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 Feb. 12, 2023.
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‘Tableau has been killed by Salesforce’: Past and current Tableau employees gather at ‘Irish wake’
On an otherwise run-of-the-mill weeknight at Fremont Brewing near Lake Union in Seattle, the line for beer stretched past the front doors and into the outdoor seating area. … Read More
Seattle founder who sold company to Google says tech giant has ‘slowly ceased to function’
A former Google employee who just left the tech giant after three years says he witnessed a “gradual decay of a dominant empire” and said the company “has slowly ceased to function.” Praveen Seshadri, who sold his Seattle startup AppSheet to Google Cloud in 2020, published a blog post Tuesday suggesting that Google needs an “intervention.” “Google’s fundamental problems are along the culture axis and everything else is a reflection of it,” he wrote. … Read More
Amazon changes back-to-office policy, tells corporate workers to come in 3 days a week
Amazon wants its corporate and tech employees back in the office at least three days per week, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to workers on Friday. … Read More
Amazon’s Super Bowl ad starring a dog ranks highest among tech commercials
Amazon, the pet friendly tech giant where employees get to bring their dogs to work, scored high among Super Bowl advertisers with an ad about a dog that’s left at home. … Read More
Seattle-area police use adhesive GPS trackers to catch fleeing suspects, prevent high-speed chases
The Redmond Police Department implemented new GPS technology last month that has helped result in three arrests. … Read More
Electronic bag tags are ready for take-off: Here’s what we learned on multiple flights with one
Walking into Sea-Tac Airport for a Friday afternoon flight, I glanced smugly at the people huddled around the Alaska Airlines self-serve kiosks to print bag tags. … Read More
More news outlets get caught up in nasty conversations with Bing chatbot over facts
It turns out we’re not the only ones getting into fact-checking fights with Bing Chat, Microsoft’s much-vaunted AI chatbot. … Read More
Amazon’s new back-to-office policy is welcome news to small businesses around Seattle HQ
Inside a dog daycare business in Seattle’s South Lake Union on Friday, a handful of pups were scurrying around and barking as if they knew something was changing in the neighborhood that Amazon calls home. … Read More
Trucking startup Convoy lays off employees for third time in past year, will close Atlanta office
Seattle startup Convoy conducted its third round of layoffs over the past year and said it would close its Atlanta office. … Read More
Walmart says Seattle ‘remains core’ as retail giant closes 3 tech offices
Walmart is consolidating its tech office real estate footprint, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, closing hubs in Austin, Carlsbad, Calif., and Portland, Ore. … Read More
