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Seattle mayor expands tech tool built with Google to streamline benefit program application process

GeekWire

The homepage for the City of Seattle’s CiviForm website, a tool that makes it faster and easier for residents to apply to city-related benefit and discount programs. The tool works by easing some of the time, computer literacy and language barriers that can create roadblocks for residents seeking to access benefit programs.

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Honda’s new Legend sedan will drive itself on busy highways in 2021

The Verge

In a press release , Honda says it has received approval from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to mass-produce Level 3 vehicles. Honda has been in talks with some of the top AV operators in the US, but has yet to reveal its own self-driving program.

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Virtual internships: Tech companies and students adjust as pandemic forces remote experience

GeekWire

Patel is grateful that the tech giant maintained the program despite the challenges — many of her peers are without work this summer due to cuts in programs. The information technology sector trailed only travel and tourism as the hardest hit industries. GeekWire File Photo). Alec Malcolm. LinkedIn Photo). CodeDay Photo).

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Is AI technology the future of travel?

Dataconomy

Travel industry players are excited about predictions that AI could add around $1 trillion extra to the global tourism industry by 2025. For example, facial recognition software can identify potential threats or be used to speed up the check-in process at airports. Before the AI can tailor a program, it must learn everything about you.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Charity

ForAllSecure

Today Jinja is known for its tourism. And then he, he brings it to the states and he sells it, and it's funded a lot of really interesting programs over there. Kent: When we started this bio gas program I knew that there were cows, you know, Because my church had donated cows to various orphanages over there.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

GeekWire

Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. ” Rachel Andeen Andeen is a software engineer who worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Dyndrite. He now works in retail and ran for city council last year.

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The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

The Verge

Do your ads come through the YouTube partner program or do you sell them direct? As a reviewer, are you seeing software just eat the car the way that it’s sort of eating everything else, and the cars are getting similar? Do you think about software updates? So that’s what pays the best. How does that revenue work?

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