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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

GeekWire

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, cited the growing threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks in a virtual news conference announcing the initiative alongside educational and nonprofit leaders Thursday morning. home to the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center. .

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GeekWire Awards 2020 revealed: Big winners, celebrities and surprises power virtual event

GeekWire

We couldn’t get together in person, but we still found a way to celebrate the best in Pacific Northwest tech on Thursday as the GeekWire Awards went virtual. “Our mission at Skilljar is to help individuals and organizations turn innovation into impact to education,” said Skilljar VP of Marketing Aashish Dhamdhere.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Webby Award for Education: People Not Property : Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North by C&G Partners.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

Vox

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

Vox

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a head of diversity for Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.