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Top stories so far this week

Washington state is way down the list in another ranking of the best places to live
WalletHub's 2026 "Best States to Live In" list puts Washington at No.
This former Amazon exec is moving his startup’s HQ to Texas, and he has a few notes for Seattle
Auger will keep and grow its 115-person engineering office in Bellevue, but co-founder and CEO Dave Clark has relocated the supply chain startup's headquarters to North Dallas.
Gates Foundation gives $540 million to UW health institute, the largest gift in university history
The Gates Foundation is giving $540.2 million over 10 years to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the largest charitable gift in UW history.
Tech Moves: Amazon VP leaves for Lime; MicroVision and Slalom name execs; Microsoft departures
Former Amazon VP Hannah McClellan Richards is now COO of Lime; MicroVision, Slalom and Gravyty add to their C-suites; Microsoft leaders depart for Crusoe and Gartner.
Ex-Meta AI research director raises $10.25M from Trilogy and Madrona for stealth physical AI startup
Kevin Carlberg, who led AI research teams at Meta focused on wearable computing, has raised $10.25 million for Noosphere Labs, a stealth startup working on what it calls "human-centered physical intelligence."
Mark Zuckerberg makes waves again, sparring on a barge and charting a course for the future of AI
Man vs. machine might be the rallying cry of our future with AI, but for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the fight is here now — in more ways than one.
Kalshi brings in former U.S. solicitor general as Washington state gambling case escalates
Kalshi is still operating in Washington nearly three weeks after a Seattle judge granted the state a preliminary injunction against the prediction market platform.
Self-flying air taxis and drones: Boeing sells key aviation technology businesses to Archer
Boeing is selling Wisk, SkyGrid and Insitu to Archer in a major deal combining autonomous aircraft, drones, airspace technology and AI.
Seahawks buyer Vinod Khosla punts back to team management when it comes to Lumen Field turf talk
When asked directly whether he’d swap Lumen Field's artificial turf for real grass, the billionaire venture capitalist made it clear he intends to leave groundskeeping decisions to the team's front office.
New report offers Washington state a way out of its quantum conundrum
A report from the Washington Technology Industry Association, the Northwest Quantum Nexus and the state Department of Commerce finds that Washington has the country's deepest bench of quantum technology assets but has captured almost none of the federal money funding the industry.
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