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Inside CoMotion’s new HQ: UW’s entrepreneur program plants its roots in an innovation hub

GeekWire

A wall in the new University of Washington CoMotion offices includes logos for some of the 285 companies that have spun out of the program. One hallway features logos from some of the 285 companies that have launched from CoMotion, while a display case highlights some of the patents secured by the program.

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CIOs Try To Decide If Wellness Programs Are A Good Idea

The Accidental Successful CIO

The pandemic changed everything and now we’re struggling to try to get staff to come back to the office while at the same time trying to prevent them from leaving the company. As we look for ways to get people to want to work for our company, the idea of implementing a wellness program keeps coming up.

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Google awarded $10 million in bug bounties last year, the second highest in the program's history

TechSpot

Google says that the $10 million it paid out via its Vulnerability Reward Program went to 632 researchers from 68 countries who discovered and reported vulnerabilities in the company's products. Read Entire Article

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New Frontier Aerospace and HyBird get in on innovation research grants from NASA

GeekWire

(New Frontier Aerospace Illustration) Two Washington state aerospace companies — Tukwila-based New Frontier Aerospace and Spanaway-based HyBird Space Systems — are among 95 ventures that have won project development funding from NASA through its Small Business Innovation Research program. million, NASA said. “We

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Bezos Earth Fund puts $60M to alternative meat research — and a Seattle founder has suggestions

GeekWire

The Bezos Earth Fund recently shared that over the next five years it will create university centers to research ways to improve environmentally friendly alternatives to the protein that comes from cows, pigs, chickens and other animals. The effort is part of the fund’s Future of Food program, which is led by Andy Jarvis.

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PCI DSS version 4.0: Is your payment card data security program ready?

CIO Business Intelligence

Verizon’s researchers found that payment data comprised 37% of the data compromised in attacks. To avoid the reputational harm and lawsuits that accompany such breaches, businesses must embrace a comprehensive program to comply with PCI DSS v4.0 But how can enterprises know if their payment card data security program is ready?

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Univ. of Washington launches research center to tackle computer science education challenges

GeekWire

There aren’t enough programs for training new or existing teachers in the subject. The center, which goes by the acronym LCI and is pronounced “lacy,” wants to foster collaboration between faculty, undergraduate and grad students, and researchers. Other programs participating in LCI include the Paul G.

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