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Valve sued by Immersion in patent infringement lawsuit related to haptic technology

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The vibration technology on Valve’s Steam Deck is cited as patent infringement in a new lawsuit against the company. If you’ve ever held a Nintendo Switch and felt it vibrate in reaction to something you did in a video game, such as land from a long fall or fire a gun, that was done via Immersion’s licensed tech.

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Meet 6 women of color-led startups that pitched their businesses in Seattle

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. “Unfortunately, too many people have just not had exposure, or any reason to meet people outside of their network,” said Johnson, who began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs before founding IFEL with her father in 2002. Keep reading to learn more about their companies and traction. Yolanda Barton. Henny Damian.

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Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin

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” Neither ULA nor Amazon announced a schedule for the launches, but under the terms of Amazon’s license from the Federal Communications Commission , half of the satellites have to be deployed by mid-2026. In contrast, the Atlas V has successfully executed more than 80 launches since 2002.

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How Pfizer’s $43 billion acquisition of Seagen could impact the biotech industry in Seattle

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(Seagen Photo) Biopharma acquisitions often come with layoffs and lab shutdowns as smaller companies get absorbed. It would be one of the largest acquisitions ever of a Seattle-area company, and the biggest biopharma transaction in three years. .” Pfizer on Monday announced plans to acquire Seagen, the Bothell, Wash.-based

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3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead

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For example, Puneesh Lamba, CIO of Shahi Exports, an apparel manufacturing company, acknowledges that “certifications have helped him perform better in board meetings, thereby making it easier to get approvals on IT spending.”. While hiring, companies often shortlist candidates with certifications from renowned colleges and universities.

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Finally I have an answer when people ask what I do! Visualization of our group’s business model

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However that doesn’t explain the diversity of my companies’ activities, and how they fit together. In particular people are often confused by the relationship between our primary companies: Advanced Human Technologies , Future Exploration Network , and The Insight Exchange. They are comparable entities from a business perspective.

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Pioneering study uses traffic cameras and AI to predict future, promising to save lives and money

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The city this week shared its first batch of reports from the groundbreaking program, which has drawn comparisons to “Minority Report,” the 2002 film in which Tom Cruise anticipates and preemptively stops crime. based Transoft Solutions , a transportation technology company, did the video analysis. Vancouver, B.C.-based

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