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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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

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It has support from programs including the U.S. Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal. Banyu, which is an Indonesian word for seawater, has raised $8.5 million from investors.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. It’s just a question of choice.”

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As mental health needs surge, this Seattle startup offers AI-powered analysis of therapy sessions

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The startup has a dozen customers, primarily university programs that train counselors and therapists. An example of a Lyssn-generated report analyzing a patient-therapist session. Evergreen Treatment Services , a Puget Sound-area opioid treatment program, is one of Lyssn’s customers. Lyssn Image).

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

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Some of those who spoke to Recode recounted what they saw as biased interactions inside Amazon’s corporate offices, including a white male manager who told a Black female employee, unprompted, that his ancestors “owned slaves but I’m pretty sure they were good to their slaves.” And she walked away from me.”. Meron Menghistab for Vox.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

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Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. ” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry.

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

Vox

Some of those who spoke to Recode recounted what they saw as biased interactions inside Amazon’s corporate offices, including a white male manager who told a Black female employee, unprompted, that his ancestors “owned slaves but I’m pretty sure they were good to their slaves.” And she walked away from me.”. Meron Menghistab for Vox.