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Expedia confirms layoffs at Seattle travel giant
Expedia Group confirmed that it laid off more workers as the Seattle-based travel giant looks to cut costs.
Starbucks to lay off 1,100 corporate workers, updates remote work policy
Starbucks is cutting 1,100 corporate positions as part of a bid to create “smaller, more nimble teams,” CEO Brian Niccol wrote in a message to employees Monday.
Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip hits milestones – and throws in a mystery
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent its 10th crew on a quick suborbital ride to space today, extending its list of spacefliers to more than 50.
Zillow vets launch HouseWhisper, giving real estate agents an AI assistant to help with workload
Three veterans of Zillow Group who helped turn the Seattle real estate company into a tech powerhouse have joined forces to launch a new startup that relies on generative AI to help real estate agents be better at their jobs.
Seattle grocery space with ties to Amazon to become new H Mart
The physical grocery landscape in Seattle is taking another turn in a space once connected to Amazon.
Warner Bros. shuts down Seattle-area subsidiary Monolith Productions, cancels ‘Wonder Woman’
Monolith Productions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based game development studio behind Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, the F.E.A.R.
From early days of COVID to the AI revolution, Providence leader talks healthcare transformation
“It was a very interesting time,” said Sara Vaezy, recounting the earliest days of COVID-19 and how digital health initiatives at Providence were accelerated by the pandemic.
Qualterra raises $4.5M to turn organic waste into carbon-trapping, crop-boosting biochar
A Washington startup has landed $4.5 million to support ag-tech that turns crop and timber waste into carbon-trapping biochar that helps produce grow.
Lumen Orbit changes its name to Starcloud and raises $10M for space data centers
Under a brand-new name, Starcloud has raised another $10 million in funding for its plan to send huge data centers into orbit.
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