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Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization focused on aggregating information about the local tech community’s response to the pandemic and hosted virtual events about opportunities for equitable recovery. At Microsoft, Trewin worked on new business and consumer products and helped scale products such as Windows and Xbox.

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GeekWire Summit 2020: After a newsworthy first week, here is what’s next at our signature tech event

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Bill Gates appears on a monitor in Seattle during a virtual discussion as part of the 2020 GeekWire Summit on Thursday. You can still register here or below to attend the virtual GeekWire Summit. GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop hosted a virtual fireside chat with Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay. Thursday, Oct.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key Microsoft 365 leader, overseeing areas including engineering and deployment of Windows for large businesses, and PC and mobile device security. He joined Microsoft in 2003 as a general manager after 12 years at Novell.

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A list of good things that happened this year in the world of tech, science, education, and more

GeekWire

They launched a new podcast, Founders Unfound , using personal stories of Black founders to circumvent racial bias; and launched a new startup and platform called Diversity Window to help companies take concrete steps towards improving diversity. Kids continued to explore nature and science through virtual and in-person camps.

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What is 5G Technology: 5G Connectivity and Speed Explained

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5G’s combination of high-speed wireless communications and efficient cloud computing that even the tiniest devices can access virtually unlimited computing power. But, they cannot travel through walls, windows or roofs, and they become considerably weaker over long distances. However, 5G goes far beyond smartphones.

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5G Technology: Maximum Connectivity and Speed

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5G’s combination of high-speed wireless communications and efficient cloud computing that even the tiniest devices can access virtually unlimited computing power. But, they cannot travel through walls, windows or roofs, and they become considerably weaker over long distances. However, 5G goes far beyond smartphones.

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Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond

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In the meantime, biotech is gaining momentum in Seattle: “I think the interface between information technology and biotechnology is going to give us a real competitive advantage, because we’re very strong in biomedicine, and we’re very strong in computing. And there’s so much at that interface.”

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