GeekWire

MARCH 9, 2023

Transit agency King County Metro and transit tech company Via this week launched a new on-demand ride service in the Seattle area. The county, which includes Seattle, Redmond and Bellevue, is partnering with transit tech company Via to manage and provide the rides. Via launched in 2012 and is valued at $3.5 It serves 600 communities.

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GeekWire

JUNE 1, 2023

This spring, Seattle Public Schools announced that due to budget cuts, it can no longer afford the program. TAF Photo) TAF offers an equity-driven STEM program focused on critical thinking and project-based learning. It incorporates technology into instruction of all subjects and connects students with tech-related companies.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 5, 2021

One reason might be that traditional higher-education curricula and programs are still based on traditional approaches to learning, rather than transitioning and promoting digital literacy across the entire curriculum. This means to work with companies and individuals as stakeholder representatives.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 19, 2024

ZEV users can rent this Chevy Volt from a reserved parking spot at the company’s Ballard store. ZEV, an acronym for zero emissions vehicle, was founded in 2021 and is one of the few car-sharing companies left in the Pacific Northwest. The company’s mission is to make sustainable transit more accessible to all.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A recent survey of senior IT professionals from Foundry found that 57% of IT organizations have identified several areas for gen AI use cases, 25% have started pilot programs, and 41% are engaged in training and upskilling employees on gen AI.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

companies continue grappling with the implications of permanent remote work and shifting workplace dynamics. We reached out to chief people officers and HR leaders at seven Seattle tech companies to learn more about the biggest challenge they are facing right now with their teams. When do people need to be together?

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As much as the person with the CIO job understands that the importance of information technology requires that mastering AI is critical to helping the company to get to where it wants to go, they are starting to discover that hiring people with AI talent is becoming harder and harder to do. How Companies Can Deal With The AI Worker Shortage.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 5, 2022

Rather, companies are unintentionally yet inappropriately sharing users’ data with Meta and other third parties, such as data brokers and mobile attribution vendors. This includes the federal student financial aid program FAFSA sending […].

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2023

(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an API, or application programming interface. The company paid $350 million to settle class-action lawsuits brought over that hack. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

Getty Images Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, sold his company to Google in 2014 only after the latter agreed to an independent ethics board that would govern how Google uses DeepMind’s research. Will they share the wealth?

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The accelerator revealed its 13th cohort made up of 12 companies that will spend the next three months supercharging their business plans. The companies hail from a variety of industries such as e-commerce, travel, and meal delivery. “We also learned during COVID that some entrepreneurs get more done in a remote setup. .

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2024

Seattle Foundations Photo) An entrepreneur and investor with roots in the defunct Techstars Seattle program plans to launch a new invite-only organization and shared workspace that supports tech founders by surrounding them with fellow entrepreneurs and experienced startup mentors. Others have tried.

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Vox

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But my view is that what we’re seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use the leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company,” said Zuckerberg. And despite all the reports about the potential social harms of its products, Facebook’s share prices are on the rise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The company pushes all its employees, even down to the most junior levels, to read up on emerging trends and experiment. And if they find things that are valuable, they should share them with the rest of the company. The new team needs data engineers and scientists, and will look outside the company to hire them.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” According to reports, MGM and Caesars were both customers of identity management company Okta.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JANUARY 6, 2021

Just to make things a bit more complicated, in addition to supporting sometimes widely dispersed workforces, many CIOs helped lead their companies’ accelerated digital transformation efforts to meet evolving customer demands in the wake of the pandemic. The pandemic forced a lot of IT programs to move faster than had been planned.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2024

So earlier this year they launched Equity Angels , a social impact organization aiming to increase the diversity in real estate tech or “prop-tech” by helping underrepresented founders land funding for their startups and get their businesses going. It also provides marketing support on social media and at events.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. “We should be investing in these companies,” she said.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Researchers for the 2023 DBIR identified system intrusion, social engineering and basic web application attacks as the most common attack patterns that led to breaches and data theft. This begins with having the right goal for a PCI DSS compliance program, Philipsen notes. Compliance with PCI DSS v4.0

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have become fundamental to corporate responsibility and long-term success. The CIO’s integral role in this transformation is crucial and deeply valued, underscoring their importance in the company’s success.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 15, 2025

(Matthew Weinstein Photo via UW) A new initiative at the University of Washington called Society + Technology , born out of a task force first assembled in 2021, is working to foster cross-campus collaboration and boost the UW’s public profile as it relates to technologys social, societal, and justice aspects.

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GeekWire

MAY 2, 2024

Wiener is the leader of Venture Mechanics , a unique company that is running a new incubator/accelerator program and organizing and hosting events that include casual social gatherings, informational sessions and startup pitches. He was most recently CEO of iMovR , a company selling standing desks.

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The Verge

JANUARY 4, 2022

Google is giving four of its top execs a significant pay bump, raising their salaries from $650,000 to $1 million, just weeks after the company told staffers it wouldn’t automatically adjust salaries to account for inflation. Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Fortune. The new executive salaries were disclosed in an SEC filing.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Panelists at an event for parenting-focused influencers hosted by Meta in Seattle, from left: Dana Geldwert, panel moderator and Instagram’s head of Global Policy Programs; Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, pediatric psychologist; and Instagram head Adam Mosseri.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

One of three finalists for the prestigious 2024 MIT CIO Leadership Award, Bell led the development of a proprietary data and analytics platform on AWS that enables the company to serve critical data to Medicare and other state and federal agencies as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. That was not a small effort.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

LinkedIn and company photos) We’re back with another spotlight on startups making moves in Seattle. Read more about the companies below, and catch up on our previous startup radar spotlight here. Read more about the companies below, and catch up on our previous startup radar spotlight here.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Facebook has banned the personal accounts of academics who researched ad transparency and the spread of misinformation on the social network. Such work has important implications for understanding the spread of disinformation on Facebook, as the company does not fact-check political ads. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Network World

JANUARY 14, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. increase in extorted companies listed on data leak sites. Reflecting on 2024: GenAI, RaaS, MiTM Generative AI facilitated a surge in cyberattacks throughout 2024.

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GeekWire

MARCH 12, 2024

government to launch or expand a company. “It’s billion to 4,577 Washington state companies, said Giersch. SBIR/STTR grants can enable companies to take shape, prove the value of their technology, and set the stage for later funding from investors. Agencies set aside a percentage of their budget for the programs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

The automotive dealership software solution provider was hit by a ransomware attack, crippling the auto industry and opening the company up to substantial litigation risks, a one-two punch that will likely take years to realize the full extent of the damages.

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2024

He was working as a security software engineer for the tech giant when the company came under scrutiny for the use of its image recognition technology to improve the targeting of drone strikes. Born and raised in Seattle, Yusuf calls himself a product of public housing and city social programs.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

But for the last few years, changes at Etsy that she feels hurt sellers were piling up — rising fees, mandatory marketing programs, and an influx of drop shippers — and the marketplace no longer felt like somewhere where artisan products and hand-picked vintage items were prioritized.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 12, 2023

A 2020 report from McKinsey found that companies with stronger gender diversity numbers were 25% more likely to outperform their less diverse competition. Yet, while companies have placed a greater emphasis on addressing the gender gap of late, women remain largely underrepresented in IT positions.

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GeekWire

JUNE 3, 2024

GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) A job posting by Wizards of the Coast went viral on social media over the weekend, highlighting some consumers’ lack of enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence, as well as the continuing fallout from some of Wizards’ recent controversies. Wizards of the Coast headquarters in Renton, Wash.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Photo) Amazon is donating $9 million to six organizations in the Seattle area that are working to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, the company announced Thursday. The Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade on Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

To be clear, the page isn’t pretending it’s Musk; it openly states that it’s a fan page in its About section (emphasis ours): Musk owns a Tesla Roadster car 0001 (the first one off the production line) from Tesla Motors, a company in which he is an early investor. Verification is a challenge for big social media platforms.

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