GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2024

Liftoff will mark the first-ever space mission for the Vulcan rocket, and the first-ever use of BE-4 rocket engines built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture. Two BE-4 engines, fueled by liquefied natural gas, will lift the first-stage booster spaceward with an assist from two side boosters. Launch is scheduled for 2:18 a.m.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 22, 2023

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is a data engineer? Data engineers design, build, and optimize systems for data collection, storage, access, and analytics at scale. This IT role requires a significant set of technical skills, including deep knowledge of SQL database design and multiple programming languages. The data engineer role.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Founded in 2021 by former engineers at Amazon Web Services, the company is targeting a wide range of customers that use Row Zero for business intelligence, finance, operations, marketing, and more. It’s aiming to fill a gap between pricey spreadsheet tools and software that requires programming skills.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

(GeekWire File Photo) The newest startup accelerator from Amazon aims to attract companies building generative AI technologies. The hybrid program is open to all startups, with two week-long in-person events in San Francisco. AWS does not take equity from participating companies.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Information reports that the incident took place in 2021, when an engineer was programming the software that controls manufacturing robots at the Austin plant. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Apple has fired senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik for allegedly violating the company’s rules against leaking confidential information. I’m disappointed that a company I have loved since I was a little girl would treat their employees this way.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A recent survey of senior IT professionals from Foundry found that 57% of IT organizations have identified several areas for gen AI use cases, 25% have started pilot programs, and 41% are engaged in training and upskilling employees on gen AI.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer based in the Seattle area, pled guilty on Thursday to one count of wire fraud for his scheme to defraud public and private COVID-19 relief programs. (Bigstock Photo). Zhang, charged in May in the U.S. Zhang created fake entities with fake payroll and tax records as part of his applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2023

Regardless of how people feel about automation, it’s here to stay, and companies are embracing automation technologies to streamline IT, business, development, and service processes. As automation increases, organizations across every industry are looking for automation engineers to help facilitate, manage, and oversee enterprise automation.

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CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2018

As AI increasingly gains popularity among enterprises, companies are actively seeking data scientists who possess data science skills. Many enterprises confuse the roles of data scientists and data engineers.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2021

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. ” The company was targeting roughly 100,000 employees with the free program open to all workers. .”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

. — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, hired Crystal Moore as its new vice president of Brilliant Black Minds , a program that aims to double the number of Black engineers in tech over the next ten years. As a result, just 5% of all software engineers in the U.S.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

based software engineering bootcamp operator, has been acquired by Perdoceo , a publicly traded Illinois-based company that owns online academic institutions including Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University System. The company is No. The company has around 700 employees, according to LinkedIn.

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GeekWire

APRIL 6, 2023

Yves Albers-Schoenberg (left) and Benji Barash, co-founders of Roboto, a new Seattle startup aiming to help robotics companies analyze data and fix problems. Now the engineers are leading a new startup aiming to address some of the pain points they faced. . “And we really felt the pain and wanted to solve it ourselves.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2022

“It seemed too good to be true — free classes for six months, a paid internship, partnerships with great companies in my area, high graduation and employment rates, and lastly, an emphasis on social justice,” says Burrows, who now works as a software engineer at RealSelf. Mariya Burrows, software engineer, RealSelf.

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Hacker Earth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I recently came across this post on Reddit, and though it was posted about 3 years ago, it wonderfully encapsulates every senior engineer’s aversion towards technical assessments. Before diving into the solutions, let’s understand the reasons why senior engineers don’t want to take coding assessments. Oh the shame!

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

(Zuplo Photo) Zuplo , an API management startup founded by former engineering leaders at Microsoft and Auth0, announced a $9 million seed round led by Trilogy Equity Partners. Founded in 2021, the Seattle-area startup helps companies accelerate the launch of their APIs, or application programing interfaces.

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GeekWire

MAY 22, 2020

Baoke Zhang , a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what federal prosecutors called a “brazen scheme” to defraud the U.S. government’s recently launched Paycheck Protection Program. The companies purportedly employed 25 and 20 employees, respectively.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

(Ride Report Image) Transportation software company Inrix acquired Ride Report , a Portland, Ore.-based Ride Report co-founder William Henderson is a former engineer at Square and Apple. Michael Schwartz is the company’s CEO. based company raised $70 million in a credit facility earlier this year.

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Venture Beast

MAY 2, 2022

LinearB, a platform designed to bring greater efficiency to engineering teams, has raised $50 million in a series B round of funding. Read More.

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2020

Amazon Future Engineer college scholarship winners from Washignton state, Preston Rivas, left, and Zoe Lewis-Shunk. Two Washington state students are among 100 winners of Amazon Future Engineer college scholarships, the company announced this week. Photos courtesy of Rivas and Lewis-Shunk). ”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 27, 2023

(Bigstock Photo) A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions about whether startups will take advantage, and whether there be a rush of new companies launched by Big Tech alum. Some larger companies are still hiring. The answer to the first question is yes.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2023

The homepage for the City of Seattle’s CiviForm website, a tool that makes it faster and easier for residents to apply to city-related benefit and discount programs. The tool works by easing some of the time, computer literacy and language barriers that can create roadblocks for residents seeking to access benefit programs.

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GeekWire

APRIL 26, 2024

Parker has been around startups for nearly three decades as a founder, investor, and mentor for various companies. He was a leader at Startup Weekend and Code Fellows, and led the Founder Cohort program for the Washington Technology Industry Association. Seattle-area biotech company SystImmune named Dr. Jie D’Elia as CEO.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine lights up for a full-thrust test firing in Texas. If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. Jeff Bezos via Instagram). View this post on Instagram.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 24, 2023

Riot Games in a series of tweets said their development environment was compromised via a social engineering attack last week. The developer asked for patience as they work through the matter and continue their investigation, but the incident is already leaving its mark on the company's roadmap.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some 3,900 companies worldwide have made pledges to cut their carbon emissions. ” Microsoft recently released a report that examined the shortage of workers with the skills required to help companies cut emissions and suggested solutions for bolstering this segment of the workforce. ” But even that isn’t enough.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 17, 2024

LinkedIn, the platform known for connecting professionals, has recently begun a pilot program aimed at enhancing its revenue streams through a new offering tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises. TechCrunch has discovered and verified that LinkedIn is developing a new subscription service called LinkedIn Premium Company Page.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 5, 2022

The 10 companies participating in Maritime Blue’s third accelerator. The mentoring program runs for four months, culminating in a startup showcase in May. The Port of Seattle and the Washington Department of Commerce are supporting the program. Maritime Blue Image). Seven are from Washington or Oregon.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. He’ll be based at the CoMotion, the university’s innovation hub, and will run programs including Hacking for Defense and Starts. NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. Portland, Ore.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2024

Here are the key recommendations I provided: AI training implementation: Introduce AI training aligned with company policies and processes to empower employees with the necessary skills and awareness. How much of this usage is part of ‘approved and budgeted’ corporate policy and programs? The discussion around policies is a great one.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ankur Sinha , who spent the past two years as an engineering director at Google, joined remittance company Remitly as its chief technology officer. He also previously spent 12 years at Microsoft in roles including principal software engineering manager and senior director. Remitly went public in September.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

However, Judge Rogers opened the hearing by indicating she was likely to take action to protect the Unreal Engine, but let the Fortnite ban stand. “I I am not inclined to grant relief with respect to the games,” the judge said, “but I am inclined to grant relief with respect to the Unreal Engine.”. “I It looks like overreach to me.”.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From left: Google Cloud Senior Engineer Abuna Demoz; F5 Senior Manager Carl Mosby; Zillow Diversity & Inclusion Manager Makeda Hope-Crichlow; and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. of technical roles at large tech companies. Last year, the program distributed grants to 20 startups and organizations. Black employees make up 6.6%

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Venture Beast

APRIL 7, 2022

Today, in the time of the Great Resignation and talent migration, it’s even more crucial to get your engineer hiring process perfected. Read More.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2021

Photos courtesy of Society of Women Engineers at UW). A hackathon hosted by the Society of Women Engineers at the University of Washington later this month wants to play a role in helping close the gender gap both in education and the tech industry. Women make up 29% of undergraduate students at the UW College of Engineering.

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