Seattle
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- parent of Climate Pledge Arena 100%
- located in Katie Wilson 90%
- located in Margaret Callahan 90%
- employed by Darius Irani 90%
- employed by Liesl Wigand 90%
- headquartered in Eugene Yan 90%
- located in Seattle City Council 90%
- headquartered in Starbucks 90%
- affiliated with Amazon Employees for Climate Justice 70%
- instance of Katie Wilson 70%
- located in Darius Irani 70%
- located in Emily M Bender 70%
- 2026-06-19 regulatory Seattle's city council approved a one-year moratorium on new large data center construction. source
- 2026-06-14 product_launch Seattle has begun using an AI system to help triage and divert 911 medical calls. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle passed a moratorium on new data center construction. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle's City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new large data center construction. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle has imposed a temporary ban on new data center construction. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle enacted a year-long moratorium on new AI datacenters. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle enacted a year-long moratorium on new AI datacenters. source
- 2026-06-10 regulatory Seattle enacted a one-year moratorium on new AI datacenters. source
- 2026-06-09 regulatory Amazon employees are advocating for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in Seattle. source
- 2026-06-09 regulatory Amazon employees and residents are advocating for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in Seattle due to environmental concerns. source
- 2026-06-05 regulatory Seattle city council committees passed a one-year moratorium on new AI data center construction to study community impact. source
- 2026-06-05 regulatory Seattle is implementing a one-year moratorium on new AI data center construction to study community impact. source
- 2026-06-05 regulatory Seattle implemented a yearlong moratorium on data center construction following public outcry. source
- 2026-06-04 regulatory Seattle is poised to pass a year-long moratorium on new data center construction. source
- 2026-06-04 regulatory Seattle's city government is poised to pass a year-long moratorium on new datacenter construction. source
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New benchmark tests LLMs on relative urban activity comparisons
Researchers have developed a new benchmark called URBANCONTRASTIVEQA to evaluate how well tool-augmented large language models can understand relative urban activity. The benchmark presents pairs of urban situations fro…
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Claude AI Misuse Surfaces Amid Broader AI Harms and Cybercrime Crackdowns
Anthropic's AI model, Claude, is reportedly being misused for harmful purposes, including generating content related to hacks and bioweapons. This misuse is part of a broader trend of AI-generated harmful content, with …
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Seattle's Coyote Population Explodes Due to Abundant Urban Food Sources
Coyotes have become significantly more prevalent in Seattle compared to surrounding wilderness areas, with populations nine times larger. This surge is attributed to the readily available food sources within the city, w…
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Avatar Sequel Trailer Drops; Doctor Doom Linked to Seattle Surveillance
This cluster contains two unrelated news items from the same Mastodon account. The first discusses the trailer release for 'Avatar: Seven Havens,' a sequel series to 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,' set to premiere on Para…
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Doctor Doom persona highlights Seattle's surveillance camera concerns
A policy advisor in Seattle, Clifford Cawthon, appeared at a Public Safety Committee meeting dressed as the Marvel supervillain Doctor Doom to protest the city's extensive use of surveillance cameras. Cawthon, who is al…
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Nvidia offers RTX 50-series GPUs at MSRP in person at PAX West
Nvidia is making Founder's Edition RTX 50-series GPUs available at MSRP in person at PAX West. This initiative, previously seen at QuakeCon, aims to offer cards like the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 directly to cons…
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Volkswagen to cut 50,000 jobs in major restructuring plan
Volkswagen Group has announced its "Future Plan 2030," a significant restructuring initiative aimed at improving its operating margin to nine percent by 2030. This plan involves cutting approximately 50,000 jobs across …
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AWS builds new 420 Tbps subsea cable for AI workloads
Amazon Web Services is constructing a new 420 Tbps subsea cable, named Sta’O’Nuk, that will connect Japan to Ocean Shores, Washington, and is expected to be operational by 2029. This initiative aims to bolster trans-Pac…
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Redfin report shows San Francisco housing market booming while Seattle slumps
A recent report from Redfin indicates a significant boom in San Francisco's housing market, contrasting sharply with a slump observed in Seattle. This divergence highlights differing economic trends between the two majo…
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New model tackles informative missing data in time series forecasting
Researchers have developed a new statistical model, MNAR-LDS, designed to handle missing data in time series, particularly in traffic forecasting systems. This model accounts for 'information blackouts' where data loss …
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Starbucks discontinues blending powder after baristas report illness
Starbucks has discontinued a blending powder used in its Summer Blended Refreshers due to concerns raised by baristas. The powder, intended to ensure consistent texture, caused dust to become airborne, leading to respir…
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Gen Z loses trust in business due to layoffs, broken promises, and pay gaps
A growing number of younger workers are losing faith in American businesses due to perceived broken promises and unfair practices. Layoffs are frequent and often lack severance, while health insurance can be abruptly cu…
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FairGIN model improves bike-sharing demand prediction and equity
Researchers have developed FairGIN, a novel graph neural network designed to improve demand prediction for bike-sharing systems, particularly in expanding urban networks. This model addresses two key challenges: the col…
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Dolly Parton's legacy: Dollywood and education initiatives transform Tennessee county
Dolly Parton's profound connection to her Tennessee roots is being honored following her passing, with many remembering her significant contributions to the region. Beyond her music career, Parton invested heavily in he…
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FairGIN model improves bike-share demand prediction and equity
Researchers have developed FairGIN, a graph neural network designed to improve demand prediction for bike-sharing systems, particularly in expanding urban networks. This model addresses two key challenges: the cold-star…
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Pleasant weather noted in Kirkland, Washington
This item describes a pleasant day in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle located on Lake Washington. The weather is noted as being in the mid-80s with clear skies. The content appears to be a lifestyle or travel …
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Thieves steal $50k Nintendo NES game collection from Washington family
A family in Pierce County, Washington, is devastated after thieves broke into their home and stole a collection of over 850 retro Nintendo NES games, valued at more than $50,000. The collection, amassed over 40 years, w…
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Bill Gates on AI Danger Thresholds, Ukraine War's Impact on Game Dev
Bill Gates believes humanity has surpassed critical danger points related to artificial intelligence, suggesting a shift in focus is now needed. This perspective comes from a report by MIT Technology Review, which also …
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Affordable TB molecular tests enter new era with WHO backing
The field of tuberculosis diagnostics is entering a new era with the introduction of affordable, near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (NPOC-NAATs). These tests, recommended by the World Health Organizatio…
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Harell Data launches with $15M to provide secure access to scientific AI training data
Harell Data, a new startup based in Seattle, has secured $15 million in funding. The company aims to provide AI modelers with access to proprietary scientific datasets. Harell Data also plans to ensure data security and…