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What’s next for Bungie? Rumored layoffs and end of ‘Destiny 2’ updates raise questions about studio’s future

Bungie announced it will end development on Destiny 2 with a final update on June 9. Bloomberg reports the studio plans significant layoffs, raising questions about the future of the Bellevue, Wash.-based studio amid broader cost-cutting by Sony. Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle hires first AI Officer; Microsoft nabs AI media leader; DexCare names CPO

Lisa Qian is Seattle’s first AI Officer; Microsoft recruit AI media leader Julia Beizer from Bloomberg; and DexCare names Rakshay Jain as chief product officer. Read More

‘Talent drives everything’: Vinod Khosla’s contrarian take on America’s AI and climate challenges

The biggest threat to America’s competitiveness in artificial intelligence and climate tech isn’t the Trump administration’s cuts to renewable power… Read More

Microsoft isn’t done cutting jobs yet: Report says sales roles are next on the chopping block

Microsoft often restructures its operations and makes strategic cuts around the end of its fiscal year — and this year… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Google leader Umesh Shankar joins Microsoft as new corporate VP

After nearly 19 years at Google, Umesh Shankar has joined Microsoft AI as a corporate vice president of engineering. Shankar,… Read More

Heavily funded Pandion delivery startup closes abruptly in latest logistics industry fallout

Pandion, a Bellevue, Wash.-based delivery startup that launched during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom, has become the latest company to fall… Read More

5 takeaways from Bloomberg’s deep dive into Amazon’s rise to dominance

Amazon’s ascension as a corporate and retail titan has entire industries trembling at mere rumors that the company is moving… Read More

Bloomberg TV broadcasts live from the GeekWire Summit, showcasing top names in tech

The GeekWire Summit kicks off today, with more than 900 business, tech, media and government leaders joining us to talk… Read More

Bloomberg’s digital chief: Journalists must ‘reclaim’ their audience from Facebook and Google

The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech… Read More

Report: Black neighborhoods underserved by Amazon’s free same-day delivery

Amazon Prime Free Same-Day Delivery doesn’t serve predominantly black neighborhoods as well as it serves white ones, according to a detailed… Read More

Twitter at 10: Jack Dorsey speaks out about augmenting reality, shifting priorities, and facing challenges

Ten years ago, to the day, Jack Dorsey launched a platform that would facilitate social movements, spark a new form of… Read More

This breakdown of how the Force is used in ‘Star Wars’ is simply mesmerizing

Star Wars seems to have been dissected in every discernible way, but this Bloomberg breakdown of how the Force is used… Read More

Tech boom drives Seattle to become fourth richest city in U.S.

In this East Coast vs. West Coast battle, it looks like the West Coast is winning. According to a review… Read More

How Uber’s Travis Kalanick is like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, according to investor Bill Gurley

Uber has been making headlines for challenging city officials in Portland, musing about investigating the private lives of journalists, and poaching executives from rival companies.… Read More

Amazon’s Fire TV: The inside view from an early partner

Amazon’s new $99 Fire TV set-top box came out of the gate this morning with a range of apps and… Read More

Data analytics startup Context Relevant scores $7M series A from Madrona, Bloomberg and others

Context Relevant has reeled in $7 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle company will use for continued development… Read More

Microsoft stock hits 5-year high as Gates reclaims world’s richest title

It’s a good day to be Bill Gates. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Gates’ reclaimed the title of world’s richest… Read More

Seattle launches new initiative to support entrepreneurs, hoping to build a startup kingdom

You wouldn’t know it judging by the spoonfuls of hot chili that Mayor Mike McGinn is wolfing down, but it’s… Read More