The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. Images with licensing information provided by the publisher will now appear in search results with a “Licensable” badge over the thumbnail.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2023

The policy shift concerns the Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice that Wizards of the Coast, headquartered in Renton, Wash., It announced via its official community blog that it would create a new Open RPG Creative License, or ORC, that’s designed to be “open, perpetual, and irrevocable.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. Nigeria’s mobile money landscape, however, has been dominated by banks and other financial services companies. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

TikTok and Sony Music Entertainment have reached a licensing deal that will keep bringing songs from the record group’s roster of hit artists to the shortform video app. Neither company would tell The Verge any real details about what this means for TikTok users. For the most part, it seems like things will largely stay the same.

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2020

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. An artist’s conception shows BlackSky’s Global satellites in orbit. BlackSky Illustration).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine , has acquired the game development toolset creator RAD Game Tools , headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. RAD is one of those companies that runs under the radar, but has quietly influenced much of the modern games industry. Epic Games Image).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The clinical-stage company is launching from Seattle Children’s Therapeutics , an innovation hub within the pediatric hospital. The startup has an exclusive license to use novel CAR T-cell technology developed by Jensen and his team.

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TM Forum

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In 2021, just six companies – Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple – generated nearly 57% of global network traffic, according to research by Sandvine, a network monitoring company. funding and tax incentives to CSPs developing Open RAN. figures from Reuters. billion euros ($59.4 billion people.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - How To Get the Best User-Friendly Software Licensing Protection - Information Technology Blog. These software licensing protection gurus offer the most dynamic licensing models to date. No More Host-Based Licensing Frustrating Your End-User. Focus on Your Customers.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised $3.5 The six-employee company has partnerships with an undisclosed public biopharma company, the University of British Columbia, and others. The tech was originally developed to protect military vehicles from missiles.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Rec Room screenshot) Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It’s definitely helped with our productivity in general, so we don’t have to watch and rewatch our gameplay videos,” said Joey Thigpen, co-lead developer.

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GeekWire

JULY 7, 2021

Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. The company, a spin-out from the UW’s Institute for Protein Design , is developing vaccines to resemble naturally occurring viruses. Icosavax Photo). Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 28, 2024

A company will make its program using open source, make millions from it, and then — and only then — switch licenses, leaving their contributors, customers, and partners in the lurch as they try to grab billions. Unless you're a developer, chances are you've never heard of it.) I'm sick of it. That, anyone can understand.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Tax software giant Avalara made yet another acquisition, announcing Monday that it bought property tax compliance software developer CrowdReason Limited Liability Company. Other recent Avalara acquisitions include DAVO Technologies, Business Licenses, Transaction Tax Resources, INPOSIA Solutions, and Impendulo Limited.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2023

based video game developer Bungie has filed a new lawsuit that targets multiple individuals who make and distribute cheat programs for Bungie’s flagship game Destiny 2. The use of cheat programs like this is typically a violation of the Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) that users must agree to in order to play a game like Destiny 2.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

PUBG -maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday : it’s suing the developer of two mobile games that it accuses of copying PUBG: Battlegrounds , the hit PC battle royale shooter, and it’s suing Apple and Google for distributing those games on their app stores. PUBG-maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday. Image: Krafton. Free Fire earned $1.1

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2022

Next Games is a developer based in Finland. Netflix has made an offer to acquire Next Games , the Finland-based developer behind mobile puzzle RPG Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales. In a blog post , Netflix’s VP of games Mike Verdu said that the acquisition was to help the company “build a library of great games for our members to enjoy.”

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NASA will soon perform a significant upgrade to the systems employed in its spaceflight computers, adopting the RISC-V architecture developed and provided under open-source licenses. NASA selected SiFive to provide the CPU cores, a fitting choice as the company headquartered in San Mateo, California was founded 7 years ago to.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. New funding: At a moment when vaccines are on everyone’s mind, a Seattle-based biotech company that has an unusual approach to vaccine production has raised $100 million in a Series B round.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2024

of Nvidia’s enterprise-spanning AI software platform will feature a smorgasbord of microservices designed to speed app development and provide quick ways to ramp up deployments, the company announced today at its GPU Technology Conference. the company said. Version 5.0 Nvidia’s AI Enterprise 5.0

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2021

Epic Games is launching free voice chat and anti-cheat services that developers can implement in their games, the company announced on Tuesday. But with cheating still plaguing many of the world’s biggest games , it’s hard to argue against developers having another tool in their arsenal. Image: Epic Games.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

The company will also no longer develop or research the technology, IBM tells The Verge. Notably, the NIST’s study did not include technology from Amazon, which is one of the few major tech companies to sell facial recognition software to law enforcement. The company also said that individuals can opt-out of the data set.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2023

The Seattle-based company is developing a small-scale solution for fusion power, which is called clean energy’s “holy grail” because of its potential for generating unlimited amounts of power. Langtry and co-founder and Chief Operations Officer Brian Riordan met at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company in Kent, Wash.,

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Among other things, the Blumenthal-Hawley framework would establish an independent oversight body and require companies developing AI systems for “high risk” applications to go through a registration and licensing process. We think it has good solutions in terms of a licensing system for high-risk systems.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Moonstone Bank , formerly known as Farmington State Bank, said in a statement that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research trading firm has less than a 10% stake in its parent company, with no board seats and no direct involvement in management. 23 that FBH, the parent company of Farmington State Bank, received $11.5

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce, Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to current and former moderators to compensate them for mental health issues developed on the job. Scola developed symptoms of PTSD after nine months on the job.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Mobile app developer Kosta Eleftheriou, who publicly called out Apple earlier this year for negligence with regard to policing iOS scams and copycat apps on the App Store, has filed a lawsuit against the iPhone maker in California. It details the development and release timeline of Eleftheriou’s Apple Watch keyboard app FlickType.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Tax automation software provider Avalara is buying another company. This time it’s INPOSIA Solutions , a Germany-based company that helps more than 700 customers manage and meet compliance requirements for digital invoices. The 10-year-old company employs more than 80 people around the world. Avalara reported $127.9

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Vox

MARCH 20, 2024

The nearly 20-year-old company is seeking to raise up to $748 million in its IPO on March 21, putting its valuation at about $6.4 It’s the first time that a major social media company has gone public since Snap (i.e., The company is reserving about 1.76 Snapchat ) in 2017. million in 2023. If it can’t, it risks another mutiny.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Seattle-area engineering centers : Check out our list of offices established by companies headquartered outside of the region. This week’s dismissals at Unity are the largest in the company’s 20-year history, and come after a November layoff that affected 265 employees.

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GeekWire

MARCH 19, 2024

Blue Ring is a multi-mission, multi-orbit vehicle that’s being developed to facilitate logistical services in orbit. Although Blue Origin didn’t specify the cost of the mission, contract filings show that the Defense Department has awarded the company $4.9 million for the development of multi-orbit logistics vehicles.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2024

Oliver Banks, Retail Consultant and Author Oliver Banks But according to Banks, one of the most impressive cases he’s seen in retail involves a company and source he can’t disclose. A chief commercial officer of a clothing company learned to use Midjourney to create images of new clothing products. And software code is a language.”

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The Verge

JANUARY 2, 2021

Amphetamine’s developer says Apple told him to change the app’s name and remove the pill from its logo. The developer of Amphetamine, an app that prevents Macs from going into sleep mode, says Apple told him it violated App Store guidelines, even though it’s been in the App Store since 2014, and has nothing to do with drug use.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2023

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. 19, Paizo’s ORC coalition reportedly includes over 1,500 companies.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

ACCO’s plans for PowerA in the future include leveraging development and supply chains between PowerA and its portfolio company Kensington, as well as expanding PowerA’s sales presence in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. More importantly, the PowerA acquisition is part of a plan by ACCO to evolve its business.

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