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Seattle-area tech leaders join forces to try to raise $10M to aid India’s COVID-19 battle

GeekWire

Leaders with Seattle for India gathered for a video conference call Thursday to promote the cause. Joining them was Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington. and New Delhi.

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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

GeekWire

Amazon Photo) Ring has also weathered a series of controversies inside Amazon, including revelations about its policies and practices for sharing video footage with law enforcement; and previously lax security measures that gave hackers access to private home cameras, allowing them to see and talk with children in footage that quickly went viral.

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Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple

The Verge

He was told the policy wasn’t negotiable. If they did this to a customer, people would lose their goddamn minds,” says Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager. In software engineering, certain employees are expected to download a “live-on” program that puts out daily builds with bug fixes.

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She helped lead the fight against Amazon’s return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved

GeekWire

A former executive assistant and program manager who has only ever worked for Amazon since moving to Washington state from Virginia, Hayter became a leading critic in the push back against return-to-office mandates. And I think that really got to me.” “‘Oh, hell no,'” she remembered thinking.

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How the Google union could boost labor organizing in Silicon Valley

The Verge

They had been hired through Accenture to moderate some of the most disturbing content on YouTube: videos that contain violent extremism, including murders and acts of terrorism. Just over a year ago, I spent some time in Austin meeting with Google contractors.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

GeekWire

GeekWire video screen grabs). The event featured a number of celebrity cameos and entertaining moments throughout the show, with video greetings from Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm, Bobby Wagner of the Seattle Seahawks, and “The Office” actor Rainn Wilson. It’s been a tough year for people everywhere. Winner: SeekOut.

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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

The Verge

It’s a pilot program. So the next big thing is that in early August, Apple places Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, on administrative leave. They tell her she can essentially take advantage of their EAP [Employee Assisted Program] therapy program. So let’s start at the start.

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