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Inside the revived GameWorks Seattle arcade bar that opens this week

Before its closure in late 2021, the GameWorks downtown arcade bar on 7th Ave.

A long, strange, EV trip: Father-son drive from L.A. to Seattle illustrates road ahead on charging needs

Aaron Blank set out for a West Coast road trip with his son to see some baseball and more between Los Angeles and Seattle and back down.

Zillow Group expects real estate industry to ‘meaningfully contract’ in second half of 2022

Zillow Group expects revenue from its core Premier Agent business unit to decrease more than 20% year-over-year in the third quarter due to housing trends.

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After ditching home-buying business, Zillow Group partners with rival Opendoor

Zillow Group still wants to help people quickly sell their home.

Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage museum sold to Walton family aviation enthusiast and will reopen

The Flying Heritage Combat and Armor Museum, an extensive collection of aviation and military artifacts started by Paul Allen in 2004, has been sold by the late Microsoft co-founder’s estate.

Emerald City Comic-Con reverses controversial mask policy for 2022 show in Seattle

The organizers of the Emerald City Comic Con announced Thursday that they will reimplement a face covering requirement for this year’s show in Seattle.

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Tom Alberg, 1940-2022: Early Amazon investor was a champion of Pacific Northwest tech

Tom Alberg, a Seattle business and civic leader who played an instrumental role in the creation of industries ranging from e-commerce to wireless communications, died peacefully at his home on Friday.

The rise of high-tech real estate investing platforms and their effect on housing affordability

Real estate tech startups are making it easier for people to invest and manage property.

Seattle approves permanent 15% fee cap on food delivery companies, with key compromise

The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to permanently implement a 15% cap on the fees that services such as Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, and others charge restaurants for food delivery.

Prime healthcare: How Amazon’s $3.9B One Medical deal could boost its subscription program

Will consumers order up healthcare through Amazon Prime as easily as they stream The Boys or buy an Echo speaker?

Amazon to acquire Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7B

Amazon is set to make another major acquisition.

Boeing pledges $10M for new UW engineering building that will house AI Education Institute

The University of Washington is breaking ground next month on its Interdisciplinary Engineering Building.

Seattle startup that sells air purification tech powered by ultraviolet light raises $2.3M

The news: Violett, a Seattle-based startup that sells ultraviolet light air purification technology, raised $2.3 million.

With Google’s Mandiant deal pending, Microsoft looks to get ahead in security threat intelligence

Microsoft announced two new security threat intelligence products Tuesday morning, the latest moves in a broader effort to help businesses proactively sniff out and prevent cyberattacks.

Redfin misses revenue expectations, citing housing market slowdown

Seattle-based online real estate giant Redfin missed expectations for the second quarter amid a slowing housing market impacted by rising mortgage rates.

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