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Master & Dynamic’s MW08 Sport earbuds have wireless charging and a Kevlar case

The Verge

The new MW08 Sport noise-canceling earbuds are available today for $349, a $50 price increase over the standard MW08 buds released earlier this year. The charging case nets you an additional 30 hours. Master & Dynamic has announced the latest addition to its distinctive lineup of true wireless earbuds.

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Let’s get Kraken! Seattle hockey team has a name and logo as sports mystery finally surfaces

GeekWire

In the time since, Seattle sports fans who grew up on Mariners, Seahawks, Supersonics, Sounders, Storm and more have speculated about all the possible names which could befall a new hockey franchise. The team will play in a reimagined and expensively remodeled version of what was KeyArena, the sports and concert venue at Seattle Center.

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Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena is the first arena in the world to land Zero Carbon certification

GeekWire

The company’s investments helped make it the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world. Amazon secured the naming rights for Seattle’s rebuilt KeyArena, dubbing it the Climate Pledge Arena. Among its enviro features is a living wall.

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Google opens Bay View, its first self-designed campus

TechSpot

Bay View is an all-electric, net water positive facility sporting the largest geothermal installation in North America. The search giant shared renderings of its futuristic campus in 2015, and the finished product looks a lot like what we initially saw years ago. Google said it polled employees about what they.

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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. That mosquito nets are dangerous to people would be news to basically any public health professional who’s ever studied them. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets.

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Seattle Kraken owner Samantha Holloway leans on tech startup experience to lead NHL franchise

GeekWire

“This is a sports team,” she said. The company’s investments helped make it the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world. She points to helping teach kids how to play hockey outside her office window at the Kraken Community Iceplex, or broadening the sport to new fans.

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Amazon discloses 20% stake in electric vehicle startup Rivian, makers of future delivery van

GeekWire

billion, and are recorded within “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheets with adjustments recognized in “Other income (expense), net” on our consolidated statements of operations. The EV maker has begun production and delivery of its R1T all-electric pickup truck and will launch the R1S sport utility vehicle in December.

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