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Top stories so far this week

Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs
For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal computer.
University of Washington researchers develop smaller, cheaper form of LiDAR technology
Devices that move and operate in physical space need sensors to read their environment.
Startup led by former Seagen CEO Clay Siegall merges with public company in $125M deal
Morphimmune, a biotech company led by former Seagen CEO Clay Siegall, is merging with a public biotech company, Immunome, in a deal boosted with $125 million from private investors.
How this publicly traded manufacturing giant is testing generative AI business ideas
In the race to build generative artificial intelligence applications, it can be difficult for larger corporations to keep pace with nimble startups that can often test and experiment more rapidly.
Book excerpt: The monopoly power of Big Tech, and what Congress can do to correct it
Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Winner Takes All: Case Studies in How Online Marketplaces Are Creating Modern Monopolies, by Seattle tech veteran Shirish Nadkarni.
Analyst: Microsoft will join $3 trillion club next year, fueled by ‘AI monetization’
Microsoft will join Apple and hit a $3 trillion valuation by early 2024, according to Dan Ives, an analyst with Wedbush.
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 25, 2023
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 25, 2023.
Reality check: Intelligent machines and the future of the automated workforce
[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by technology industry veteran Kathy Gill, a writer, web developer and instructor focusing on communications and user experience.] We humans have survived disruptions like the printing press, the telegraph and mobile phones.
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