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Top stories so far this week

Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar
The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation.
Amazon employee groups expect nearly 2,000 workers to participate in walkout
The walkout is on. Amazon employee groups say they expect more than 1,900 workers around the world to participate in a planned protest of the company’s return-to-office mandate and climate-related impact.
Zulily enters another era as Qurate sells Seattle e-commerce retailer to investment firm
Ownership of Seattle e-commerce retail company Zulily is changing hands again.
Amazon employees walk out, seeking bolder climate action and end of return-to-office policy
Some Amazon employees in Seattle and other offices around the world walked out in protest Wednesday, urging the company to take bolder climate action and to reconsider its return-to-office policies.
Seattle Metro Chamber survey shows high adoption of hybrid work and most popular days in office
A survey by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce found that a hybrid work model is the most popular option among employers in downtown Seattle, and most companies are seeing employees in the office three or more days per week.
Tech Moves: Madrona investor joins Trilogy; Gamesight adds revenue leader: UW names provost
— Elisa La Cava joined Seattle-area venture capital firm Trilogy Equity Partners as principal.
Axiom crew splashes down in a SpaceX capsule after doing space station science
The second crew to be sent into space as a profit-making proposition for Texas-based Axiom Space came back to Earth tonight in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after spending nine days on the International Space Station.
Microsoft vets lead secretive education startup using generative AI to help students learn
Two decades after selling their startup to Microsoft, Eran Megiddo and Liviu Asnash are going back to their entrepreneurial roots.
Amazon is ending celebrity voices for Alexa that delivered weather, jokes and more
Amazon is muting the celebrity voices for Alexa that have been used to report the weather, tell jokes and more.
How the Univ. of Washington aims to make online systems and content more accessible
Taking small steps to make digital content more accessible can make a big difference.
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