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 17, 2022.
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What happened after a Moscow-born Seattle tech CEO closed a big Russian operation in solidarity with Ukraine
Sergei Dreizin is co-founder and CEO of software engineering company Akvelon, based in Bellevue, Wash. … Read More
Ex-Amazon engineers put heads together to create ‘Tandem Shower’ and raise $525K on Kickstarter
Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen both worked on some of the most cutting-edge technology ever created at Amazon, with specific focus on helping to start the company’s cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores. … Read More
Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection reportedly sold to aviation enthusiast in the Walton family
Three and a half years after his death, another one of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s passion projects — the extensive collection of aviation and military artifacts that was housed at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Wash. … Read More
Where did Biden go for his private Seattle fundraiser? Of course, there are tech roots
President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth Day remarks at Seward Park (see tweet at bottom). … Read More
Photos: Inside Google’s sprawling new campus east of Seattle as it doubles down on a return to offices
Google is going gangbusters in the suburbs east of Seattle. … Read More
Astronomers make an Earth Day plea to rein in satellite constellations for the environment’s sake
Astronomers have issued an Earth Day call for environmentalism to be extended more fully to the final frontier, and for companies such as SpaceX and Amazon to dial back their plans for mega-constellations. … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft developer relations chief lands at Google; Amazon HR leader joins AppLovin
— Microsoft’s head of developer relations Ashley Willis McNamara announced Friday that she is departing and joining Google as head of developer communities. … Read More
Commentary: Why this Seattle startup had to mess with Texas over healthcare
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. … Read More
Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO; Stripe hires a Microsoft president; Providence names chief digital officer; and more
— Sonia Jain, formerly CFO from Cars.com, will join Seattle startup Convoy as its new chief financial officer. … Read More
New aerial video shows Microsoft’s progress on massive HQ revamp
Microsoft released a new video Wednesday that shows the latest progress on a multi-year redevelopment project reshaping a large swath of its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. … Read More