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Lisa Brown, Washington state Dept. of Commerce director, will step down after 4 years 

GeekWire

He noted that she helped steer the state through the COVID-19 pandemic, administering funding for local governments, tribes, small businesses and nonprofits, youth development groups, people seeking housing and rent assistance, and others. Jay Inslee, who appointed Brown in Feb.

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Here’s how you can donate to support the fight for justice right now

The Verge

There are a range of organizations that are providing activists with bail bonds and legal help, or that are helping small businesses and other community resources that have been adversely affected. National Bail Fund Network. You can also donate directly to the Network. What follows is only a limited list.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

CTOvision

In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. Clifton), CyberTrack: Automated Attack Attribution across Large-Scale Networks in Real Time , Dr. Xinyuan Wang, $50,000, Cybersecurity. These investments are planting seeds that are helping us grow the new Virginia economy.”.

Research 150
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Leaked internal memo reveals Amazon’s anti-union strategies

Vox

Amazon’s employee relations team was developing a separate “internally-facing strategy,” the memo said. Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien told Recode in July that his union is intent on “disrupting [Amazon’s] network until they get to a point where they surrender” and stop resisting workers’ unionization efforts.

Strategy 100
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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS Canada (Central) Region

All Things Distributed

Given this, enterprises, public sector bodies, startups, and small businesses are looking to adopt agile, scalable, and secure public cloud solutions. The new Canada (Central) Region offers a robust suite of infrastructure, management, and developer services that can enable innovators to deploy market-leading applications.

Cloud 60
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Even as WeWork goes bankrupt, co-working is poised to survive and thrive in other Seattle spaces

GeekWire

In Seattle, at least two dozen spaces previously listed on GeekWire’s incubators/co-working spaces resource page are no longer in business. Other casualties included Impact Hall, Atlas Networks, Galvanize, Hing Hay Coworks, Ballard Labs and Office Nomads. “Our team works out of this space. .

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

The growing size and reach of the “everything store,” however, has affected its public perception: A 2019 CNBC survey of 10,000 Americans showed that a majority of respondents believed the company was bad for small businesses. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. billion since its launch.