Safely returned: Toddler OK after getting stuck in Amazon package locker

Here’s an Amazon return with a happy ending. A 2-year-old boy playing around an Amazon package locker at an apartment complex in Seattle was temporarily stuck in one of the units on Sunday. A call to Seattle Police and Fire Department responders was canceled after the child was able to get free. SPD said he was in good health with his parents. Read more. 

Seattle needs more angel investors who are more comfortable with risky startup bets. That’s the take from James Newell, a longtime venture capitalist and managing director at Seattle-based firm Voyager Capital. Read more.

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space is bringing in more funding after announcing several agreements to use its Otter spacecraft for missions ranging from inspecting dead satellites to extending the life of an operational satellite. Read more.

GeekWire Podcast: On a new episode, we hear from Microsoft software architect Charles Simonyi, who joins a select group of scientists and technologists, policymakers and philanthropists who have had world-class telescopes and observatories named after them. Listen and read more.

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• Microsoft inked a five-year, multibillion-dollar deal with South Korea telecommunications giant KT Corporation. (Microsoft)