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T-Mobile to pay $31.5M in settlement with FCC over cybersecurity data breaches

T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, resolving investigations into data breaches that impacted millions of U.S.

Safely returned: 2-year-old child is OK after getting stuck playing in Amazon package locker in Seattle

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Amazon.

Former Microsoft Xbox leader J Allard joins Amazon in latest surprise career twist

J Allard, Amazon VP? Yes, it's true, according to the former Microsoft Xbox leader's LinkedIn profile, as updated this week.

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Seattle’s startup ecosystem could use more ‘low-conviction check writers,’ according to this VC

Seattle needs more angel investors who are more comfortable with risky startup bets.

New Microsoft Copilot features include natural AI voice interactions and daily news summary

Microsoft is revamping its Copilot personal AI assistant with a new design, a daily news summary, and natural voice interactions,

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy gets new CEO; more C-suite changes at Outreach

Tina-Marie Gulley is now CEO for Ada Developers Academy after serving as interim chief executive since April.

Starfish Space brings in new funding as it gears up for orbital inspection and docking

Starfish Space is bringing in more investment after striking deals to use its Otter spacecraft for inspecting and servicing satellites.

As stolen bikes are hawked online, cyclists call out digital marketplaces and run crime-fighting efforts

On a fall day in 2021, Erin Dallin locked his cherished baby blue bicycle to a rack near the University of Washington light-rail station in Seattle.

Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

— Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer.

Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name

Tech pioneer Charles Simonyi talks about the Simonyi Survey Telescope — and his own trips to space — in the GeekWire Podcast.

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