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Microsoft and Facebook vet leads nonprofit making software to improve COVID-19 rapid tests

GeekWire

A Seattle-based nonprofit launched to provide digital health solutions for poorer countries is applying its expertise to help with COVID-19 testing. Audere is building software for administering rapid result COVID tests that can be integrated into products being developed by U.S. Audere Photo). ” But they’re not fail-proof.

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Reset the Net Campaign

CTOvision

Fight for the Future , a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and Internet freedom, is spearheading an anti- National Security Agency protest on June 5 th to Reset the Net. Cyber Security Edward Snowden Fight for the Future National Security Agency New York Times NSA Reddit Wall Street Journal Washington Post' By ShannonPerry.

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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub

GeekWire

An view from the south of the proposed green space expansion within the University of Washington’s planned Portage Bay Crossing development. to develop what it calls “knowledge communities.” An artist’s rendering of Brightwork, a new building planned for the UW’s Portage Bay Crossing development.

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NSO Group Placed on U.S. Blacklist

SecureWorld News

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

GeekWire

In their words: “As a software developer, I have a solid understanding of one of the city’s most important industries; as a gay trans woman, I am deeply involved with the local LGBTQ+ community; and as an author and cellist, I have a strong connection to the arts.” Constitution, democracy, and the government.”

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How public radio is trying to save print

The Verge

Audio is a growth business,” says Jim Friedlich, chief executive of The Lenfest Institute for Journalism , who advised CPM on the potential merger. Part of the financial health of public media stations in general involves the financial perks of being a nonprofit. WBEZ reaches 550,000 weekly broadcast listeners.

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Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business

Vox

IBM is taking a stand against the development of technology that can lead to human rights abuses. However, a person familiar with the matter said that IBM will limit itself to the development of visual object detection and will no longer make APIs that could be used to power facial recognition available to outside or internal developers.

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