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Report: Veteran sports broadcaster Al Michaels to call Amazon’s NFL games on Thursdays

Al Michaels, the longtime NFL play-by-play broadcaster, is Amazon’s pick to call “Thursday Night Football” games streaming on Prime Video this season, according to the New York Post.

Elon Musk, are you out there? SpaceX Starlink internet service gets more reliable, and mobile

ORLAND, Calif. — Looking north into the night sky during a visit to my hometown last year, I was momentarily stunned by a line of lights moving steadily from west to east, noticeably brighter than the stars.

Ohio ad campaign targets Seattle ‘tech bros’ — questions why someone would want to stay in a big coastal city

The State of Ohio really wants Seattleites to move to the Buckeye state — even the tech bros.

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Award-winning Getty photographer turns lens on Seattle to illustrate problems gripping many cities

During a more than 30-year professional photojournalism career, John Moore has documented the struggles of people across 70 countries on six continents.

MacKenzie Scott gives $436M to Habitat for Humanity in largest publicly disclosed donation yet

MacKenzie Scott has gifted $436 million to Habitat for Humanity in the largest publicly disclosed donation since the billionaire Seattle philanthropist and author pledged to give away the majority of her vast wealth.

Blue Origin gives ‘SNL’ comedian Pete Davidson’s suborbital seat to the spaceship’s chief architect

Blue Origin says the chief architect of its New Shepard spaceship, Gary Lai, will replace comedian Pete Davidson on the crew for the next New Shepard launch.

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Tomo, a ‘PayPal for the mortgage industry’ fintech startup, lands $40M at $640M valuation

Tomo, a startup founded by former Zillow execs that aims to speed up the mortgage approval process, raised a $40 million Series A round at a $640 million valuation, doubling the company’s value after it raised a $70 million seed round last year.

Univ. of Washington researchers find new way to design potential therapeutics

A study led by University of Washington researchers showcases a new way to generate potential drugs using computational design.

Seattle-area population declined by 20,000 people in 2021 as remote work took hold

New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show the population of King County, Wash., home to the tech hubs of Seattle and Bellevue, declining by more than 20,000 people between July 2020 and July 2021.

Amazon opens supply hub for Ukrainian refugees, its largest humanitarian aid facility ever

Amazon is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday.

Seattle startup claims India-based drugmaker stole COVID-19 vaccine tech, seeks $950M

Seattle vaccine company HDT Bio is seeking nearly $1 billion in a new lawsuit alleging that an India-based drugmaker stole HDT’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine technology.

Funko pops up at new sodoPOP retail store in Seattle airport

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of pop-culture collectibles, has popped into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with a selection of its products now available at a store called sodoPOP.

This wearable toddler tracker, invented by a mom, aims to put parents’ minds at ease

A new tracking device will let parents know when their kids run away from a caregiver at the playground, where they’ve been during the day, whether they’ve been getting enough sleep or activity at daycare, or if they’re running a temperature, among other useful information.

Uber, Convoy vets raise $3.4M from Bezos and others for fintech startup that helps freight carriers

The news: Mike Bohlander, Ray Fortna, and Marcus Womack are getting the band back together for another startup run.

Tech Moves: Zillow VP joins OpenSea; Panopto hires Microsoft manager; product vet joins Binance

— Loni Mahanta, formerly vice president of government relations & public policy for Zillow Group, joined NFT marketplace OpenSea in a similar role.

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