Senator wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

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Bellevue, Wash.-based web service provider Epik Inc. helped 8chan get back online after others blacklisted the forum due to its ties to the mass shooting in El Paso. It’s not the first time Epik has done this. [Read the story](. Melinda Gates thinks 208 years is far too long to reach gender equality. The recent projection from the World Economic Forum sparked Gates to launch a new campaign Tuesday called “Equality Can’t Wait” with the help of celebrity comedians. [Check out the initiative here](. A Seattle startup was snapped up in a $40 million merger just eight months after spinning out of the University of Washington. Neoleukin Therapeutics, maker of cancer-fighting proteins, [is combining with Aquinox Pharmaceuticals]( a publicly traded company based in Vancouver, B.C. The merged company will be based in Seattle, further boosting the region's life sciences cred. Jeff Bezos appears to be selling Amazon shares at a faster clip. 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