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The interior of a Lion Air 737 MAX cockpit. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

Newly stringent FAA tests spur a fundamental software redesign of Boeing’s 737 MAX flight controls

Following two deadly crashes of Boeing's 737 MAX and the ensuing heavy criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its limited oversight of the jet's original certification, the agency conducted newly stringent tests that in June uncovered a potential flaw and have now spurred Boeing to make a fundamental software design change.

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Dwayne Clark, CEO of Aegis, a senior assisted living company. Aegis’ newest facility is on Mercer Island.
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Aegis Living ramps up projects for new generation of retirees

Aegis now has 32 senior assisted living facilities, and it aims to double in size within a decade as the Baby Boomers become potential customers.

Clyde Ford, shown outside the Seattle IBM building, is a Bellingham resident who’s written a book about his father being the first African-American software engineer at IBM, in 1947. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
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At Big Blue, America’s first black software engineer blazed a trail but paid a heavy price

Bellingham author Clyde Ford examine's his father's journey in a new book, with big implications for our tech-centric lives today.

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Real Estate

Dip in Seattle home prices leads nationwide slowdown

Median home prices in May dipped 1.2% from 12 months earlier, the first negative change in a major US city in a number of years, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, photo, people stand near an entrance for Nordstrom Inc.’s flagship store in downtown Seattle. In information released Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, the National Retail Federation is forecasting holiday sales for the November and December period to rise between 3.6 percent and 4 percent to $678.75 billion to $682 billion. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW202 WATW202
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Nordstrom family may try again to gain control of troubled retailer

RETAIL REPORT – SEATTLE – 7/9/2007 Pyramid Breweries’s Art Dixon checks his watch after adding hops to 500 gallons of Pyramid’s “Imperial I.P.A.” product, now in the boiling phase of the beermaking process. “I do everything by time. You just got to make sure you’re punctual,” says Dixon, the company’s head brewer.
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A Capitol Hill police officer wipes sweat from his eyes as he stands his post on the West side of Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, July 20, 2019. The National Weather Service said “a dangerous heat wave” was expected to break record highs in some places, particularly for nighttime. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Renton’s 737 MAX 8 production line featuring the number 2 – 737 MAX aircraft. Besides new fuel efficient engines, the new planes have different style wing tips.

Boeing says 737 MAX crisis could temporarily shut down Renton production

A Corendon Airlines (from Turkey) 737 MAX 8, takes off to the south from the Renton Municipal Airport heading to Spokane late Tuesday afternoon May 14, 2019. This 737, on order for the Turkish airlines, was being tested throughout the afternoon. The Renton Municipal Airport is adjacent to the 737 factory in Renton. Photographed on May 14, 2019. 210269 210269

The inside story of MCAS: How Boeing’s 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguards  VIEW

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

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Wreaths and floral installations stand next to piles of wreckage days after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, killing all 157 on board. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Boeing’s $100 million pledge for 737 MAX crash victims sparks criticism and questions

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Buying a new phone is an ideal time to consider picking a new plan. Cellular networks and phones keep getting faster, meaning you will almost certainly use your next phone more and gobble up larger amounts of data than before. (Glenn Harvey/The New York Times) .– NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY TECH FIX BY Brian X. Chen FOR JULY 24, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

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This aerial is of Madison Park. Photographed 5/17/1018 206324

Dip in Seattle home prices leads nationwide slowdown

Retail

In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, photo, people stand near an entrance for Nordstrom Inc.’s flagship store in downtown Seattle. In information released Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, the National Retail Federation is forecasting holiday sales for the November and December period to rise between 3.6 percent and 4 percent to $678.75 billion to $682 billion. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW202 WATW202

Nordstrom family may try again to gain control of troubled retailer

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The Holland America cruise ship sits in the Smith Cove Cruise Ternimal early in the morning, August 11, 2018. 207235

For crew of 2,100-passenger cruise ship, frenetic ‘turnaround day’ in Seattle starts and ends the journey

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The interior of a Lion Air 737 MAX cockpit. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

Newly stringent FAA tests spur a fundamental software redesign of Boeing’s 737 MAX flight controls

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FILE – This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon chief to review cloud contract Trump says favors Amazon

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FILE – In this file photo made Nov. 16, 2009, Stephen Guymon, of Twin Falls, Idaho, separates packages for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly earnings Thursday, April 22, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin file) NYBZ139

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FILE – This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon chief to review cloud contract Trump says favors Amazon

Economy

In this June 19, 2019, photo a worker balances on a steep roof as he lays down shingles on a roof on a new house in a Brandon, Miss., neighborhood. Government data on residential construction should provide insight into the state of the new home market. The Commerce Department is expected to report Wednesday, July 17, that builders broke ground on new apartments and single family homes in June at the slowest pace since February (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) NYBZ136 NYBZ136

US construction spending drops 1.3% in June

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Lindsey Norden, who is the subject of a Money Makeover, at home with her dog Charlie, Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Seattle. 210372

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Markets

New York Stock Exchange building. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Asian stocks plunge on US-China trade war worries

Artificial Intelligence

FILE- In this March 21, 2019 photo a robot called “Pepper” is positioned near an entrance to a Microsoft Store location, in Boston. Microsoft, a company that often tries to position itself as an early thinker on ethics and privacy issues, published its principles around developing artificial intelligence, released a short book that discussed the societal implications of the technology and has called for some government regulation of AI technologies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Trump offered Putin U.S. help fighting wildfires, Kremlin says

Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offer U.S. help fighting Siberian wildfires, the Kremlin said in a statement. Putin thanked Trump for the offer but said a group of airplanes had been formed in Siberia to fight the fires, according to a translation of the statement. Putin said that Trump's call...

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China threatens countermeasures if Trump hikes tariffs

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