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Syndio raises $7.5M to squash pay gaps; CEO says COVID-19 crisis puts women and minorities at risk
The Syndio team earlier this year before social distancing. (Syndio Photo) Seattle startup Syndio just raised a $7.5 million investment...
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Ex-Docker CFO heads up new Seattle finance startup Stratify, with Concur founder as chairman
Stratify CEO Brian Camposano. (Madrona Venture Labs Photo) Former Docker executives Brian Camposano and Steve Singh are behind a stealthy...
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UW Medicine ramps up study of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 treatment
Hydrochloroquine and azithromycin will be the focus of a clinical trial enrolling 2,000 participants. (UW Medicine Photo) One of the...
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How Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is changing its tone during the pandemic
Manoj Sindhwani is vice president of Alexa speech at Amazon. (AWS Video) Alexa, do I need a coronavirus test? That’s a query that almost...
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Microsoft Xbox legend J Allard gets back in the game, joining Intellivision for new console launch
J Allard. (Project 529 Photo) J Allard is back in the game. The onetime Microsoft executive, who was a co-founder of Xbox and a force in...
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Zillow Group to raise nearly $1B through stock and debt offerings to help support real estate business
Zillow Group is looking to inject some cash into its business. The Seattle real estate giant on Wednesday announced pricing for stock and debt...
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Amazon unveils new generation of Fire HD 8 tablets with improved speeds, storage and Kids Edition
The assorted colors of Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablets. (Amazon Photo) Targeting a whole family of tablet users, Amazon introduced the latest...
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After positive results in Seattle, COVID-19 vaccine will face key trials this summer, Moderna CEO says
Moderna is pioneering a new class of medicines, including vaccines, that make use of messenger RNA. (Moderna via YouTube) The coronavirus...
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Why these tech startups turned down millions of dollars in PPP loans from the federal government
Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. (Glowforge Photo) It’s not easy to turn down financial help from the government, especially during an economic...
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Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on AI-centric defense tech
One of Anduril’s sentry towers stands tall at the company’s HQ in California’s Orange County. (Anduril Photo) Irvine, Calif.-based Anduril...
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Boeing CEO tells NBC that pandemic is ‘likely’ to put a major U.S. airline out of business
Boeing’s president and CEO, David Calhoun, acknowledged during an NBC News interview with “Today” host Savannah Guthrie that a major U.S. airline...
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Bank of America gives $500,000 to Fred Hutch and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance for COVID-19 relief
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are headquartered in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. (Fred...
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Disease experts declare it’s time to join forces for multiple COVID-19 vaccines
Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are in development. (Johnson & Johnson via YouTube) Unprecedented collaborations involving the biotech...
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Shares of movie theater giant AMC spike after Amazon reportedly interested in potential takeover
Shares of AMC were up more than 50% Monday after a report signaled Amazon’s interest in a potential takeover of the struggling movie theater...
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60 Minutes shows Amazon’s virus-killing robot; says company uses AI to enforce social distancing
The rolling, UV-emitting robot is something Amazon is “working on for the future,” according to the 60 Minutes report. (Amazon via 60 Minutes)...
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GeekWire Podcast: Tech job market flips; Surface Earbuds arrive; Gates Foundation CEO on COVID-19
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. COVID-19 has upended the tech startup hiring market: There used to be more...