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Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action

The Verge

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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Ex-Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas starts $150M fund with key investors from former company

GeekWire

Leen Kawas, the Seattle biotech exec who resigned as CEO of Athira Pharma after an investigation found she had altered doctoral research images that helped to form the initial basis for the company, re-emerged Friday as co-founder and managing general partner of a new investment firm called Propel Bio Partners LP.

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Analysis: Nobody could dethrone ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ except Wizards of the Coast — and it may have done just that

GeekWire

No company could realistically have gotten in D&D ‘s way except its owner, Renton, Wash.-based based Kobold Press has used the Open Game License to publish material for D&D 5th edition, such as 2016’s Tome of Beasts , shown above. based Wizards of the Coast, and this month, it very much did.

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How copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAI

Vox

This did not escape the notice of the record companies, and in 2001, a federal court ruled that Napster was liable for copyright infringement. Late last year, the New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft , alleging that the companies are stealing its copyrighted content to train their large language models and then profiting off of it.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

IT provides the plumbing for just about every company in existence today. We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. And because the incumbent companies have been around for so long, many are running IT systems with some elements that are years or decades old.

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Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

GeekWire

The company aims to help senior leaders working at technology companies connect with one another. Round has members from more than 45 companies across six countries, including Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, and others. Investors in the company include FUSE, which led the round, Primary Ventures, and a group of angels.

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James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher

GeekWire

James Heckman, CEO and founder of the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, announced his resignation Wednesday. Heckman will “continue his entrepreneurial role with the company, focusing on key strategic and business development initiatives,” according to a SEC filing. “The

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