Data-tracking system designed to curb homelessness | Using the cloud to track asteroids

Data-tracking system designed to curb homelessness: With help from Seattle-area tech and philanthropic partners, a team of data scientists with King County has been developing a homeless response system dashboard that parses data from multiple sources, including shelters and behavioral health service providers. The aim is to replace “point-in-time” counts and build a more complete picture of what it’s like to be homeless in the region. Read more.

Microsoft rebrands identity and access products: The launch of “Entra” is part of a broader effort to reshape the company’s security, privacy and identity business. Read more. 

Using the cloud to track asteroids: Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in bunches of a hundred or more, which could dramatically accelerate the quest to find potentially threatening space rocks. Read more.

Farwell, Cloud Cam: Amazon is pulling the plug on its security camera, which was useful in its day but hurt by a lack of integration with Amazon’s Ring system. 

New Zealand PM visits Amazon HQ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, toured the plant-filled Spheres and also met with Microsoft executives in Seattle. Read more.

Trial for snail fever vaccine: The first patient has been dosed with a vaccine for the tropical diseases schistosomiasis, developed by Seattle biotech company PAI Life Sciences. Read more.

Thanks for reading and enjoy your week — GeekWIre managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com.