TechFlash: Microsoft launches first desktop PC; Another big SLU tech lease

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South Lake Union building lands big tech tenant, and you get one guess who it is The 81,000-square-foot lease is for space that previously held the corporate headquarters of retailer Tommy Bahama. Why Microsoft is releasing its first-ever desktop PC, the 'Surface Studio' A year after introducing Microsoft's first-ever laptop the Surface Book – named for the successful line of Surface tablets – the company on Wednesday introduced the desktop PC version. Gov. Jay Inslee's top donors include Mariners, Michael Bloomberg and Amazon execs At least 40 prominent business leaders are among the ,ore than 330 donors who gave the maximum individual contribution to Inslee's re-election campaign. Bill Bryant's top donors include Paccar CEO, Weyerhaeuser heir and Martin Selig At least 30 prominent business leaders were among the nearly 180 donors who gave the state's $2,000 maximum individual contribution to Bryant's campaign. Kitsap-based Critical Informatics raising $4M to expand cyber security platform Critical Informatics, which has developed a monitoring platform that identifies cyber attacks and provides a response and recovery service, plans to use the funding to hire new consultants and expand operations beyond Washington. Boeing sees rising profits and forecasts more jet deliveries for the year Boeing said it expects to deliver between 745 and 750 commercial airplanes this year. That is up from a previous forecast of between 740 and 745 deliveries. Delta plans gate expansion at Sea-Tac to handle space crunch Port of Seattle Commissioners approved the fast-tracked project Tuesday, saying it's needed to alleviate a gate shortage that's about to get worse. Embraer pays $205 million in foreign bribe case that may have cost its rival Boeing deals A SEC probe exposed bribes Embraer paid for airplane sales in Saudi Arabia, the Dominican Republic and Mozambique. Did the scheme cost Boeing? National Tech News ​Apple's cash grows to record $237.6B, nearly all of it sitting offshore Google Fiber may lay off 9% of its staff as CEO steps down and its halts its expansion SpaceX CEO Elon Musk dishes about mission to Mars Here's ​Facebook's five-year mobile video prediction IBM wants Watson to talk with you while you work and while you drive

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