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The market for E Ink tablets reached a pivotal moment this week with reMarkable's unveiling of its new Paper Pro — now with color E Ink, not just black-and-white. Now the big question is whether Amazon will join the trend with a color Kindle e-reader or Kindle Scribe. On a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about the technology enabling this transition with Timothy O’Malley, associate vice president of U.S. operations at E Ink Holdings.

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"Starliner is back on Earth": It wasn't perfect, but Boeing's Starliner space capsule successfully made an autonomous touchdown back on Earth while leaving its crew behind on the International Space Station. Read more.

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Center laid off eight workers, or about 4% of its workforce. Read more.

No phones: Schools across the country are implementing new smartphone bans. We went inside a Seattle middle school to see its ban in action and hear from students, teachers, and administrators. Read more

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