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Clip can make your bike electric in seconds without tools, batteries included

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Some startups, like Swytch, have had a head start and are offering their third-generation conversion kits with increased range and a pocketable battery pack. With many competitors offering similar solutions, how does a newcomer stand out?

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Computer problem forces another delay for first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, topped by Boeing’s Starliner space capsule, stands on its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) For the second time in a month, the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station was called off while the crew members were in their seats, waiting for liftoff.

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FCC ends high-speed internet subsidies as funds expire

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The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ended on Saturday after Congress failed to renew funding. Over 20 million low-income Americans had depended on the program to lower their internet bills for two and a half years.

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AI, the brain, and the crowd: Research explores new ways for humans and tech to work together

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Aniket (Niki) Kittur, a professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. (CMU Photo) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the frontier of crowd-augmented cognition, the concept of humans working together with the help of technology, including new ways that artificial intelligence is changing the field. Our guest is Aniket (Niki) Kittur , a professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University , where his research focuses

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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The heads of Nvidia, TSMC and Quanta take an evening stroll to discuss. what exactly?

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For chip enthusiasts it is a photo for the ages: Barry Lam, founder and the chairman of Quanta Computer, Jensen Huang, co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia and Morris Chang, the founder and former CEO of TSMC, are sitting alongside each other after an outing at the Ningxia night market.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaves Starbucks board after 7 years — read his resignation letter

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined the Starbucks board in 2017. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stepped down from the Starbucks board this week, according to a regulatory filing Friday by the Seattle-based coffee giant. In his letter of resignation , Nadella didn’t give a reason for his decision, but expressed confidence in Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan and the company’s senior leadership team.

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Yi-Jian Ngo, longtime leader of Seattle’s Alliance of Angels, steps down

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Yi-Jian Ngo. (Alliance of Angels Photo) Yi-Jian Ngo , a fixture of the Seattle startup community and longtime leader of the Alliance of Angels , is stepping down from the angel investor group. Ngo will depart to spend more time looking after his family. Maren Nelson , a board member at AoA, has taken on the interim executive director role. Founded in 1998 under the umbrella of the Technology Alliance, AoA spun out of the nonprofit in 2012.

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AMD Ryzen 9000 desktop CPU lineup leaked ahead of Computex launch

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An internal document from motherboard maker Gigabyte appears to reveal details about AMD's forthcoming Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors, codenamed "Granite Ridge." If the leak is legitimate – which we can probably confirm in just a few days when Computex 2024 kicks off – we can expect a significant performance boost.

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High schoolers developing accent-softening tool for call center agents win teen startup competition

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The Soundwave team, from left: Pradyu Kandala, Andy Kurapati, Dhruv Arora, Vedaant Kulkarni, Prithvi Aravind, Koshin Sharma. (Photo courtesy of TiE Seattle) Seattle-area high school students competed in the finals of the TiE Young Entrepreneur (TYE) Seattle chapter finals competition last week and a team called Soundwave is moving on to TYE’s Global Business Plan Competition next month.