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Fernish aims to ‘take the moving out of moving,’ expanding furniture rental service to Seattle
Leafly removes CEO Chris Jeffery, less than one year after he joined marijuana review startup
T-Mobile hires CenturyLink CFO to lead planned merger with Sprint
‘Calling Facebook a toilet is a little unfair to toilets’: HBO’s John Oliver flush with anger for social giant
Here’s how Convoy’s $185M investment stacks up to other top rounds for Seattle startups in 2018
3-D movies in the air? Alaska Airlines adds virtual reality to in-flight entertainment
Uber drivers are earning less, Airbnb hosts are making more, and other insights from a new study on the gig economy
Here are the 9 biggest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite tech conference
Pixvana’s new virtual reality production software lets you edit VR content while wearing a headset
Zillow’s place in scandal around Supreme Court nominee gets the attention of HBO’s John Oliver
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cites BMW’s integration of Alexa and Cortana as a model for modern tech partnerships
Salesforce and Apple partner on new iOS integrations and developer promotions
Microsoft teams up with Adobe and SAP on Open Data Initiative to link data across their products
Highspot raises $35M to grow AI-fueled sales software used by Amazon, Dropbox, Twitter, others
Microsoft deepens LinkedIn-Office 365 ties with ability to co-author docs through social network
Hybrid cloud customers are getting new services — and new hardware — from Microsoft Azure
Next-generation Microsoft Surface Hub coming in ‘phased introduction’ starting in 2019
Microsoft commits $40M over 5 years to AI for Humanitarian Action initiative
Microsoft Azure customers will be able to make digital replicas of physical spaces with Digital Twins
Microsoft makes its case that Azure and Microsoft 365 are the safest spaces in the cloud
Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid
Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis
Bill and Melinda Gates warn ‘stunning progress’ toward reducing global poverty could stall for first time in decades
Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears
Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm
Officials explain why they closed Sunspot Solar Observatory (and it wasn’t aliens)
Microsoft launches ‘groundbreaking’ Flagship School initiative with 17 schools globally
Here’s everything Amazon announced Thursday, from microwave to subwoofer to Alexa capabilities
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie
Here are more than 50 women VCs and angel investors backing startups in Seattle and Portland
Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips
Financial analyst renews call for Amazon to spin off Amazon Web Services
Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services
Amazon reveals flurry of new devices as tech giant aims to get Alexa inside homes and cars
Here are the 9 biggest announcements from the Microsoft Ignite tech conference
Fred Hutch study discovers how cancer evades immunotherapies, sometimes returning years later
AT&T merges high-tech retail, coffee and hangout space in Seattle for its first ‘Lounge’ concept
Dolly expands moving app across U.S., hits $1M in monthly revenue and 100K customers
Zillow’s place in scandal around Supreme Court nominee gets the attention of HBO’s John Oliver
Microsoft tops Seattle-area tech companies in ranking of ’employer brand’ by job seekers
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