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 April 3, 2022.
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Starbucks is getting into the ‘NFT business,’ according to Howard Schultz
Frappuccinos, pumpkin spice lattes, and now … NFTs? … Read More
Amazon is No. 1 on LinkedIn’s annual ranking of top 50 companies where people want to work in U.S.
As it strives to be “Earth’s Best Employer,” Amazon will have to settle for “top U.S. … Read More
Tech Moves: USAFacts picks Microsoft and Amazon vet as CTO; Zillow CMO departs; and more
— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based nonpartisan civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. … Read More
Amazon reserves up to 83 rocket launches for Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation
Amazon has secured as many as 83 launches on three types of heavy-lift rockets to put more than 1,500 satellites into low Earth orbit for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation over the course of five years. … Read More
First-of-its-kind stormwater ‘heat map’ lights up pollutants fouling waters in Washington state
The COVID-19 pandemic has made us familiar with the idea of a deadly threat that spreads invisibly. … Read More
Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Amazon and AWS join Blue Origin on Orbital Reef space station team
Amazon and its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, say they’re joining forces with another company founded by Jeff Bezos to support the development of a commercial space station known as Orbital Reef. … Read More
Vote for Next Tech Titan: 5 Seattle companies on the verge of becoming a giant force
The Seattle startup scene has been sizzling, and there are several up-and-coming companies are headed on a path toward becoming industry giants. … Read More
Inside the AI2 Incubator: Microsoft co-founder’s unfinished legacy fuels quest for new AI startups
As a key figure in the PC revolution, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen understood the power of new technologies to create world-changing companies. … Read More
A franchise in disguise? Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program will face a key legal test
Amazon “exercises near complete control” over the thousands of ostensibly independent companies that deliver packages for the e-commerce giant, a new lawsuit alleges, treating them as de facto franchisees without the legal protections that would come from such a designation. … Read More
Amazon, Google or Microsoft? Boeing chooses all of the above for cloud computing services
The billion-dollar competition to provide Boeing with cloud computing services is finished, and the winner is … a three-way split. … Read More