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GeekWire
13 days
Amazon offers its AI shopping tech to outside retailers in new phase of agentic commerce race
AWS is releasing the Agentic Shopping Assistant, a tool that lets retailers build AI shopping experiences using the same technology behind Amazon's Alexa for Shopping, which drove nearly $12 billion in incremental sales last year. Read More
GeekWire
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Photos: Mark Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta discloses 1,400 local job cuts
The Meta CEO's 387-foot Launchpad passed through the Ballard Locks toward Lake Union on Tuesday, the same day the company disclosed nearly 1,400 layoffs in Washington state. Read More
GeekWire
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NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative
Blue Moon lander will carry Astrolab and Lunar Outpost moon buggies, while Firefly will drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones. Read More
PubliCola
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“There’s a Quick Fix”: Councilmembers Pressures Mayor to Activate Police Cameras for World Cup
By Erica C. Barnett On Tuesday, Seattle City Councilmembers Rob Saka and Bob Kettle trashed Mayor Katie Wilson’s decision, announced… The post “There’s a Quick Fix”: Councilmembers Pressures Mayor to Activate Police Cameras for World Cup appeared first on PubliCola.
GeekWire
14 days
Etzioni on AI: The Pope can talk, but only we can walk
In a guest op-ed, AI researcher and UW professor emeritus Oren Etzioni responds to Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI, arguing that moral pronouncements — however eloquent — accomplish little unless people change their own behavior. Read More
GeekWire
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Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp
A new state filing shows Meta is eliminating nearly 1,400 positions across its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices, about 20% of its local workforce, as part of a companywide restructuring impacting 8,000 jobs. Read More
GeekWire
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No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces
Oregon startup Canopii is tackling the food supply system by launching automated, tennis court-sized greenhouse franchises that use robots to grow 40,000 pounds of greens a year. Read More
Seattle Met
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Piloting a New Approach to Mental Health Crisis Response
When 911 calls call for something more than physical help, clinician Jessi Beyer comes to the rescue.
GeekWire
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Climate progress at 30,000 feet: Alaska Airlines’ Ryan Spies on the flight path to sustainable aviation
The former civilian engineer turned airline executive discusses the physics gap facing electric aviation, the regional push for sustainable fuel, and why customer feedback still moves needles inside major corporations. Read More
GeekWire
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New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions
The Code.org founder, who earlier this year handed off the CEO role at the nonprofit, announced this weekend that he is the new CEO of Payam Music, a Bothell, Wash.-based piano school that he plans to expand nationally with backing from a prominent group of investors. Read More
PubliCola
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KCRHA Lays Out Plan to Address Audit Findings, But Says Many Issues Need “Joint Correction” With City and County
By Erica C. Barnett In a “corrective action plan” issued last Friday, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority laid… The post KCRHA Lays Out Plan to Address Audit Findings, But Says Many Issues Need “Joint Correction” With City and County appeared first on PubliCola.
GeekWire
16 days
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2026
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2026. Read More