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Amazon pauses construction in Bellevue: The company cited ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, underscoring the dynamic of the tech industry’s return to the office after more than two years of working from home as a result of the pandemic. Some companies are seeing employees continuing to work from home more than previously expected, causing them to reconsider their mix of private offices and shared workspaces. Amazon says it still plans to ultimately employ 25,000 people in the city east of Seattle, where the company has signaled plans to focus most of its future growth in what it considers its Puget Sound headquarters region. Read more

Drone show at T-Mobile Park: Fans attending a Seattle Mariners game next week will get to enjoy a high-tech choreographed aerial drone performance. We spoke with the company behind the drones to learn more.

Speaking of drones: Amazon is expanding drone deliveries program to Texas

Soil in space: A NASA-funded experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt, but could be the key to growing crops in space.

Capturing carbon: Climeworks, a startup that just inked a 10-year partnership with Microsoft, is taking advantage of Iceland’s dynamic geology to capture and mineralize carbon dioxide, a key pollutant stoking climate change. GeekWire reporter Lisa Stiffler got a tour of Climeworks’ facilities on a trip to Reykjavik.

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