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Seattle Orcas lose cricket championship game, but tech owners thrilled with inaugural season

Cricket fans in 87 countries around the globe watched MI New York defeat the Seattle Orcas in Texas on Sunday evening for the first-ever championship of Major League Cricket.

Redfin shares sink 10% as CEO says housing market sales volume is ‘near rock bottom’

Redfin shares dropped more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company reported a 21% drop in revenue as it continues to face headwinds from a slumping housing market.

Amazon ‘still pausing on headcount’ as part of larger effort to boost profits

Amazon ended the second quarter with 1.46 million employees, including both corporate and warehouse workers, about 4,000 fewer employees overall than the company reported three months earlier.

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Wizards of the Coast updating artist guidelines after AI art found in ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ book

Wizards of the Coast will update its artist guidelines to prohibit the use of illustrations that were made with generative AI tools, after fans spotted telltale signs of AI art in an upcoming sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons.

Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability

Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software startup as part of cost-cutting efforts.

Seattle startups move into growing science cluster in South Lake Union

A new science cluster is growing in Seattle.

Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue

Amazon shares were up more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both profits and revenue.

Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company.

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Rivian sets opening date for new ‘Spaces’ location to showcase its electric vehicles in Seattle

Electric vehicle maker Rivian will open its latest Spaces location at University Village in Seattle on Aug.

Seattle startup founders are using generative AI for coding, marketing, and more

Publicly traded tech companies can’t stop talking about AI.

SPACkerley: Why these sports business brothers in Seattle are bullish about their new SPAC deal

Is the SPAC back? Seattle business leaders Ted and Chris Ackerley are betting on it.

Office vacancies continue to rise in Seattle as tech companies give up space

Even as some companies get workers back to the office, the commercial real estate market in the Seattle region continues to see record high vacancies, according to a new quarterly report from JLL.

Amazon and Microsoft vet launches fitness and meditation chatbot powered by GPT

As a busy tech manager and father, Gopi Prashanth had only about 30 minutes a day for workouts and meditation — and he spent around half that time researching exercises on Google.

Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas

Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S.

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