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Internal memo: Amazon will cut ‘several hundred’ Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives

Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on developing new forms of artificial intelligence, according to an internal memo sent to employees Friday morning.

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.

Inaugural report from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy reveals promising climate tech solutions

In the world of Bill Gates, many — maybe most?

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WSU Breadlab champions whole-grain goodness

The Washington State University Breadlab is a research station, a bakery, and a school. But mostly, it’s a movement. A movement toward community-oriented food systems. Toward grains that work for local growers, millers and bakers. Toward a more “approachable loaf.”

Go Cougs Means Lead the Movement.

‘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.

Washington state capital gains tax collects nearly $900M in first year

Washington state’s new capital gains tax collected nearly $900 million in its first year, according to the state’s Department of Revenue.

Sam Altman leaving OpenAI after board says he was ‘not consistently candid in his communications’

Updated at 4:21 p.m. with news of Greg Brockman’s resignation.

Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's abrupt removal raises questions about the company's corporate structure, and its unusual partnership with Microsoft.

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.

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.

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.

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.

UW computer science research event offers a glimpse of the future at the dawn of AI

Inside one of the University of Washington’s computer science buildings on Tuesday evening, students showed off smart earrings that monitor health metrics, and earbuds that measure blood pressure.

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.

No new unicorns in Seattle: The billion-dollar startup milestone is harder to reach these days

The unicorn stampede in Seattle has screeched to a halt.

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