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‘I’m looking forward to being Mrs. Bezos’: Vogue profiles Lauren Sanchez’s life with Amazon founder
Lauren Sanchez makes a splash in the December issue of Vogue magazine, sprawling inside the 10,000 year clock, flying a helicopter, posing on a Blue Origin launch pad and inside a space capsule.
Amazon lays off more employees from gaming division as part of strategy shift
Amazon is trimming its gaming-related workforce for the second time this year.
Jeff Bezos may leave Seattle ‘a piece of my heart’ but some hope for a slice of his future philanthropy
“Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote in a recent Instagram post announcing his move to Miami.
Seattle wants to charge DoorDash and other gig companies 10 cents per order for new license fee
Companies like DoorDash and Rover may be required to pay a 10-cent per-order fee if a new proposed ordinance makes its way through Seattle City Council.
Bill Gates-backed startup can store carbon underground for 1,000 years in plant-based bricks
Graphyte, a startup with backing from Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures, announced Monday that it has developed an affordable, long-term strategy for storing carbon that will keep it out of the atmosphere where it otherwise warms the planet.
Is artificial intelligence all that intelligent? AI influencers worry about wishful thinking
Two of Time's top 100 influencers on artificial intelligence, Ted Chiang and Emily Bender, explore the potential dark side of generative AI.
Tech Moves: Madrona investor returns to Microsoft; Edifecs adds CFO; and more
— Aseem Datar, partner at Madrona Venture Group, is headed back to Microsoft in a new role as vice president.
Uncommon Thinkers: Elizabeth Hansen uses her job as an anesthesiologist to cut carbon emissions
Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world.
Seattle data infrastructure startup led by Fabric co-founder emerges from stealth with $4M
Former executives at Seattle e-commerce software startup Fabric, including co-founder Ryan Bartley, are leading a new company coming out of stealth mode this week.
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