TechFlash: Amazon, Apple and e-books; Bill Gates on Thai food; Cloud hires

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Why Apple's e-book price fixing hasn't held Amazon back Apple will have to pay a $450 million settlement ordered by a lower court, which found the company played a "central role" in conspiring with publishers to raise the price of e-books and force Amazon to also raise prices. Bill Gates shares thoughts on artificial intelligence, bioterrorism and Thai food The Seattle billionaire shared some of his concerns during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session on Tuesday. California investors poured three times more into Washington startups than locals in 2015 Washington state ranked No. 4 in the amount of capital raised through venture funding rounds – behind California, Massachusetts and New York – and No. 5 in the number of startups funded in 2015. Cloud computing businesses hang 'now hiring' signs The cloud operations of local companies such as Microsoft and Amazon.com, as well as California tech giants like Google, are actively hiring cloud specialists in the Seattle area. FDA fast-tracks Omeros' kidney drug as company moves into Phase 3 tests Seattle biotech Omeros' stock price rose by 16 percent after it reported advances in the testing of a kidney disease drug, widening the company's drug pipeline. Janicki wins, Boeing loses in Northrop contracts for Air Force B-21 bomber Washington state aerospace supplier Janicki Industries won big Monday, with a piece of the new B-21 bomber. Boeing didn't fare as well in the contract. UW's MyGene2 tool will help patients with rare diseases connect University of Washington researchers have launched MyGene2 as an online platform to help patients find each other, and researchers and scientist find useful information to help make genetic diagnoses for the more than 70 percent of families with undiagnosed rare diseases. Omeros notches $13 million in sales of first drug Since launching its Omidria eye cataract surgery drug, Omeros has rung up $13.3 million in sales, the company said in an earnings report. How to build a startup town Chris DeVore, the director of startup incubator Techstars and investment group Founders Co-op says founding a company should become a more common aspiration. National Tech News ​Tim Cook, Larry Page and Elon Musk attend secret Trump meeting Ex-spy agency chief foreshadowed Apple-FBI battle at Vail conference Aerojet Rocketdyne names new head of engineering Salesforce puts meditation rooms on every floor after monks visit

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