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Love it or hate it, Tesla Cybertruck turns heads in Seattle as GeekWire test drives futuristic EV
“Does it still have that new spaceship smell?” That was the quip from Dave Boone, walking past the GeekWire office in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood last week as Javier Luraschi pulled up in his new Tesla Cybertruck to take me for a ride.
Seattle startup OpenPipe raises $6.7M to help companies reduce costs for LLM models
OpenPipe, a Seattle startup that wants to make it easier and cheaper for companies to train and deploy large language models, announced a $6.7 million seed round.
Protesters block entrances at Amazon HQ, objecting to planned use of fossil fuels in Oregon
Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters.
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Office-to-residential conversion is a trendy idea for downtown resurgence — but has big challenges
Office-to-residential conversions are frequent fodder in discussions of the post-pandemic city, downtown regeneration, and hopes to contain rising housing costs.
Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new Surface and Windows chief; ex-Zillow CEO joins Match Group board; Oleria adds execs
— Longtime Microsoft exec Pavan Davuluri is taking on a new role leading the company’s Surface and Windows divisions, according to a report from The Verge.
‘Tomb Raider’ escape-room-style immersive attraction coming to downtown Seattle
A new waterfront attraction in Seattle will bring the popular video game and film franchise “Tomb Raider” and its protagonist Lara Croft to life in an immersive, escape-room-style entertainment experience.
Sunny Gupta on Apptio’s lightbulb moment, and the key questions behind the tech company’s success
For Sunny Gupta, the inspiration behind Apptio started with a simple question: What are you struggling with?
Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free
A total solar eclipse is once again about to run across North America, boosting interest (and airfares) to astronomical proportions.
Sonoma Bio celebrates new Seattle waterfront R&D center for autoimmune disease research
Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Monday hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new research and development center and office space on Seattle’s waterfront.
Meet Nala, the police dog that sniffs out electronic devices to fight internet crimes against children
Nala has a nose for electronics. But she’s not your run-of-the-mill tech geek with a passion for gear and gadgets.
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How this police K9 sniffs out electronics to fight crime

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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