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Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’

The Verge

RTFKT claims that in February, a collaboration with teenage artist FEWOCiOUS to sell real sneakers paired with virtual ones managed to sell some 600 pairs/NFTs in just six minutes , netting over $3.1 million at the time.

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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

GeekWire

Amazon’s Prime One Medical membership benefit includes 24/7 virtual care through the service’s app. billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care through the platform a benefit for Prime members. There is no additional charge beyond the membership fee for virtual care.

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Seattle marketing company Banzai goes public, rings opening bell at Nasdaq following SPAC deal

GeekWire

Banzai Photo) Marketing tech company Banzai rang the opening bell at Nasdaq on Friday as the Seattle firm officially became a public company. Banzai provides marketing tools to help companies run webinars, virtual events, and more. It shifted to help companies drive registrations to events.

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CCTV Company Uses 'Virtual Supervisors' to Spy On and Yell at Convenience Store Workers

Gizmodo

A security company is offering businesses a very unique surveillance service: the voice of God. Actually, it’s just some contractor from India but the net effect—a booming, omniscient in-store narrator—is the same. Well, not really. Read more.

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Healthcare company Accolade lays off workers and closes offices

GeekWire

(Accolade Photo) Seattle and Philadelphia area-based primary healthcare company Accolade is cutting its workforce and closing or reducing some facilities, according to a recent regulatory filing. A company spokesperson declined to say how many Accolade workers are affected by the reductions. for $460 million. Losses were $39.9

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Seattle startup Banzai to go public via SPAC and acquire marketing tech company Hyros

GeekWire

Banzai , a Seattle marketing software startup, announced Thursday that it will go public after it agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company. The company also said that it will pay $110 million to acquire marketing optimization startup Hyros after the SPAC deal closes. million, for the 12 months ended Sept. million.

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Nutanix Nets $101 Million in Funding

Data Center Knowledge

The new funds will help accelerate the company''s global expansion, and boost hiring and investments in research and development. Infrastructure Storage Virtualization converged infrastructure nutanix'

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