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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week

Scientists tangle over a Jurassic mystery: Could the tail of a dinosaur go supersonic?
The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus could certainly do a lot of damage with its long tail — but just how fast could that tail whip?
The old brick ballpark: LEGO fanatic has a hit on his hands with Seattle Mariners stadium build
The Seattle Mariners have been busy assembling the building blocks for a potential run to the World Series.
Q&A with the 19-year-old Univ. of Washington grad who just won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Daniel Chen is only 19, but he’s already a freshly minted University of Washington graduate and a recipient of a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, announced Monday.
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Microsoft tops list of best-run companies in the U.S. for third straight year
Microsoft has one again topped a list of the best-run companies in the U.S.
Resetting Amazon: Why the tech giant should rethink its business from scratch
Amazon is resetting its business. Is it doing enough to change its mindset?
Senators ask regulators to investigate bank and crypto ties, citing Washington state bank
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are pressing U.S.
Chess Club is making all the right moves in Seattle, attracting players to lively venues across the city
Unlike Fight Club, the first rule of Chess Club is apparently to talk about what happens in Chess Club, promote it, support it and enjoy it.
Tech Moves: Smartsheet’s chief people and culture officer is departing
— Smartsheet’s chief people and culture officer, Megan Hansen, is leaving the company.
Historic fusion energy achievement will boost Pacific Northwest’s burgeoning startups
U.S. physicists have accomplished a feat the world has pursued for more than 60 years: producing more energy from fusion than required to create the reaction.
Microsoft says it offered to enter ‘Call of Duty’ consent decree with FTC for Activision deal
Microsoft’s last-ditch effort to avoid an Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over its $69 billion Activision-Blizzard deal included an offer to enter a legally binding consent decree to make “Call of Duty” available on rival consoles for 10 years, the company’s president and vice chair, Brad Smith, said Tuesday morning.
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