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Washington 211: One Millionth Call !!

VisionLink

We are pleased to share that Washington 211 has helped one million callers since the launch of their Visionlink software in 2019. Arion Bevan, a 211 Information and Referral Specialist from King County 211 Contact Center, helped the one millionth caller. Congratulations Washington 211 for the Millionth Call !! Outstanding!

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Apple and Google’s COVID contact tracing tech is finally coming to their home state of California

The Verge

After a month of testing on university campuses, California’s governor just announced that the state is launching its COVID contact tracing app to the public this Thursday, December 10th. The app is called CA Notify, and its launch makes California the 18th state (plus Washington, DC) to release a contact tracing app.

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Instagram is testing AI to flag teen users and enforce safety settings

Fast Company Tech

Teen-focused accounts, introduced by Instagram last year, come with built-in restrictions on who can contact teens, what content they can see, and limits on their time spent on the app. These changes come after 41 states and Washington, D.C.,

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Up To $2 Million In Disaster Assistance For Washington NPOs

The NonProfit Times

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington state following the federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred this past Jan. 5 through 29.

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Lame spam of the day: FBI and Nigeria still want to send me money

Robert Weiner

FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Henry Ben) via e-mail. below to find appropriate contact information: CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Henry Ben. Sender: FBI OFFICE (office.fbi3@gmail.com). Subject: FROM IMF HEAD OFFICE. 20535-0001.

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Six people indicted in Amazon Marketplace bribery scheme to help third-party sellers

The Verge

Six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state on charges they bribed Amazon employees to manipulate third-party seller listings on the e-commerce site, including listings for defective or dangerous products, authorities said. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Man who unlocked nearly 2 million AT&T phones gets 12 years in prison

The Verge

According to a news release from the DOJ , in 2012, Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, contacted an AT&T employee via Facebook and offered the employee “significant sums of money” to help him secretly unlock AT&T phones, freeing the customers from any installment agreement payments and from AT&T’s service.

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