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

GeekWire

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). VertueLab offers a variety of support for new companies.

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

CIO Business Intelligence

Srinivasan will share Petco’s ongoing data journey at CIO’s Future of Data Summit , taking place virtually May 10-11. Darren Rovell, a senior producer at Action Network and a former journalist at ESPN and CNBC , will share how sophisticated data newly available to bettors is equalizing the playing field with sports books.

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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. The InfraGard model: education, networking, and information sharing. Security begins in hometowns across America.

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As worries spark over the carbon impacts of NFTs, some unexpected boosters come to their defense

GeekWire

The more urgent question for many is this: what are the climate impacts of tethering the sales of virtual items to cryptocurrency? That includes two Pacific Northwest-based efforts working to create trustworthy platforms for carbon exchanges: the nonprofit Blockchain for Climate Foundation and a startup called Nori. “I

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

In 2015, shortly after the Jeep hack, the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) released a study suggesting that someone could take wireless signals within an airplane and perhaps cause mischief. For that satellite operate, here's the entire ground base network that goes into supporting it. Or a satellite in space?

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The cybersecurity ‘pandemic’ that led to the Colonial Pipeline disaster

The Verge

Alpharetta, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, which has the largest fuel pipeline, was forced to shut down its oil and gas pipeline system on Friday after a ransomware attack that has slowed down the transportation of oil in the eastern U.S. And while the attacks are virtual, the consequences can be quickly felt on the ground.

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How Tom Alberg bet on Seattle and Amazon, shaping the region’s tech industry and building a legacy of understated influence

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. McCaw Cellular was growing its communications empire, launching the first nationwide cell network in the U.S. It also addresses education, taxes and transportation. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). The Madrona team in a 2017 photo.

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