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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week
Zulily website inaccessible and ‘down for maintenance’ following layoffs
Zulily’s website was “down for maintenance” Monday in the latest sign of the retailer’s collapse.
Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses
[Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at KUOW, the public radio station from which he retired in 2021.
Google to pay Washington state Play Store users as part of $700M antitrust settlement
Google Play Store users in Washington state are eligible for a share of a multistate $700 million antitrust lawsuit settlement reached against the tech giant.
Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses
Startup and small business owners take note: if your company has 20 or fewer full-time employees and gross annual sales of less than $5 million, there’s a new federal filing requirement that you need to know about.
Tech Moves: Google leaders join Seattle startup MotherDuck; Humanly adds a VP; and more
Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires.
High-tech art experience WNDR Museum closes abruptly in Seattle after 8 months
WNDR Museum, an interactive, tech-infused art experience near the waterfront in downtown Seattle, has ceased operations eight months after opening.
Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight
Blue Origin is gearing up again to send its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship to space after a 15-month gap and a one-day postponement.
Wizards of the Coast doubles down on generative AI stance, says artists are ‘what makes D&D great’
In response to social media criticism, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement that further clarifies its stance on the use of generative AI in material for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game.
Self-driving company Cruise will lay off 67 workers at Seattle-area engineering hub
Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., engineering center, part of widespread cuts at the GM-backed firm.
Zulily lays off more employees as website and app remain offline
Zulily made more job cuts Wednesday, GeekWire has learned, the company’s second round of layoffs in the past two weeks and the latest move toward an apparent shutdown.
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