Podcast: Amazon’s new robots, and the future of work

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GeekWire Podcast: What happens to jobs, the economy and business when a company can create the perfect worker out of silicon and steel? Amazon’s new warehouse robots, unveiled this week, could have lasting implications for the company and its workforce at a pivotal moment for technology and the labor movement. Listen to the episode and read more.

Catch up on all our coverage from Amazon’s re:MARS conference:

Tech companies respond to Roe v. Wade decision: Many are adjusting HR policies and paying for travel expenses for employees who need to travel to another state to get abortion care. Read more.

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires a cloud security exec; Expedia board member resigns; and more personnel changes.

Post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest: That’s the setting for a new Web3 video game set hundreds of years in the future in the rough vicinity of post-climate apocalypse Seattle, where flooding, wildfires, and the ignition of the volcanic Ring of Fire have all teamed up to wreck the place. Read more.

Destroying ‘forever chemicals’: A spinout from the University of Washington is developing a high-tech system to eliminate “PFAS,” chemicals found in everyday products that end up in drinking water, soil, and air. Read about Aquagga.

Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire Managing Editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com.

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