Amazon unveils a Prime perk for warehouse workers

You get a Prime membership! And you! Amazon will offer Prime benefits to U.S. workers in its fulfillment and transportation network for the first time starting next year. It’s also boosting average base pay by $1.50/hour, to more than $22/hour. The move comes as the Teamsters continue efforts to organize Amazon’s hourly workforce. Salaried employees aren’t included, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the benefit expand in the future. Read more.

In an effort to combat election-season misinformation, Seattle AI nonprofit TrueMedia made its free deepfake detection tool available to the public, to help users quickly identify social media posts containing manipulated images, videos and audio. Read more.

Tech Moves: Longtime Fortive exec Kirsten Paust joins Microsoft as a corporate vice president; Seattle startup Pictory hires a CMO; and more key personnel changes.

OceanGate whistleblower David Lochridge, during hearings into the loss of the Titan submersible and its five-person crew, said his concerns about the Everett, Wash.-based company began long before the implosion last year during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck. Read more.

From Lady Gaga to Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bill Gates enlists a host of artists, scientists, politicians, journalists, medical professionals, and more to discuss issues ranging from AI to climate change in the new Netflix series, “What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates.” Read more.

A new approach to container security: Founded in April, Seattle-based cloud infrastructure startup Edera just raised a $5 million seed round. Kubernetes co-founder Joe Beda is among the investors. Read more. 

Hot Links:

• Microsoft is teaming with BlackRock and others to raise up to $100 billion to develop AI data centers and the energy infrastructure to power them. (CNBC)

• Russia is targeting the Harris-Walz campaign with disinformation, including fake videos, according to a new report from Microsoft. (Axios, Microsoft)

• “Copilot is the new Clippy”: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff took some shots at Microsoft and its AI-powered assistant. (Axios)

• Seattle venture capital firm FUSE led a $5 million investment round for Velou, a New York-based product data startup. (Velou)