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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

GeekWire

Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave is also working with In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investor for U.S. Seattle startup ThruWave just raised a $6.4

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

GeekWire

It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work. It is also working with partners to help with hardware engineering and integrating IoT data into apps.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

GeekWire

A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. The company has rapidly expanded its infrastructure through the acquisition of physical retail brands, including Liquor Barn in Kentucky and BevMo! Read the story. Gopuff Photos). on the West Coast.

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SMU Continues To Innovate In Cyber Security Innovation: Launches new institute and innovation gym

CTOvision

The Innovation Gym helps develop young minds, turning students loose to solve real-world problems under tight deadlines, overcoming intermediate failures as they learn to innovate. By funding the Innovation Gym, the gift helps to develop the next generation of innovators equipped to solve emerging problems.”. “My

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

GeekWire

Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand. “I Retail spaces including hotels, grocery stores and other businesses have started installing chargers for customer use. FlexCharging , a Redmond, Wash.,

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

Colacurcio previously worked as a director of retail communications and partner brand for Starbucks. My role was to develop the “Distributed File System” in Windows. “I wrote device drivers for the IBM PC, as well as Apple Mac IIs and SEs.”. What did you learn from it? Sudheer Koneru , Zenoti. Zenoti CEO Sudheer Koneru.

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The next privacy crisis

The Verge

Over the last decade, AR hardware designers have laid the groundwork for a new generation of mass-market products, even as technical hangups still limit its viability. Their hardware is wearable, hands-free, and potentially always on — you don’t have to grab a device and put it away when you’re done using it.

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