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Startup founder returns to take aim at the endless pile of goods that shoppers send back
While e-commerce has made it beyond easy to get virtually anything delivered to your doorstep, a new startup is wading into the financial, logistical, and environmental mess created by the endless stream of goods that are returned.
Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market: Visitors flock to the house ‘where it all started’
BELLEVUE, Wash. — With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St.
New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development
Software development is one of the early use cases for generative AI.
Walmart lays off 62 people in Seattle area as part of innovation unit shutdown
Walmart is laying off 62 corporate workers in Washington state as part of the closure of Store No8, its innovation-related business unit.
Initiative aiming to repeal Washington state capital gains tax passes key milestone
The controversial capital gains tax in Washington state may appear on the November ballot later this year.
Tech Moves: Nintex founder named CEO at WellSaid Labs; F5 hires CISO; Slalom appoints execs
— Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup developing AI synthetic voice technology.
Scientists go to Canada to study the kind of lake where they say life may have arisen
Scientists say they've found the kind of lake that may have given rise to the basic ingredients of life billions of years ago.
An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?
Tableau CEO Ryan Aytay's biggest challenge: ensuring that Tableau maintains its unique approach, identity, and focus inside Salesforce.
Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system
Zeno Power says it has selected Westinghouse Electric Co. to process the radioisotopes for the heat source in its radioisotope power system.
WeWork closing co-working office space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill amid bankruptcy fallout
Co-working giant WeWork is closing a signature Seattle location amid its efforts to restructure and survive its recent bankruptcy filing.
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