Inside its Seattle lab, Zeno Power is analyzing different combinations of ingredients for a new type of radioisotope power system — a "test kitchen" for power sources that could someday go to the bottom of the ocean or the surface of the moon. Zeno, which just
raised $50 million, has about 45 employees in Seattle and plans to grow.
Read more. A Whole Foods store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is closing after seven years as the Amazon-owned grocery chain cited “performance and growth potential.” Read more.
Free robots for the farm: A first-of-its-kind lending program north of Seattle lets growers borrow autonomous robots and other agriculture technology devices. Read more.
In case you missed it: The guest on this weekend’s GeekWire Podcast was a former Microsoft engineer who protested inside GeekWire's independent Microsoft@50 event in March. Hossam Nasr, one of the organizers of “No Azure for Apartheid,” explains why the group is demanding that the company end its contracts with the Israeli military. We also examine Microsoft’s response and the broader implications for the industry. Read more and listen here.
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Amazon’s delivery lockers aren’t 100% theft-proof. (West Seattle Blog)
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Washington Research Foundation awarded $275,000 to UW professor Dr. David Koelle for his work on a genital herpes vaccine. (WRF)
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Author and activist Cory Doctorow on tech giants chasing profits at the expense of users. (Cascade PBS)
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