Julie Speidel Amazon sculpture
“Petros,” a 2015 sculpture by Julie Speidel can be seen in a plaza at the base of Amazon’s Doppler tower in Seattle. (JulieSpeidel.com Photo)

We’re back with your weekly roundup of tech news, and we’ve got a lot to talk about — including a surprising story about the melding of art and technology in Seattle, an aerial glimpse of Google’s new Seattle campus, and an analysis comparing the region’s housing market to Amazon’s stock in the 20 years since the tech giant’s IPO.

Plus, boom and bust in the membership-based healthcare market, Amazon Echo on Saturday Night Live, and Bono’s shoutout to Bill and Melinda Gates.

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