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Univ. of Washington rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts

GeekWire

This week the UW unveiled Husky FAST Start , a new licensing process meant to speed up startup license discussions. universities more control over technology licensing. 1 in 2018 among public universities for the amount of federal money spent annually on research and development. public university. The UW also ranked No.

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch

GeekWire

Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. The company, a spin-out from the UW’s Institute for Protein Design , is developing vaccines to resemble naturally occurring viruses. Icosavax Photo). Net losses were $5.3 million in 2019 and $18.9

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Facial recognition software that can identify suspects, databases that can be tapped to track suspects’ movements and locations, automatic license plate … Read more on Los Angeles Times. Leaders at the Silicon Valley giant have said they want to get the technology to the public by 2017. Read more on The Denver Post.

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New zero-click iMessage Pegasus attack can blast right through iOS 14's security protections

TechSpot

Last year, it emerged that Facebook wanted to buy the infamous Pegasus spyware tool in 2017 with the explicit purpose to monitor iPhone and iPad users. Pegasus developer NSO Group refused to sell it for that purpose, as the firm is known for its strict policy of only licensing its.

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PUBG’s developer is suing Apple, Google, and the developer of lucrative PUBG lookalike Free Fire

The Verge

PUBG -maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday : it’s suing the developer of two mobile games that it accuses of copying PUBG: Battlegrounds , the hit PC battle royale shooter, and it’s suing Apple and Google for distributing those games on their app stores. PUBG-maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday. Image: Krafton.

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U.S. blames China for Microsoft exploit, lists a Washington university among separate hack targets

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the importance of security at a past Microsoft Build developer conference. GeekWire File Photo). ” GeekWire has contacted the University of Washington, which appears to uniquely fit that description, for further comment. Both actions are part of a broader attempt by the U.S.

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