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 Jan. 22, 2023.
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Band says it’s ‘not welcome back’ at Seattle arena; NHL team insists song lampooning Bezos isn’t why
A Seattle punk-pop group that played this week as the “house band” between periods at a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena won’t be playing again this weekend as previously planned, the band tweeted Friday — along with a clip of a song from its first performance criticizing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. … Read More
Analysis: Nobody could dethrone ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ except Wizards of the Coast — and it may have done just that
Dungeons & Dragons is, by most standards, the tabletop roleplaying game. … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more
— Kristina Behr, a former exec at Microsoft, joined Google as vice president of product management for collaboration and apps at Google Workspace. … Read More
Washington Supreme Court case for controversial capital gains tax begins this week
The Washington state Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether a statewide tax on capital gains in excess of $250,000 is lawful. … Read More
Former Uber engineers raise $26M for DevOps startup DevZero
DevZero, a year-old Seattle software development startup led by former Uber engineers, announced $26 million in funding and general availability of its platform that aims to make it easier for developers to write code in the cloud. … Read More
Amazon robotics leader Siddhartha Srinivasa leaves to join self-driving vehicle venture Cruise
— Siddhartha Srinivasa, a leading robotics expert and professor at the University of Washington, has left his position as director of Robotics AI at Amazon to join Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary. … Read More
ChatGPT goes to college: Here’s how the UW says professors should deal with AI in the classroom
The sudden rise of ChatGPT — the AI-powered chatbot released by OpenAI last fall — has educators across the country rethinking how they teach and assess student work. … Read More
Powered by hydrogen: Experimental plane revs up for testing in Central Washington
Is hydrogen the green aviation fuel of the future? … Read More
Go inside the $2 billion Seattle Convention Center expansion, viewed as a big boost to downtown
The sparkling new addition to the Seattle Convention Center is a $2 billion statement piece in the downtown Seattle landscape. … Read More
Just how bad is Microsoft’s bottom line? Earnings report will be closely watched after job cuts
Microsoft is seeing customers “optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” and “exercise caution” in the face of an uncertain economy, CEO Satya Nadella said in a memo last week, announcing 10,000 job cuts. … Read More
