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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen makes landmark $40M gift for University of Washington computer science school

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will make a $40 million gift to the University of Washington’s computer science and engineering program… Read More

Why war? Exhibit at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection takes on big question

EVERETT, Wash. – The idea behind the Flying Heritage Collection’s groundbreaking new exhibit about the causes and effects of conflict,… Read More

Photos: Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and more cool artifacts in MoPOP’s Sci-Fi Hall of Fame exhibit

Items that were worn, handled, scribbled in and typed on during the creation of some of the most iconic science fiction… Read More

Paul Allen’s Upstream Music Fest announces initial lineup of artists with more than 100 acts

Paul Allen’s love of live music will be showcased by a wide-ranging group of artists when the Microsoft co-founder’s inaugural… Read More

Macklemore, Quincy Jones among keynote speakers for Paul Allen’s Upstream Music Fest

The Upstream Music Fest and Summit has announced the three keynote speakers and four themes that will anchor the conference portion… Read More

First a name change, and now Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture is going to get a new leader

On the heels of another major name change, Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture is also getting a change in… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen uses Lenovo ThinkPad laptop at Seahawks game during Sunday Night Football

Paul Allen uses a Lenovo ThinkPad — while watching Seahawks games, at least. During the second quarter of the nationally-televised… Read More

Resurrected! Paul Allen’s tech team brings 50-year-old supercomputer back from the dead

If you think the words “supercomputer” and “punchcards” don’t belong in the same sentence, you haven’t visited Seattle’s Living Computers Museum… Read More

New York firms drop $244M on Amazon-occupied office building in Seattle

Another in Amazon’s seemingly endless roster of office buildings in Seattle has sold for a big price. This one is… Read More

Video Tour: Inside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s newly expanded Living Computers Museum + Labs

I can’t remember a time before computers. They’ve always been a part of my life, yet I never considered how… Read More

Meet MoPOP: Paul Allen’s EMP Museum changes name to Museum of Pop Culture

Update: The museum shared a news release about the name change late Tuesday. This story has been updated to reflect… Read More

New Netflix documentary ‘The Ivory Game’ further showcases Paul Allen’s fight for elephants

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s ongoing efforts to shed light on the plight of African elephants comes to Netflix on Friday… Read More

Settlement reached months after Paul Allen mega-yacht blamed for damage to Cayman Islands reef

An agreement has been reached between a company owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and the Cayman Islands government months… Read More

Annotated guide to the brain: The Allen Institute creates 3-D map of mouse cortex

After years of painstaking work, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has completed a digital 3-D map of the mouse… Read More

Paul Allen rumored to be seller of 1963 jet painting that could fetch $35 million

A painting that looks like it would be right at home in Jet City is ready for takeoff — and… Read More

Why former Microsoft execs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen are spending $525K on a state Supreme Court race

Something rare and historic is happening to Washington state’s Supreme Court. An unprecedented number of incumbent seats (three to be… Read More

Paul Allen’s Living Computers: Museum + Labs rebranded and expanded to better ‘ignite curiosity’

The Seattle museum founded by Paul Allen as a means of preserving and honoring computer technology has undergone a name… Read More

Vulcan’s billionaire founder, Paul Allen, hands CEO role to tech veteran Bill Hilf

Thirty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen established Vulcan Inc. to build on his vision of a wired world, he’s… Read More

Book recounts how billionaires Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos helped start a space race

Commercial spaceflight seems to be hitting its stride right about now, thanks in part to the launch programs funded by… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch teams up (again) with Orbital ATK on air-launched rockets

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems has renewed its partnership with Orbital ATK on a platform that will make use… Read More

Internal email: Paul Allen’s top space exec Chuck Beames leaving Vulcan Aerospace

Aerospace veteran Chuck Beames is leaving his post as president of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s spaceflight company, Vulcan Aerospace. Word… Read More

Check out the latest images of Google’s future Seattle campus

Google’s new Seattle campus — deep in the heart of Amazon country in the South Lake Union neighborhood — will… Read More

Paul Allen’s Great Elephant Census confirms catastrophic decline in Africa

A first-of-its-kind census of African savanna elephants reveals that populations have declined by as much as 30 percent over the… Read More

Paul Allen creating Seattle music festival to celebrate ‘sound and culture’ of the Pacific Northwest

Music fans who travel away from Seattle to experience the energy of a multi-day music festival elsewhere will finally have… Read More

Art meets tech at Seattle Art Fair with sculpted supercomputers, off-Earth dialects and sounds of the universe

Seattle Art Fair, the exhibition founded by billionaire Paul Allen to showcase unique and innovative works, kicks off for the… Read More

1973 Xerox Alto computer that inspired Paul Allen and others is restored and running at Seattle museum

A decades-old machine that inspired Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and others on the path to putting the “power… Read More

Paul Allen jumps into healthy meal delivery, backs organic meal kit startup Sun Basket

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital is taking a step outside the box, investing for a second time in the San Francisco-based organic… Read More

Paul Allen donates $1M to build homeless housing community in Seattle’s Columbia City

As part of yesterday’s Homeless in Seattle initiative, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced a $1 million donation to convert a… Read More

Columbus, Ohio, wins $50M in Vulcan-sponsored Smart City Challenge to transform transportation

Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, has been awarded $50 million as winner of the Smart City Challenge, an initiative designed… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch lifts veil on world’s biggest plane — a giant bet on a new way to space

MOJAVE, Calif. – When you walk into the place where Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is building the world’s biggest airplane,… Read More