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9:12 AM PST Amazon9:12 AM PST Microsoft, Brooks, Unilever and others join Amazon’s Climate Pledge, topping 30 signatories
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8:27 AM PST Startups8:27 AM PST Univ. of Washington rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts
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4:01 PM PST Amazon4:01 PM PST Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning
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11:18 AM PST Tech11:18 AM PST Washington state extends COVID-19 lockdown restrictions another three weeks through Jan. 4
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12:58 PM PST Space12:58 PM PST SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband
10:49 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:49 AM PST Melinda Gates talks about vaccine disinformation and calls for Biden to appoint caregiving ‘czar’
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Ex-Amazon engineer raises $500K to grow voice tech platform used by Whirlpool, LG, others
6:54 AM PST Amazon6:54 AM PST First glimpse of Amazon’s new robotaxi: Zoox autonomous vehicle spotted during video shoot
6:00 AM PST Startups6:00 AM PST Agriculture tech startup iUNU raises $7M for greenhouse computer vision system
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8:00 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 29, 2020
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