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

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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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Apple’s $100 million settlement agreement changes a key App Store rule for developers

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A proposed agreement between Apple and a class-action lawsuit representing US app developers includes a $100 million payout from Apple. The change, while potentially important for developers, isn’t quite as significant as it may seem. Apple has decided to name this the “Small Developer Assistance Fund.”.

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Facebook commits $200 million to support black-owned businesses

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That tool, if used with housing ads, could violate the Fair Housing Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook for that violation in March 2019. The $200 million slated for black-owned businesses will be split into two main buckets.

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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

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Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave is also working with In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investor for U.S. Seattle startup ThruWave just raised a $6.4 ThruWave has raised $8.6

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5 ways tech leaders can address racial inequity, from diversity expert and tech CEO Cheryl Ingram

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Ingram is the CEO and founder of consulting firm Diverse City and tech startup Inclusology , which is developing a tech platform for diversity, equity and inclusion assessments inside companies. I don’t mean just giving it to nonprofits that are run by white leaders who have a white savior complex.

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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

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Two years ago the professors co-founded Banyu Carbon , a Seattle-based startup developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean, which in turn lowers the levels in the atmosphere. Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. million from investors.

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Blue Origin gets ready to test its suborbital spaceship with COVID-19 safety in mind

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The payload was developed by Space Lab in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder. NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program provided funding for payload development and flight. amounting to a total of 12 commercial payloads.