sarbanes-Oxley audits.