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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. The idea for Blues came from Ozzie’s work as a board director at Safecast , a data monitoring nonprofit that launched in response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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

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The company has rapidly expanded its infrastructure through the acquisition of physical retail brands, including Liquor Barn in Kentucky and BevMo! Last year, the startup sold off its fundraising product for universities and nonprofits. Gopuff currently offers its delivery service in more than 650 cities including Seattle and Portland.

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

CTOvision

The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”. “My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said.

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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. Most of my clients were endowed nonprofits, foundations and universities, and the returns we achieved for them went back into helping further their missions, so there was a lot of meaning to the work we did there.”. Zenoti Photo).

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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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