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A big hurdle for older Americans trying to get vaccinated: Using the internet

Vox

Not all seniors have what’s needed to quickly snag a vaccine appointment: a computer and an internet connection. That means snagging an appointment quickly involves computer skills and internet access, or at least help from someone else. More than one-third of seniors in New York City lack reliable internet.

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

GeekWire

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

GeekWire

A recent study estimated that in Washington, 15% of students lack needed digital devices while 22% don’t have adequate high-speed internet connections — though a state expert says roughly half of families here are without reliable broadband. It’s a triage situation. million from Microsoft to kickstart the fund.

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Google abandons FLoC, introduces Topics API to replace tracking cookies

The Verge

Topics works by pinpointing five of your interests, such as “Fitness” or “Travel & Transportation,” based on your web activity, as measured by participating sites, for one week. John Bergmayer, the legal director at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit that promotes an open internet, points out.

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25 Years Later: InfraGard Leads the Way Toward a Safer America

SecureWorld News

The private sector component of the InfraGard program is represented by InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), an FBI-affiliated independent nonprofit organization. From energy, food, water, and roadways to banks, schools, hospitals, and the internet, our society is completely dependent upon critical infrastructure.

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As tech is rocked by layoffs, climate jobs and tools for landing them are on the rise

GeekWire

Globally, the current 6 million jobs in clean energy manufacturing could more than double to 14 million by 2030, according to a new report from IEA, an intergovernmental nonprofit. In the meantime, a slate of new nonprofits and startups have cropped up to share jobs listings, compile resources, hold workshops and connect people.

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Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

GeekWire

For veterans of “climate tech” or “energy transition,” the new found passion for the sector — which spans renewable energy, batteries, decarbonized transportation, green construction and low-carbon agriculture — is long overdue. “I’ve “We saw that with the internet.

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