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New round of Microsoft job cuts hits customer service, support, and sales teams
Microsoft announced a new round of job cuts internally Monday morning, impacting an unknown number of employees in customer service, support, and sales.
Invite-only deals give Amazon Prime Day a new twist, with secretive selection process
Interested in a 75% discount on a 43-inch 4K Amazon Fire TV, or a 15% price cut on a Motorola razr+ foldable phone?
Blue Origin’s next-gen BE-4 rocket engine fails dramatically during testing in Texas
Blue Origin confirmed that one of its BE-4 rocket engines suffered a significant anomaly during testing in Texas late last month.
How AI is changing the way scientists engineer drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more
We’re inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle.
Amazon Web Services hires former Flex and Intel exec Raejeanne Skillern as new CMO and VP
Raejeanne Skillern, a former executive at Flex and Intel, joined Amazon Web Services as its new chief marketing officer and vice president, GeekWire has learned.
Electronic Arts partners with Marvel for new video game studio in Seattle
The next big Marvel Comics video game is being made in Seattle.
Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration
Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby.
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.
FOX to use drones and robotic cameras for MLB All-Star Game, testing new baseball broadcast tech
Drones will help baseball fans get closer to the action in a first-of-its-kind production feat during the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday.
California company breaks ground on Washington’s first commercial sustainable aviation fuel plant
Twelve broke ground today on the site of a defunct sugar beet refinery in Eastern Washington, marking the start of construction of what will be the company’s and the state’s first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel facility.
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