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How Pacific Science Center ran safe, successful summer camps — in-person — despite COVID-19

GeekWire

The nonprofit just wrapped up 10 weeks of camps, with nearly 1,500 kids participating at the spacious Seattle campus and three partner locations, and another 1,500 kids enrolled in the Science Center’s virtual camps, including students from out of state. ” That was the case for Elissa Fernandez and her three sons.

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A list of good things that happened this year in the world of tech, science, education, and more

GeekWire

” Microsoft committed millions of dollars to Black-owned suppliers and internal diversity and inclusion programs as part of a sweeping racial justice plan. Kids continued to explore nature and science through virtual and in-person camps. COVID-19 doesn’t prevent a chem lab camper from getting her hands dirty.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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How YouTube failed the 2020 election test

The Verge

It is the final work of a coalition of some of the most respected names in platform analysis in academia and the nonprofit world: the Stanford Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. So let’s discuss it.

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How Amazon is growing its power during the pandemic

The Verge

A new nonprofit called VoteAmerica is trying to boost voter turnout by helping people vote by mail in the November election. Google significantly rolled back its diversity and inclusion programs in an apparent effort to avoid being perceived as anti-conservative, according to current and former employees. Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica).

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Three takeaways from a visit to TikTok’s new transparency center

The Verge

But the TikTok Transparency and Accountability Center is now open for (virtual) business — and on Wednesday I was part of a small group of reporters who got to take a tour over Zoom. We also got an overview of the app’s community guidelines, its approach to child safety, and how it keeps data secure. Governing. ?

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