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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week

Compensation data from Blind app shows how much public tech giants pay engineers
Blind, the anonymous social network for verified corporate employees, released new compensation data for software engineers working at Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Recent grads working in tech are migrating to Seattle more than any other U.S. city
Seattle ranks No. 1 on a list measuring migration patterns of recent graduates in tech.
Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs
Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line.
Arc takes its electric boat on tour: Here’s what a ride feels like (and sounds like)
Lake Washington may be known for its thunderboats, but this week it also played host to an electric boat that was much easier on the ears
GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company told GeekWire.
Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral
Starfish Space says it has arrested the spin of its Otter Pup satellite and is moving ahead with plans to meet up with another satellite.
Seattle-area edtech company DreamBox Learning acquired by Discovery Education
DreamBox Learning, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that sells education technology software to K-12 schools, announced Tuesday it was acquired by Discovery Education, a Charlotte, N.C.-based edtech company.
Fusion cuisine: Zap Energy fires up BBQ grill built to look like one of its high-tech, superheated devices
Zap Energy, the Seattle-area startup that’s been cooking up a better way to generate fusion power, fired up a custom-made grill recently for a summer barbecue that featured an appropriate fusion menu.
Grubhub adding Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ tech to college campus dining experiences
Amazon is headed back to college for the new school year.
Cloud automation startup SkyKick lays off 140 employees
Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S.
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