‘Uber for ocean intelligence’ startup wins Bellingham Angel Investors pitch competition
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Former Gates Foundation leader lands $1.8M for engineered bamboo building materials startup
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Tech Moves: Qualtrics taps Microsoft vet as CFO; F5 names innovation chief
— Qualtrics appointed Microsoft veteran Rachita Sundar as its chief financial officer and member of the executive leadership ...
Column: To navigate the promise and peril of AI, resist the urge to fall into extreme narratives
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Bell Canada acquiring Seattle-area internet provider Ziply Fiber in $3.6B deal
Kirkland, Wash.-based fiber internet service provider Ziply Fiber agreed to be acquired by Bell Canada, a subsidiary of Canadian telecom giant BCE, in a deal valued around $3.6 billion. The deal will ...
Expedia chairman Barry Diller on potential deal with Uber and Washington Post’s ‘blunder’
Expedia chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Monday that a rumored acquisition of Uber is “just not going to happen.” A report from the Financial Times last month revealed that Uber had explored a ...
Get in the picture: High-tech ‘Portal’ is a visual delight for those entering Seattle office building
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AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant ...
Microsoft’s financial disclosures show how OpenAI is fueling growth — and taking a toll on profits
New financial filings show how Microsoft's losses from its OpenAI investment are hurting its profits, in addition to fueling ...
‘You can’t fact-check a feeling’: UW researcher on AI’s unexpected role in the 2024 campaign
Danielle Lee Tomson, research manager for election rumors at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public, at ...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search engine challenges Google and Microsoft, and further upends the web
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new ChatGPT search engine, directly competing with Microsoft Bing and Google’s core search ...
Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth
The company overall posted revenue of $65.6 billion, up 16%, vs. analyst expectations of $64.5 billion; profits of $24.7 ...