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10:11 AM PST Startups10:11 AM PST ‘The fastest growing marketplace in history’: Vancouver’s Dapper Labs at the center of NFT craze
9:52 AM PST Podcast Roblox, GitHub and the power of online communities: A discussion with Madrona’s Dan Li
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6:00 AM PST Tech Moves6:00 AM PST Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO
3:00 AM PST Science3:00 AM PST Bill Gates and Amazon join $80M funding round for Turntide electric motor venture
5:16 PM PST Space5:16 PM PST SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City
5:14 PM PST Microsoft5:14 PM PST Health data startup Truveta hires Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres as president
2:58 PM PST Google2:58 PM PST ‘Widespread failure to comply’: Why Washington state’s AG is suing Google, again
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10:59 AM PST Real Estate10:59 AM PST Zillow Group real estate rival Compass files for IPO, shows $3.7B in revenue for 2020
10:01 AM PST Cloud Tech10:01 AM PST Microsoft unveils Mesh, betting on mixed reality for gatherings and collaboration across platforms
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8:00 AM PST Space8:00 AM PST Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically
6:00 AM PST Amazon6:00 AM PST Amazon Web Services inks deal with the PGA Tour, its latest cloud computing sports deal
6:00 AM PST Microsoft6:00 AM PST Microsoft Teams getting shared external channels, smart speakers, new presenter modes
4:00 AM PST Health/Life Sciences4:00 AM PST Presage Biosciences raises $13M and inks new deal with Merck for cancer drug tests
3:40 PM PST Startups3:40 PM PST Seattle-area fintech startup Secure reveals secret: Suze Orman is part of the founding team
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11:46 AM PST Civic11:46 AM PST Elizabeth Warren revives wealth tax plan alongside Washington’s Jayapal, seeking $3T over 10 years
9:12 AM PST Tech9:12 AM PST PayScale and Payfactors combine into 600-person company, eyeing big market for compensation data
9:01 AM PST Tech Moves9:01 AM PST Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board
7:30 AM PST Health/Life Sciences7:30 AM PST Reperio Health raises $6M for at-home medical test subscription service aimed at employers
6:00 AM PST Startups6:00 AM PST More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet
5:59 AM PST Amazon5:59 AM PST Biden issues pointed reminder about union rights amid pivotal vote by Amazon employees
9:03 PM PST Geek Life9:03 PM PST Amazon takes 3 Golden Globes, including big ‘Borat’ win, as annual event goes mostly virtual
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9:52 AM PST Podcast Inside Amazon’s ‘Labor Awakening’: Journalist Erika Hayasaki on her New York Times Magazine story
