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 May 22, 2022.
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Amazon shareholders approve 20:1 stock split, vote down record 15 proposals at annual meeting
Faced with a barrage of proposals on issues ranging from unionization to the environment, a majority of Amazon shareholders followed the board’s lead and rejected an unprecedented slate of issues up for consideration Wednesday morning. … Read More
‘Touchdown Starliner!’ Boeing’s space taxi lands in New Mexico after first robotic trip to space station
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule landed safely amid the sands of New Mexico after a six-day test flight to the International Space Station and back. … Read More
Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future
One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s CEO was an important one. … Read More
‘Way cooler than standing in line’: Mariners fans get first crack at Amazon tech in new ballpark market
The Seattle Mariners and their fans would certainly be happy to have a few more walk-off wins this season. … Read More
Inside the first Amazon Style store
[Drew Grant is senior editor for dot.LA] Starting today, Glendale’s most meme-able outdoor mall, The Americana at Brand, will be home to the Amazon Style store — the e-commerce giant’s first foray into brick-and-mortar apparel retail. … Read More
This mobile gas startup just landed $125M to fuel up fleets for Amazon, UPS, others
The news: Booster Fuels raised $125 million to fuel growth of its mobile gas service used by fleet operators including Amazon, UPS, Imperfect Foods, and others. … Read More
Tech Moves: Elizabeth Scallon departs Amazon for HP; Fauna hires marketing exec; and more
Elizabeth Scallon, a Seattle tech veteran who was most recently at Amazon, is now at HP as director of Incubation enablement. … Read More
Here’s how Amazon plans to rein in costs in quest to restore its consumer business to profitability
After doubling its fulfillment capacity and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to meet demand during the pandemic, Amazon is determined to get costs under control and return its consumer business to profitability, CEO Andy Jassy assured shareholders Wednesday. … Read More
Seattle startup JetClosing, which launched in 2016 to digitize home closing process, is shutting down
JetClosing, a 6-year-old Seattle startup that digitizes the home closing process for buyers, sellers, and realtors, is shutting down, GeekWire has learned. … Read More
Microsoft acquisition drama continues, as Activision subsidiary’s QA team votes to unionize
The quality-assurance department at Wisconsin-based Call of Duty developer Raven Software has voted to unionize, which could significantly impact its parent company, Activision Blizzard, with potential ripple effects for Microsoft’s Activision acquisition, and for the video game industry as a whole. … Read More