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Meta layoffs ripple through Seattle region, taking some of the luster from ‘Silicon Valley North’
Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. The Meta CEO and Facebook founder admitted this explicitly Wednesday morning, announcing the layoff of 13% of Meta’s workforce, or more than 11,000 people.
Redfin CEO: ‘The housing market could get worse’
The U.S. housing market continues to show signs of weakening, impacting Seattle real estate tech companies such as Zillow Group and Redfin.
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Total lunar eclipse could be tricky to watch in the sky — but it’s sure to shine online
If you’re on the West Coast, watching tonight’s total lunar eclipse will require a willingness to stay awake in the middle of the night — plus a lucky break on the weather.
When Mark Zuckerberg met Seattle: Facebook, Meta, and a turning point for Silicon Valley
The year was 2011, Facebook was serving a mere 600 million users, and Mark Zuckerberg was making his pitch to a crowd of prospective hires inside the company’s fledgling office near Pike Place Market — explaining why the social network had chosen Seattle for its first remote engineering hub.
Flyhomes does another round of layoffs as slowing housing market hurts real estate tech companies
Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes is laying off employees for the second time in five months.
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Boeing-built X-37B space plane lands after completing record 908-day orbital mission
The U.S. Space Force’s Boeing-built X-37B space plane today completed yet another record-setting mission, landing like an airplane at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida 908 days after it was launched.
Redfin to cut 13% of workforce and shut down home-flipping business RedfinNow
Redfin will wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and lay off employees for the second time this year as it cuts expenses in response to a slowing housing market.
The story behind those ‘Homelessness’ billboards in Seattle — designed to ‘get people talking’
The crisis around homelessness in Seattle — and in cities across the country — is nothing short of a source of daily conversation among those experiencing it, witnessing it, or working to combat it.
DoorDash expanding engineering footprint in Seattle with new downtown office space
DoorDash, the food ordering and delivery company, is expanding its office footprint in Seattle two years after starting an engineering outpost in the city.
More than 200 Twitter employees in Seattle laid off as part of larger cuts
Twitter is laying off 208 Seattle-based employees, according to a new filing with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system.
Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction
The sale of the private art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shattered auction records on Wednesday night, as Christie’s New York reeled in more than $1.5 billion for a variety of iconic works.
Inside the Seattle Auto Show, with more electric vehicles and a Hummer EV that is ‘just crazy’
You know the move toward automobile electrification is getting serious when they roll out the electric Hummer.
Crypto exchange Gemini expanding in Seattle area amid industry turmoil
Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange co-founded by the Winklevoss twins of Facebook fame, plans to hire 100 people at its Seattle-area hub.
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