GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

SPONSOR MESSAGE: Money Hacks is a financial education series from GeekWire and BECU: Get financial tips and find other resources to help you manage your money.

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES

Microsoft cutting more jobs in Seattle region, beyond global layoffs announced in January

Microsoft is making more cuts to its workforce.

What Redfin and Zillow earnings say about the state of the housing market

Last week’s earnings announcements from Redfin and Zillow Group suggest a prolonged slowdown in housing market activity.

Cinerama is saved! Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate

Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending.

SPONSOR MESSAGE

Canned cheese? Only if it’s Cougar Gold

75 years ago a professor at Washington State University invented a secret ingredient that made it possible to make high-quality cheese in a can. More than 9 million cans later, Cougar Gold is going strong, making headlines and winning new fans.

Learn why Go Cougs Means YUM!

Microsoft won’t give raises to full-time salaried employees this year

Microsoft employees won’t be getting raises this year as the tech giant continues to cut costs.

Wood or would not? Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake

If the idea of a Seattle earthquake gives you the shakes, this test might be right up your alley.

Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant.

Seahawks use AI to generate schedule art as NFL teams try to one up each other on social media

NFL teams have been having a ball the past couple days with social media posts tied to the release of their upcoming season schedules.

Pie in the sky: Seattle pizza chain eyes drone delivery to bake sustainability into its future

In the near future, when a pizza gets tossed in the air at Pagliacci, it may not come down until it’s delivered.

Tableau’s new CEO on the company’s expansion into AI and its future under Salesforce

Tableau plans to add generative artificial intelligence to its data visualization platform, using AI to automatically identify and describe key trends in interactive charts and graphs, and answer free-form questions about the underlying data.

‘Amazon Anywhere’ brings shopping experience inside new AR game from makers of ‘Pokèmon Go’

The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.” Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” an immersive shopping experience intended to allow customers to buy physical products, handled by the e-commerce giant, inside such environments as video games, virtual worlds, and mobile apps.

Seattle VC firm Ascend raises $25M for second fund, plans to double down on AI

Ascend is ready to help more startups fly.

AI2 Incubator raises $30M fund to boost more startups amid AI gold rush

The Seattle-based AI2 Incubator raised a fresh $30 million pre-seed fund to invest in more “AI-first” startups.

In search of AI’s killer app … and other notes from Google I/O

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Has AI found its VisiCalc?

Clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen, previously known as Modern Electron, raises $32.8M

The news: Clean energy startup Modern Electron is going all in on hydrogen — so much so that it’s changing its name to Modern Hydrogen and has stopped work on heat-to-electricity technology, its original focus, and shifted to making hydrogen fuel.

Avalara co-founder leads new advisory firm helping companies create digital assets

Rory Rawlings was able to see around a corner when he launched tax compliance software giant Avalara.

GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK

HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE

About GeekWire

Contact Us

Advertise

You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.

Our mailing address is:
GeekWire LLC
123 NW 36th St, Suite 203
Seattle, WA 98107

change email frequency or address | unsubscribe

first fusion power plant first fusion plant Seattle film nonprofit social media posts upcoming season schedules financial education series housing market activity social mediaNFL teams Seattle pizza chain top tech stories Washington State University fulltime salaried employees

GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES

GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS

Key phrases

Older messages

Podcast: Google I/O highlights, AI risks and rewards, and the future of creativity

AWS Data Insights Day – May 24 – AWS on Air

Seattle film fans, civic leaders react to rebirth of Cinerama

GeekWire Startups Weekly

Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

You Might Also Like

The government moves to reclassify cannabis.

Save Singularity

🚀 All Eyes On Starliner

Ivy League Loses Ground, Beekeeper Saves Ballgame, and a Furry Robot Dog Dance

Columbia clash echoes 1968 police-protester violence

Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide

UCLA Clashes, Interest Rates, and Teacher Pay by State

AI has created a new form of sexual abuse

Immigrants are saving the American economy

Numlock News: May 2, 2024 • Konami, Flops, Meteorites