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 Nov. 18, 2018.
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T-Mobile unveils plans for $160M dramatic refresh of its headquarters campus
T-Mobile today unveiled plans for a major renovation project that the company says will transform its Bellevue, Wash. … Read More
Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao
Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the company’s former vice president of forecasting. … Read More
Why some open-source companies are considering a more closed approach
At the peak of its power, open-source software is having an existential crisis. … Read More
Watch: As Seattle tunnel nears opening, 6-year time-lapse also captures Amazon going up, up up
If it appears, on many days, like Amazon’s Seattle headquarters has seemingly popped up overnight to transform the look of the city, a new time-lapse video will back up that belief. … Read More
As it gears up for re:Invent 2018, Amazon Web Services rolls out several new features that apparently didn’t make the keynotes
Improvements to its SageMaker machine-learning tool and new scaling options for cloud computing customers were among the new features rolled out by Amazon Web Services this week, days before it will probably announce dozens of new features and products at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. … Read More
Microsoft acquires FSLogix to bolster virtual desktop capabilities in Office 365
Microsoft has acquired FSLogix, an Atlanta-based company that cuts down on the effort of setting up virtual desktops for large organizations. … Read More
Want to work at Amazon? Former ‘Bar Raiser’ launches startup to prepare candidates for tech giant’s grueling interview process
In his five years at Amazon, Nick Dimitrov learned a thing or two about what it takes to interview stronger and land a job with the tech giant. … Read More
Goodbye, BFR … hello, Starship: Elon Musk gives a classic name to his Mars spaceship
First it was the Mars Colonial Transporter, or MCT … then it was the Interplanetary Transport System, or ITS … then it was the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR. … Read More
As Zillow stock slumps, co-founder Rich Barton doubles down
Zillow Group’s stock has dropped more than 30 percent in the last two weeks, but co-founder Rich Barton is betting big on the online real estate company’s future. … Read More
NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover
One week before the next Mars mission is due to land, NASA has chosen the landing site for its next next Mars mission. … Read More