GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Learn to Lead with Impact: [Invest in your future. Register today for our 2/8 Experience Foster event.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Seattle inventor’s Heroclip gear-holding gadget acquired after raising $2M and selling 1M units]( Heroclip, a unique gear-holding gadget invented by Seattle entrepreneur Mina Yoo, has been acquired by Gear Aid of Bellingham, Wash. [What predicts long-COVID? Study led by Seattle researchers provides some answers]( What makes some people with COVID-19 develop the often-debilitating symptoms of long-COVID, with its varying effects like brain fog, weakness and fatigue? 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[Newly-formed Seattle VC firm aims to mine Univ. of Washington network for talent, innovation, money]( The University of Washington is an absolute research powerhouse, ranking fifth among U.S. [Microsoft beats expectations with $51.7B in revenue, $18.8B profit; stock down 5% after hours]( Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year, and profits of $18.8 billion, an increase of 21%, with earnings per share of $2.48, up 22%. SPONSORED: GEEK REAL ESTATE [Just Listed: Top-floor, South-facing Condo on Alki]( [Webb Telescope fires thrusters to settle in at destination, a million miles from Earth]( The James Webb Space Telescope successfully fired its thrusters to put it in position at a gravitational balance point a million miles beyond Earth. [Seattle Colleges and Amazon create new opportunity for computer science degrees]( The pressing need for more computer science graduates combined with tech companies’ pledges to build more racially and ethnically diverse workforces are teeing up a new solution: Empower two-year colleges to offer computer science bachelor’s degrees. [Her First $100K founder has her first app: Tori Dunlap wants to teach more women how to invest]( Tori Dunlap, the founder of Seattle-based Her First $100K, is bringing her brand of financial feminism and education to a new platform, partnering with a startup called Treasury on an app to share her secrets to investing success. [SAP backs contract management software startup Icertis, following recent SoftBank investment]( Icertis, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that sells contract management software, landed an undisclosed investment from SAP as part of an expanded partnership with the German multinational. [Amazon Go — to the suburbs: Company to try its high-tech convenience store outside urban core]( Amazon Go is going where customers live, not just where they work. [Seattle VC firm Fuse reveals size of inaugural fund that has backed 17 Pacific Northwest startups]( Fuse, a new Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm, has disclosed the size of its inaugural fund for the first time. [The great startup reset: Why founders should prepare for lower valuations]( The S&P 500 is down more than 10% since the beginning of the year, putting it into “correction” territory. [Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan spins off VC group with new name, broader investor base]( Vulcan Capital, the venture capital group founded in 2003 as an internal division of Paul Allen’s Seattle-based Vulcan Inc. [Tech Moves: Tableau’s new data chief; Outreach, Trulioo add CPOs; Gemini recruits CTO from AWS]( — Microsoft alum Wendy Turner-Williams is now chief data officer at Tableau. 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