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 Aug. 27, 2023.
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Compensation data from Blind app shows how much public tech giants pay engineers
Blind, the anonymous social network for verified corporate employees, released new compensation data for software engineers working at Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. … Read More
Amazon adds three execs to its senior leadership team — here’s how the list has changed this year
Amazon named three additional executives to its senior leadership team Friday: Andy Jassy, the Amazon CEO, announced the additions in a message to employees that was also published on the company’s corporate site. … Read More
Artist’s giant troll sculptures bring whimsy to Seattle-area woods — and a message about waste
The giant trolls are here. A unique art project is leaving its big footprint on the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest, bringing with it a message about waste, the environment and getting out in nature. … Read More
Recent grads working in tech are migrating to Seattle more than any other U.S. city
Seattle ranks No. 1 on a list measuring migration patterns of recent graduates in tech. … Read More
Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs
Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line. … Read More
Cloud automation startup SkyKick lays off 140 employees
Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S. … Read More
GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company told GeekWire. … Read More
E-commerce rivals Amazon and Shopify reach truce on ‘Buy with Prime’ integration
Online merchants who use Shopify’s e-commerce platform will be able to natively integrate Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program into their Shopify sites under an initiative unveiled by the companies Wednesday afternoon. … Read More
Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce
Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest in a series of moves by the Seattle-based travel giant to overhaul its workforce. … Read More
Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral
Two and a half months after Starfish Space’s first orbital mission teetered on the edge of failure because its Otter Pup satellite docking system took a wild tumble, the Kent, Wash.-based startup says that it has stopped the spin and is moving ahead with preparations to rendezvous with another satellite. … Read More
