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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub
The University of Washington this year expects to break ground on a new building that will anchor an ambitious, innovation-focused redevelopment called Portage Bay Crossing.
Meta fights shutdown of Seattle-area Reality Labs cleanroom by state safety regulators
The dispute involves a cleanroom at Meta's "Matrix" facility in Redmond, Wash., according to a petition filed in King County Superior Court.
Amazon leader and Army vet launches Seattle wellness startup to support new moms
Yuzi founder Stephiney Foley graduated from West Point and worked for the U.S.
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Tech Moves: Amazon sports VP departing; AI product leader leaving Microsoft; and more
— Marie Donoghue, a vice president at Amazon who helped lead its sports streaming and video production arm, is leaving the company.
Tech investors give their top predictions for 2024
The pace of AI-related innovation accelerated, to say the least, in 2023.
Amazon shuts down last remaining Fresh Pickup location in Seattle, but keeps package service open
Amazon closed the last of its only two Amazon Fresh Pickup locations, marking the end of another effort by the tech giant to disrupt how and where people get their groceries.
SpaceX launches the first set of Starlink satellites for T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell plan
The first satellites capable of providing direct-to-cell service via SpaceX's Starlink network and T-Mobile's cellular network are in orbit.
Washington vs. Michigan: Which university takes the title in tech?
Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game.
Pacific Northwest National Lab’s chief scientist for AI finds links between tech and national security
The head of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Center for AI says the right kind of artificial intelligence will boost national security.
NASA awards funds to study deep-space interferometer and other far-out ideas
A proposal to build a far-flung set of radio antennas to measure the cosmos is one of 13 far-out concepts to receive seed funding from NASA.
Windows 11 devices will get new ‘Copilot’ AI key — biggest change to keyboards in nearly 30 years
AI is coming to the PC keyboard. Microsoft and computer makers plan to start shipping Windows 11 notebooks and other devices with a dedicated “Copilot” key to quickly invoke the company’s “Copilot for Windows” artificial intelligence technology.
NanoString Technologies to cut 9% of workforce, gets delisting notice from Nasdaq
Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies said in a filing Friday that it plans to cut about 50 positions, or 9% of its workforce.
Here’s why Seattle startup OctoML changed its name to OctoAI
OctoML is now OctoAI. The Seattle startup this week revealed the slight but notable tweak to its name.
CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas
The Washington State Dept. of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas next Tuesday through Thursday.
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