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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi. The idea for Blues came from Ozzie’s work as a board director at Safecast , a data monitoring nonprofit that launched in response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning

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We have a really serious issue right now that needs to be fixed — the students out of school have no other option,” said Joyce Walters, executive director of the nonprofit InvestED. Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have come together to make this possible.”.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

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Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). But the sector faces it’s own challenges.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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“This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

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Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”. Transportation analyst at Cambridge Systematics.”.

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SMU Continues To Innovate In Cyber Security Innovation: Launches new institute and innovation gym

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The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”. “My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said.

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Founded in 1935, BECU traces its roots to The Boeing Company and is the largest nonprofit credit union in Washington state with 50 locations. The team is building a combination of hardware and software to study the human proteome, the body’s full set of proteins. Vancouver, Wash.-based