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

GeekWire

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. Its previous suits include accusations against Apple (2016), Sony (2002), Microsoft (2002), and Meta (2022).

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

GeekWire

. “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. Reetu Gupta.

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

GeekWire

” 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

GeekWire

Founded in 2002 as Seattle Genetics, the company is a pioneer in the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), a class of drugs that zeros in on cells using an antibody and delivers a toxin to them. .” Seagen has been “incredibly productive,” said David Miller , a consultant for Seattle area biopharma companies.

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Will Spotify crack open the all-you-can-eat music subscription model?

Trends in the Living Networks

In my 2002 book Living Networks I wrote: These twin powerful trends of greater access to content, and increased awareness of quality content, can result in greater revenue for these industries, but new business models are required. Several key factors are at play here: * Scope of music licensing. Downloads and portability.

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3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

Mehta earned a Certified Information Security Auditor certification in 2002 when, he says, “there were only 1,600 such certified professionals globally.” This approach is similar to what several regulated or licensed professions require of their practitioners to ensure their skills remain current.

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

GeekWire

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. Bellevue is leading the way on this,” said Roger Millar, Washington Secretary of Transportation.

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