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Melinda French Gates stepped out in New York with her new boyfriend, a Microsoft vet who is the founder of a Seattle-based craft beer delivery app. Read more.

AI, resume-screening, and bias: As employers increasingly use digital tools to process job applications, a new study from the University of Washington highlights the potential for significant racial and gender bias when using AI to screen resumes. Read more.

Speaking of the UW, computer science students showed off their research this week on campus in Seattle as part of an annual poster showcase. Seattle venture firm Madrona handed out prizes to ideas that combine excellent research with commercial potential. 

• Related: How AI is reshaping the UW’s computer science school

Former leaders at Zipwhip, the business messaging company that sold to Twilio for $850 million, are helping build a Seattle-based “conversational commerce” startup. Read more.

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• Microsoft is delaying its controversial Recall feature for Windows, again. (The Verge)

• More than 500 workers at Amazon Web Services signed a petition to reverse the company’s new return-to-office policy. (Reuters)

• Microsoft hired former Meta leader Jay Parikh, who will join the company’s senior leadership team. (Microsoft)

• Google is restarting renovation work on offices in Kirkland, Wash. (Puget Sound Business Journal) 

• Amazon rolled out a new 3D virtual holiday shop in a bid to get you to buy more stuff. (Amazon)

• Seattle startup Rec Room is bringing its popular game to the Nintendo Switch. (Rec Room)