How this police K9 sniffs out electronics to fight crime

Environmental protesters block entry to Amazon HQ: Dozens of activists with a Washington-based group called the Troublemakers this morning called on Amazon to cancel its plans to use natural gas from a new pipeline being built in Oregon to power three data centers near the Columbia River. Read more.

Three options for seeing the total solar eclipse: The track of totality for the April 8 eclipse doesn’t come anywhere close to the Pacific Northwest, but ways to see midday darkness range from hitting the road and spending a bundle to staying put and watching it online for free. (Above: Skywatchers gather at Seattle’s Gas Works Park to get a glimpse of 2017’s solar eclipse.) Read more.

Goodbill, a Seattle startup that targets errors in medical bills, raised $2 million and expanded its services to include employers’ self-funded health plans. Read more.

BirchAI, a spinout from Seattle’s AI2 Incubator, is being acquired by Denver-based health-tech company Sagility. BirchAI builds software to streamline customer support for healthcare companies. Read more. 

GeekWire Awards:

• Vote for Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, and Zuper vie for the pivotal honor.

• Vote for Deal of the Year: Four startups raise significant cash and a biotech giant acquires a University of Washington spinout.

Hot Links:

• Amazon is investing another $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic, bringing the total to the maximum $4 billion initially announced by the company in September. (CNBC)

• Can’t make it to the University of Washington campus in Seattle to see the iconic cherry blossoms? There’s a digital version, thanks to UDub Minecraft. (X)

• Nintendo of America is restructuring part of its Redmond, Wash., workforce involved in testing its hardware and software, ending an unspecified number of contractor assignments but also adding full-time employees. (Kotaku)

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