Trending:Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.Disruptive technology is embraced in sectors where customers are eager to tear up and replace old models for doing business. That’s not so much the case in the metals industry, which produces the raw materials for items from jet engines to hip replacements.“Because we’re disruptive,” said , “it’s very hard to get traction.”King is the president and executive director of , a 5-year-old startup in Albany, a small city 70 miles south of Portland. The company sells an MRI sort of tool that can precisely identify flaws in...…Trending:Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.Disruptive technology is embraced in sectors where customers are eager to tear up and replace old models for doing business. That’s not so much the case in the metals industry, which produces the raw materials for items from jet engines to hip replacements.“Because we’re disruptive,” said , “it’s very hard to get traction.”King is the president and executive director of , a 5-year-old startup in Albany, a small city 70 miles south of Portland. The company sells an MRI sort of tool that can precisely identify flaws in...WW…

Trending:Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry.Washington state unveiled a new app to inform residents if they’ve been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19, as infection rates in the state soar to an average of 2,700 cases a day., announced Monday morning, is a free app that uses technology developed through a joint effort by Apple and Google called the . The app takes advantage of low-energy Bluetooth signals emitted by smartphones to detect and remember interactions, allowing people to be notified if they’ve been in proximity to someone...…Trending:Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry.Washington state unveiled a new app to inform residents if they’ve been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19, as infection rates in the state soar to an average of 2,700 cases a day., announced Monday morning, is a free app that uses technology developed through a joint effort by Apple and Google called the . The app takes advantage of low-energy Bluetooth signals emitted by smartphones to detect and remember interactions, allowing people to be notified if they’ve been in proximity to someone...WW…