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New tsunami warning to those in Seattle: If the earth starts shaking, get to higher ground ASAP

If a really big earthquake hits offshore from Seattle, the city’s shorelines could be struck with massive tsunami waves within a matter of three minutes.

Flexe is Seattle’s newest unicorn: Warehousing startup lands $119M, reaches $1B valuation

The news: Flexe is the latest to join Seattle’s unicorn club.

No going back: Anticipated return to office ‘has failed to materialize’ in Seattle, report says

Offices in Seattle will remain partly empty until 2024. At least, that’s what commercial real estate company Broderick Group predicts in a market report for the second quarter of 2022, saying that economic pressures and the work-from-home movement will keep vacancy rates high in commercial spaces in the region throughout 2022 and 2023. In a previous market assessment, Broderick was optimistic that organizations and employees would return to the office, citing the easing of pandemic-induced restrictions and rising levels of vaccinations.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams leader lands at Lyft; General Fusion hires new CEO

— Jason Vogrinec joined Lyft as head of engineering, moving from Microsoft, where he was vice president of engineering for Microsoft Teams and led a 500-person group.

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow

— Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S.

Seattle startup raises $14M to fuel ambitious plan for a social network built on the blockchain

Metaverse. Web3. Cryptocurrency. Blockchain.

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Advantage, bootstrappers: Why avoiding VC funding is helping this Seattle startup amid a downturn

Startups that didn’t raise cash from venture capitalists in recent years might be in a better position to control their future with a potential recession looming.

Jody Allen says Seahawks and Trail Blazers not for sale yet, but that time will come

The Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers are not for sale and no discussions are currently happening to sell either professional sports franchise.

Seattle City Light to install electric vehicle chargers at curbside locations across city

Seattle City Light announced a new service last month in which the utility plans to install electric vehicle chargers at select curbside locations throughout the city.

Amazon partners with Grubhub and adds new Prime food delivery perk

Three years after giving up on its own food delivery service, Amazon is trying a new tactic, partnering with delivery company Grubhub and offering free, one-year Grubhub+ memberships as part of a “Prime Day” promotion.

Microsoft will stop including new Xbox 360 games in subscription services

Xbox’s subscription services will no longer include free monthly Xbox 360 games as of October 1.

Bellevue councilmember says there is no plan to increase tax on Amazon despite budget concerns

Is an “Amazon Tax” coming to Bellevue?

Amazon and Microsoft deny using Flickr pics for facial recognition, as suits test limits of privacy law

Facing a pair of related lawsuits, Amazon and Microsoft both acknowledge that people working on their respective facial-recognition technologies downloaded IBM’s “Diversity in Faces” photo database — compiled from 1 million photos uploaded by Flickr users — to see if the images improved their AI algorithms.

Amazon rolls out fleet of e-cargo bikes to make deliveries in the UK

Amazon is rolling out a fleet of e-cargo bikes and on-foot delivery staff in the United Kingdom as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Report: Merck in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen for around $40B

A new Wall Street Journal report revealed that Merck is in “advanced talks” to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen in a deal that could be worth $40 billion or more.

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