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Funko names Netflix vet as new CEO a week after pop culture collectibles maker reported $41M loss

Everett, Wash.-based Funko, makers of pop culture collectibles, named Josh Simon as the company’s new CEO. The move comes on ...

Sci-fi fans voice real-world concerns about how AI is changing the information ecosystem

The real-world effects of AI are creating a lot of buzz at the world's premier sci-fi convention, taking place this week in ...

Paul Allen estate to sell Portland Trail Blazers to group led by Carolina NHL team owner

Fans pack the Moda Center in Portland during a Trail Blazers home game. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) The owner of the ...

F5 laying off 106 employees in Washington state as part of changes to product org

F5 is supporting impacted employees with their transition to new roles or outside of the company. F5 topped estimates for its ...

Oracle lays off 161 employees in Seattle as part of broader reported cuts impacting cloud business

Oracle is laying off 161 workers in Seattle, according to a filing with the Washington state Employment Security Department. The cloud and database giant has more than 400 employees in the Seattle ...

On a mission to ‘kill Google Chrome,’ UW students join Y Combinator to launch AI-powered browser

Meteor co-founders and Farhan Khan, left, and Pranav Madhukar during a Y Combinator demonstration. (Photo courtesy of Meteor) Two computer science ...

Josh Simon

Everett, Wash.-based Funko, makers of pop culture collectibles, named Josh Simon as the company’s new CEO. The move comes on ...

Farhan Khan

Two computer science students on leave from the University of Washington are building what they call the “world’s most intelligent web browser,” using agentic AI to complete tasks like a… Read More ...

Pranav Madhukar

Two computer science students on leave from the University of Washington are building what they call the “world’s most intelligent web browser,” using agentic AI to complete tasks like a… Read More ...