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Science & Technology
Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the race to find asteroids
Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in bunches of…
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Tech News
Amazon and Microsoft deny using Flickr pics for facial recognition, as suits test limits of privacy law
Facing a pair of related lawsuits, Amazon and Microsoft both acknowledge that people working on their respective facial-recognition technologies downloaded…
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Revolutionary AI System Learns Concepts Shared Across Video, Audio, and Text
Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technique that allows machines…
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Tech News
Interview: Microsoft’s president on turbulent times for the company, country, and world
Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader world, thought 2022 might bring a bit of a break. Halfway…
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Entertainment
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow
— Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S. Department of Justice as…
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Tech News
Spreadsheets (2+2)ever = Tiller personal finance startup finds growth formula in Microsoft Excel
Eight years ago, Seattle-area entrepreneur Peter Polson decided to pursue what he perceived as a gap in the personal finance…
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Health
How Amazon’s tech and logistics prowess may disrupt healthcare — and spark concern
As Amazon makes bigger moves into healthcare and turns its efficiency machine on medicine, some experts say the industry could…
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Tech News
Will civil rights audits make a difference? Microsoft, Amazon, and the nation’s racial reckoning
Microsoft and Amazon are joining a growing pool of companies conducting civil rights audits in the wake of the racial…
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Entertainment
Tech Moves: Longtime Zillow VP Annie Rihn departs after 17 years; AWS VP jumps to Google; Remitly names CFO; UiPath exec joins new VC firm
— Annie Rihn, one of the earliest employees at Zillow Group who led recruiting, has left the Seattle real estate…
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Health
Mental health startup focused on seniors launches with $32M, backing from Arch Venture Partners
The news: Rippl, a Seattle startup focused on the mental health of seniors, launched Wednesday with $32 million in seed…
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