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Amazon this week became the latest tech giant to make layoffs, but the manner in which the plan unfolded left some employees scratching their heads, at best.

  • The reaction was a mix of frustration, fear, uncertainty, and acceptance, as GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser discovered when he visited the Amazon campus. He shares what he saw and heard on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast.
  • Also on the show: the impact of the downturn on high-tech real estate brokerage Redfin; and thoughts on the potential for Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z to team up as NFL owners. 

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Amazon and Washington’s attorney general reached an agreement on criminal background check notices for Flex drivers.

  • Amazon has made voluntary changes to its app for Flex delivery drivers in accordance with a Washington state law designed to provide a more level playing field for job applicants with criminal records, a new court filing shows.

To celebrate its five-year anniversary, Seattle-area smart-home device maker Wyze Labs recently hosted a $10,000 public treasure hunt.

  • A custom “golden” Wyze camera was buried at a secret location that would be live-streamed while a series of cryptic, coded clues were released throughout the week, slowly revealing where the stash was hidden. At least, that was the plan. The way things played out was a little different.

The collapse of FTX is impacting people across the Pacific Northwest.  

  • NPR interviewed an architect from the Seattle area who lost $30,000 and a tech worker in Portland who lost $70,000 amid the cryptocurrency exchange crash. Read the story.
Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, todd@geekwire.com.
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