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Challenged by Amazon, reMarkable unveils new ‘Paper Pro’ color tablet

ReMarkable unveiled the reMarkable Paper Pro, its next paper tablet, featuring its first color display and adjustable embedded front-light.

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella show two sides of ‘Founder Mode’ debate on effective leadership

The buzz in tech circles over the past few days is all about “Founder Mode.” Sparked by a recent talk at Y Combinator from Airbnb founder and CEO Brian Chesky — and a subsequent blog post from former YC leader Paul Graham — the debate focuses on how startup founders can be most effective at growing their companies.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wraps up its crewless journey home from space station

Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule successfully made an autonomous trip back to Earth, leaving its crew on the International Space Station.

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Amazon grows third-party grocery delivery network, inks new deal with Metropolitan Market in Seattle

Seattle-area residents who want to get their groceries delivered from Metropolitan Market have a new option.

Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle

If you’re looking for AI talent, look West.

A look inside a Seattle middle school that just banned cellphone use on campus

Many of the students arriving at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School on a sunny Thursday morning paused before entering the building to turn off their cellphones, lock them inside gray fabric pouches, and tuck them into their backpacks, where they would remain for the entirety of the academic day.

Tech Moves: F5 chief product officer Kara Sprague named CEO at security company HackerOne

Kara Sprague, chief product officer at F5, was named CEO at San Francisco-based cybersecurity company HackerOne.

Report: Smartsheet in talks to be acquired by private equity firms including Vista and Blackstone

Seattle-area enterprise software giant Smartsheet is in acquisition talks with a group of private equity firms including Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone, according to a report Thursday from Reuters.

RMS Titanic says ‘bittersweet’ dive reveals shipwreck’s decay — and a new treasure

RMS Titanic says its latest robotic survey revealed the deterioration of the Titanic's iconic bow and the location of a long-sought statuette.

Artificial intelligence is going full circle — from fiction to science, and back again

Artificial intelligence's influence is reaching back into the realm where our notions about AI were born decades ago: science fiction.

Need a Mariners break? Seattle friends hope they have a hit on their hands with baseball trivia game

Baseball fans looking to dive deeper into their favorite team or take on a diversion from the current state of play — oh, hey Mariners — have a new Seattle-made online trivia/puzzle game worth checking out.

Startup bet: Former Nike exec launches new app using AI to help NFL fans get an edge

Just in time for the start of another NFL season, a new startup out of Portland, Ore., is using artificial intelligence to help football fans make more informed bets on games.

Seattle pioneer in AI weather forecasting helps Nvidia create groundbreaking new prediction tool

It was just five years ago that University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Dale Durran published a paper with a title asking “Can Machines Learn to Predict Weather?” At the time, many researchers were answering “no” to that question given the tremendous complexity of weather forecasting.

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins UiPath board; Trupanion names COO; and more

S. “Soma” Somasegar, a longtime former Microsoft leader, joined the board of directors at robotic process automation company UiPath.

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer on the video games that influenced his life and career

This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle opened last week with a keynote presentation by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, which focused on five video games that had influenced him and his career.

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