Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 9, 2017.
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Aurora alert: Solar storm heightens chances of seeing northern lights
What could make a summer weekend even more perfect? … Read More
Seattle City Council unanimously approves income tax for the rich
The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved a plan to levy a 2.25 percent tax on the income of residents earning $250,000 or more annually. … Read More
Amazon Alexa and Echo chief Mike George is leaving after nearly two decades with the company
Mike George, the Amazon vice president who oversaw two of the company’s most successful products — the Alexa virtual assistant and Echo smart devices — is leaving after nearly two decades with the Seattle-based tech giant. … Read More
Lock your doors, people: Verizon breach on unsecured AWS server exposes 14M customer records
Storing files on public cloud services is one of the most secure ways to protect your data, so long as you actually secure it. … Read More
Ignition Partners Managing Partner Frank Artale resigns after ‘misconduct’ allegations
Frank Artale, a managing partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners, has resigned at the firm’s request after allegations of “misconduct” against him, according to a statement from Ignition Partners tonight. … Read More
Kaplan-owned Dev Bootcamp to shut down, closing Seattle coding school and other sites
Dev Bootcamp, a coding school with six locations around the U.S., including Seattle, will close its doors in December. … Read More
Prime shape: Buff Bezos flexes his muscles at elite Sun Valley getaway
Embed from Getty Images Maybe Amazon’s signature catchphrase is helping CEO Jeff Bezos stay motivated at the gym. … Read More
Seemingly strange radio signals from a red dwarf star spark interest at Arecibo
The 1,000-foot-wide radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory will take a closer look at a red dwarf star known as Ross 128 after picking up what one astronomer said were “some very peculiar signals” during a 10-minute observing session in May. … Read More
Zillow shares slump as Amazon webpage hints at expansion into real estate referrals
Investors get nervous every time a certain Seattle-based e-commerce giant eyes a new market and this time Zillow is the victim of Wall Street’s Amazon anxiety. … Read More
Former Twitter engineers land $10.5M for startup Buoyant, leveraging lessons from the ‘fail whale’
Buoyant, a 13-person startup led by former Twitter engineers and now backed by a former member of Twitter’s board of directors, has raised a $10.5 million Series A round to apply lessons learned from revamping Twitter’s infrastructure to simplify the emerging world of microservices. … Read More