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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

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Bite of Seattle attendees fed up with food ordering app from tech startup
A mobile ordering system being used at this weekend’s Bite of Seattle food festival is getting critical reviews from attendees who posted online about their experience with the CHEQ app.
Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby
Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a new lower-priced machine called Aura.
Amazon is asking some employees to move closer to the office
Unless they can get an exception, the choice facing some Amazon employees is to relocate or resign, according to one report.
Slice of gamer life: Xbox cooks up pizza-scented controller for ‘Mutant Ninja Turtles’ fans
Recognizing that nothing goes better together than pizza and video games, Xbox has designed a pizza-scented wireless video game controller to promote the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” movie.
Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft
Boeing and NASA say they'll collaborate with Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on an innovative braced-wing aircraft design.
NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon
Blue Origin has won $34.7 million from NASA to work on a system that would produce solar cells on the moon from materials available on site.
All eyes on AI as Microsoft prepares for pivotal earnings report
Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports results for its fiscal fourth quarter.
Microsoft results top expectations thanks to cloud growth; profits jump 20% to $20 billion
Microsoft reported revenue of $56.2 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter, up 8%, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations of $55.47 billion.
Inspectify, which sells software for property inspection services, lands $5.7M
Inspectify raised $5.76 million in new funding, helping the Seattle-based home inspection startup roll out new services and develop its platform.
‘X,’ rated: Twitter’s new branding is called a rip-off and worse as bird goes bye-bye
X now marks the spot where Twitter’s blue birdie used to be, as Elon Musk rebranded the social media company he owns.
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