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Sep 5, 2026, 6:37 AM

NBA’s Ballmer crackdown echoes Microsoft antitrust; SF vs. Seattle housing; and a Seahawks tech twist

Sep 4, 2026, 6:50 PM

Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging they trained their AI on its journalism

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Rivian spinout Also lands in Seattle, with REI vet leading micromobility startup’s new office and retail hub

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Sep 4, 2026, 2:54 PM

WSU President Betsy Cantwell builds custom AI agents — but won’t ask them to predict the Apple Cup

Sep 4, 2026, 8:13 AM

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ exhibit makes a weekend run in Seattle, with fan art and 35 years of history

Sep 4, 2026, 7:30 AM

Startup Spotlight: Food photographer uses 25-year archive to build an AI tool that eliminates costly reshoots

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Stoke Space raises $1B to expand its footprint and upsize its fully reusable Nova rocket

Cowboy Space leases a huge facility in the Seattle area to produce hardware for orbital data centers

Startup Spotlight: Food photographer uses 25-year archive to build an AI tool that eliminates costly reshoots

Startup takes on AI hallucinations with $25M and an HQ rooted in a small Washington town

Tech Moves: Microsoft names execs; DAT, Oracle and Hiya departures; new Zillow policy lead

NewDays brings its AI-driven dementia care platform to Nevada, expands seed round to $16M

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Sep 4, 2026, 7:05 AM

Etzioni on AI: What kids tell chatbots, but not you

Sep 3, 2026, 7:13 PM

NASA’s chief talks up nuclear power during ‘Inspiration Tour’ of Northwest space ventures

Sep 3, 2026, 4:24 PM

New Seahawks co-owner with deep Seattle tech roots says, ‘I’m the 12th man … I want to represent that’

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Sep 3, 2026, 2:18 PM

Two familiar Seattle tech figures turn up on Seahawks co-owner list as sale is finalized

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Sep 3, 2026, 10:42 AM

Blue Ring for a Red Planet: Blue Origin wins $700M from NASA for Mars Telecommunications Orbiter

Sep 3, 2026, 9:31 AM

Uber laying off 93 Washington state workers, hitting engineer and management roles at Seattle office

Sep 3, 2026, 9:15 AM

How a new $7.5M UW facility aims to spark U.S. battery innovation

Sep 3, 2026, 8:18 AM

UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody land acknowledgment

Sep 3, 2026, 3:00 AM

AI learns nature’s code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiative

Sep 2, 2026, 9:00 PM

Qualtrics cut 117 jobs tied to Seattle headquarters, new filing shows

Sep 2, 2026, 3:02 PM

McGraw Hill acquires Teachally, an AI startup for teachers led by Seattle tech vet Daniel Bernstein

Sep 2, 2026, 2:24 PM

NBA suspends Steve Ballmer for 1 year, fines L.A. Clippers $30M over salary-cap scheme

Sep 2, 2026, 1:31 PM

How to make industry giants chase you, and other lessons from 28 years inside T-Mobile

Sep 2, 2026, 1:02 PM

AI wealth fuels San Francisco’s housing boom while tech layoffs weigh down Seattle

Sep 2, 2026, 9:26 AM

Kids go from curious to frustrated playing with AI-stuffed toys, UW study finds

Sep 2, 2026, 8:07 AM

Seismic CEO on the Highspot merger: revenue, job cuts, Seattle, AI, and the Salesforce question

Sep 2, 2026, 7:00 AM

NewDays brings its AI-driven dementia care platform to Nevada, expands seed round to $16M

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Wyze treats home security like a social feed with new AI-powered ‘Stories’ feature

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Madrona’s annual IA40 list shows an AI industry splitting in two

Sep 1, 2026, 10:38 AM

Juno Propulsion wins $1.2M grant from NSF to advance non-toxic space propulsion system

Sep 1, 2026, 10:33 AM

Drone meets bobcat: Police find novel use for UAV after wild animal breaks into Seattle-area home