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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week

A setback for Microsoft: New Xbox exclusive ‘Redfall’ gets negative reviews on launch day
One of the big system exclusives for Microsoft’s Xbox video game system was met with poor critical reception on Monday, shortly ahead of its wide release.
How quantum computing could transform everything everywhere, but not all at once
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku says quantum computers could make the computers we use today as old-fashioned and obsolete as the abacus.
ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight
Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to electrify and fly the largest zero-emissions aircraft yet.
Analysis: Amazon’s ‘Great Return’ to the office is just one aspect of a downtown Seattle comeback
One major harbinger of a post-pandemic swing to normal in downtown Seattle is Amazon’s much-heralded return to the office this week, which I like to call the “Amazon Great Return.”  In Seattle, which has one of the slowest rates of workers returning to the office, hopes are high.
DocuSign joins growing list of tech companies summoning employees back to the office
Another tech company wants its employees back in the office.
Speech analysis startup releases AI tool that simulates difficult job interview conversations
What if you could simulate a difficult interview or conversation before it ever happened?
Foundation, a wholesale e-commerce startup led by former Staples exec, lands $3M
Shiv Agarwal is taking another startup swing in the B2B e-commerce arena.
Code.org helping launch TeachAI to guide integration of artificial intelligence in education
Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI, a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators on teaching with and about artificial intelligence.
Seattle startup vets who founded Urbanspoon, Crowd Cow, Algorithmia lead stealthy AI startup
A group of longtime Seattle startup leaders are behind a new artificial intelligence platform called Blueprint AI that streamlines task management and facilitates communication within product development teams.
AI and the future of human health: Leroy Hood on the new age of ‘scientific wellness’
Biomedicine pioneer Leroy Hood says that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of healthcare by accelerating the progress of “scientific wellness,” an approach that he has championed for many years.
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