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Microsoft Word gets ChatGPT integration with new ‘Ghostwriter’ third-party add-in
Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into Microsoft Word, and he’s eyeing additional Microsoft Office products next.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company’s current mindset in surprise debut on earnings call
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy joined the company’s earnings call with analysts and investors for the first time Thursday afternoon, explaining that it’s something he plans to do “from time to time going forward.” His predecessor, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, traditionally left the quarterly earnings calls to the company’s CFO, and Jassy had continued the tradition until now.
Forbes ’30 under 30′ entrepreneurs raise $3M for remote work productivity startup backed by Meta
After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that would help them stay focused.
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Boeing pays tribute to its last 747 jumbo jet — and vows to keep its story going
Boeing gave its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era for airplane manufacturing but vowing that the “Queen of the Skies” will continue its reign for decades to come.
DARPA boosts Microsoft’s far-out effort to build topological quantum computer
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is laying down a bet on Microsoft’s long-running effort to create an industrial-scale quantum computer that takes advantage of the exotic properties of superconducting nanowires.
Research finds women are 65% more likely than men to lose jobs in ongoing wave of tech layoffs
Tech layoffs are impacting women at a disproportionately higher rate than men, representing a possible setback for the industry’s efforts to improve its gender diversity, according to research by talent intelligence platform Eightfold AI.
Tech Moves: BECU hires first chief data officer; Amazon exec to depart; and more
— Boeing Employees Credit Union appointed Rick Eiel as its executive vice president and first chief data and analytics officer.
Sales software company Highspot cuts 10% of its workforce
Highspot is laying off about 100 employees, or 10% of its workforce, becoming the latest well-funded Seattle company to cut employees in response to economic uncertainity.
Tech office leases slow to a ‘trickle’ in Seattle as real estate braces for impact of layoffs
Office building attendance in downtown Seattle this past November increased year-over-year from 15-20% to 35-60%, as more companies establish in-office mandates, according to a new report from CBRE.
Amazon earnings preview: Holiday quarter report will show impact of economic uncertainty
Amazon’s fourth quarter earnings report due out Thursday afternoon will reveal how the Seattle tech giant performed during its holiday quarter amid various headwinds.
Real estate startup vets land $7M for new construction project management startup
A pair of real estate startup vets are revealing a new company that aims to limit the amount of back-and-forth slog in residential construction.
Here’s how VCs are advising founders and assessing startups amid the tech downturn
Whether or not the economy is in recession is still up for debate.
Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds principal; Tanium names new CEO; and more
— Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish Partners hired Heather Gorham as principal.
Are quantum computers for real? So far, the uncertainty principle rules the day
Do full-fledged quantum computers already exist, or will it be a decade before they come into being?
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