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 12, 2020.
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Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Obama, Apple and others in crypto scam
Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others Wednesday afternoon in an apparent cryptocurrency giveaway scam. … Read More
Amazon settles lawsuit with former AWS marketing VP who joined Google Cloud
Amazon has reached a confidential legal settlement with Brian Hall, a former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing who was sued by the company after taking a job with Google Cloud in alleged violation of the non-compete clause in his Amazon employment agreement. … Read More
Microsoft makes major cuts to MSN editorial team amid AI shift and broader fiscal year-end layoffs
Microsoft is further cutting back its MSN team amid a controversial shift to automation and AI for content decisions previously left to human editors. … Read More
Amazon extends work from home policy to January 2021, opens offices with new safety measures
Amazon will allow employees who can work from home to do so through Jan. … Read More
Amazon unveils its own smart grocery cart, in new effort to automate physical retail checkout
Can the company that popularized the online shopping cart reinvent the real thing? … Read More
Seattle’s newest billion-dollar startup: Qumulo reaches unicorn status with $125M round
Qumulo is joining an elite club of Seattle startups. … Read More
Bill Gates says coronavirus vaccine distribution should be based on equity, not the ‘highest bidder’
Bill Gates said COVID-19 vaccines need to be distributed equally, not to those that can pay the most money. … Read More
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ will take to the skies via PC next month in refresh of classic
Raise your seat backs and tray tables, Microsoft is taking off again with its refresh of the classic “Flight Simulator” franchise. … Read More
Washington state extends re-opening pause amid rising coronavirus cases
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that his pause on re-opening the state will be extended through July 28 due to rising COVID-19 cases. … Read More
First look: Space Needle spends $1M on UV gates and other tech in ambitious reopening plan
The bar for reopening businesses and attractions to the public during the coronavirus pandemic has been set — and it’s 600 feet high. … Read More