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Relic Entertainment, the Vancouver studio behind ‘Company of Heroes,’ lays off 121 employees

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Company of Heroes 3. Relic Entertainment Image) The Canadian video game studio behind the Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series is laying off 121 employees. In collaboration with Microsoft Game Studios, Relic developed Impossible Creatures in 2003 and Age of Empires IV in 2021. announced the layoffs Tuesday.

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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

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The company announced his departure in an internal email Monday. Photo by Dan DeLong for Microsoft) Panos Panay , the Microsoft chief product officer who oversees the Windows and Devices division, is leaving the company in a surprise departure. He also led development of Windows 11. Read the full email from Jha below.

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Tech Moves: Avalara names president; Microsoft vet launches AI forum; Common Room adds product leader

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Avalara Photo) — Seattle-based tax software company Avalara named Ross Tennenbaum as its new president. He will continue to serve as CFO while taking on more responsibilities overseeing the company’s main business lines and other departments. He later launched Jetson , a startup developing probiotics, and was its CEO.

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‘Six Days in Fallujah’ game, developed in Seattle, recreates paranoia of urban conflict zones

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It’s forced me to unlearn some habits I’ve developed over decades of playing less realistic games. Six Days in Fallujah , currently in Steam Early Access ($39.99), is a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by two Seattle-area companies, Highwire Games and Victura.

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CES 2023: A list of Washington state companies showing off their latest tech gadgets and services

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The big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is returning to Las Vegas this week with its usual array of companies, gadgets and services, and Washington state will be represented by startups, tech giants and those in between. based Bluetooth SIG is a community of companies working to expand the capabilities of Bluetooth technology.

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Vimeo is becoming a standalone company after booming during the pandemic

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Vimeo is being spun off into a standalone public company as the video streaming site sees rapid growth brought on by the pandemic. It’s time for Vimeo to spread its wings and become a great independent public company,” Joey Levin, IAC CEO, said in a press release. In November, Vimeo raised $150 million, valuing the company at $2.75

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USPTO denies OpenAI’s attempts to trademark ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘GPT’

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But if the rulings stand, they will prevent the company from defending its exclusive use of the phrases, opening them up to widespread adoption as common terms across the industry. OpenAI’s brand guidelines currently prevent partners and developers from using “GPT” in their product or app names “because it confuses end users.”