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Univ. of Washington rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts

GeekWire

This week the UW unveiled Husky FAST Start , a new licensing process meant to speed up startup license discussions. universities more control over technology licensing. 1 in 2018 among public universities for the amount of federal money spent annually on research and development. public university.

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New rules streamline procedures for licensing commercial space imaging systems

GeekWire

The Commerce Department has released a new set of rules aimed at making the procedure for licensing Earth-imaging satellite systems more in tune with what’s technically possible and commercially available on the global market. The regulatory streamlining effort was one of the initiatives sparked by Space Policy Directive 2 back in 2018.

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GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

GeekWire

GitHub says Copilot Workspace will debut in 2024, using AI to help developers from the outset of a project. Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects.

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Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

GeekWire

Unity image) In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity , dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon Unity to reverse course. 1, 2024, it would change the terms by which it licenses its engine. As an example, Vancouver, B.C.’s

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO Business Intelligence

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology

The Verge

The company will also no longer develop or research the technology, IBM tells The Verge. In 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union found that Rekognition incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress to faces picked from 25,000 public mugshots, for example. Krishna addressed the letter to Sens.

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A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: Our mission for VMware customers

CIO Business Intelligence

First, we remain steadfast in our decision to focus our resources on R&D, and continuing to develop a true, seamless private cloud experience for customers through VCF – one that is competitive with the public cloud. The license portability feature we have added to VCF is key to this strategy.

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