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12:35pm, 5th March, 2020

Big tech firms ask Seattle employees to work from home over coronavirus fears

Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday joined Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp in recommending employees in the Seattle area to work from home, after many were infected with the coronavirus in the region.

Microsft asks staff in Seattle area, Silicon Valley to work from home

9:55pm, 4th March, 2020

News

Microsft asks staff in Seattle area, Silicon Valley to work from home

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday asked many of its employees in the Seattle region near its headquarters and the San Francisco Bay Area to work from home if possible until March 25, responding to a coronavirus outbreak near its headquarters in Washington...

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

7:47am, 2nd May, 2019

Space

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

The SpaceBelt data storage constellation takes advantage of a ring of satellites in low Earth orbit as well as geostationary satellites in higher orbits. (Cloud Constellation Illustration) has chosen , the U.S.-European joint venture based in Tukwil...

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

8:22am, 5th April, 2019

Space

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, speaks at the Satellite 2017 conference in Washington, D.C. (Via Satellite Magazine via YouTube) Boy, that escalated quickly: Just hours after, code-named Project Kuiper, the company post...

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: Final novel adds to Seattle science-fiction star’s legacy

11:54pm, 2nd April, 2019

Space

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: Final novel adds to Seattle science-fiction star’s legacy

Vonda McIntyre, 1948-2019. (SFWA Photo) Vonda N. McIntyre, a leader of Seattle’s science-fiction community who made her mark with “Star Trek” novels as well as the Clarion West Writers Workshop, has passed away at the age of 70. McIntyre was diagnose...

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: One last novel adds to legacy of Seattle sci-fi star

10:50pm, 2nd April, 2019

Space

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: One last novel adds to legacy of Seattle sci-fi star

Vonda McIntyre, 1948-2019. (SFWA Photo) Vonda N. McIntyre, a leader of Seattle’s science-fiction community who made her mark with “Star Trek” novels as well as the Clarion West Writers Workshop, has passed away at the age of 70. McIntyre was diagnose...

6:32pm, 18th March, 2019

Games

Valve veteran and Riot Games developer launch Stray Bombay, a new game studio in Seattle

(Stray Bombay Logo) Even if you don’t know ‘s name, you’ve likely heard of his work. As one of the writers at Valve Software in the 2000s, Faliszek helped create the stories of seminal video games including Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life 2: Episode O...

7:39pm, 12th March, 2019

Games

Seattle becomes official stop on Tekken World Tour, elevating its status in the world of fighting games

Tekken 7. (Bandai Namco Image) Every April, fighting-game fans from all over the world come to Washington for the tournament. Serious players of video games such as Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and Marvel vs. Capcom show up to compete for p...

5:59pm, 12th February, 2019

Games

Activision Blizzard subsidiary Z2 shuts down Seattle game studio amid larger layoffs

, a Seattle game studio owned by Activision Blizzard, is shutting down. The office closure is part of larger layoffs announced today by Activision Blizzard, which will . The gaming giant employed just under 10,000 employees last year. Z2 originally l...

4:10pm, 25th October, 2018

Space

SpaceX is reportedly looking for a $500M loan — and a few good Seattle baristas

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s BFR in flight. (SpaceX Illustration) Bloomberg News is quoting unnamed sources as saying that in the leveraged loan market with Goldman Sachs’ help. Today’s report said that Goldman Sachs Group is leading the tal...

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Big tech firms ask Seattle employees to work from home over coronavirus fears

Microsft asks staff in Seattle area, Silicon Valley to work from home

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: Final novel adds to Seattle science-fiction star’s legacy

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: One last novel adds to legacy of Seattle sci-fi star

Valve veteran and Riot Games developer launch Stray Bombay, a new game studio in Seattle

Seattle becomes official stop on Tekken World Tour, elevating its status in the world of fighting games

Activision Blizzard subsidiary Z2 shuts down Seattle game studio amid larger layoffs

SpaceX is reportedly looking for a $500M loan — and a few good Seattle baristas

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