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 April 9, 2023.
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3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people, insists it upheld pledge on jobs
John Legere was adamant, bordering on indignant. … Read More
Redfin lays off 201 employees as housing market continues to retrench
Redfin laid off 201 employees, or about 4% of its workforce, on Tuesday as it continues to trim expenses in response to the housing downturn and ongoing economic uncertainty. … Read More
Netflix turning a Seattle warehouse Upside Down with interactive ‘Stranger Things: The Experience’
Seattle is going to put on its best Hawkins, Ind., impersonation when “Stranger Things: The Experience” sets up in a warehouse in the SoDo neighborhood next month. … Read More
Microsoft’s ‘Verified ID’ will confirm that LinkedIn members actually work where they say they do
Microsoft is expanding its digital identity technology to LinkedIn with a new tool that lets companies give their employees a way to prove to the outside world that they’re not fibbing about their place of work. … Read More
The latest 007 saga has a space billionaire, quantum computers — but no James Bond
Imagine a James Bond story with quantum computers, brain-computer interfaces, a cloud-shifting climate control system and a billionaire who owns his own launch system and satellite constellation. … Read More
Carbon Robotics lands $30M to sell more weed-destroying machines powered by AI
Turns out that farmers like using lasers to kill weeds. … Read More
Judge tosses most of the claims in Amazon’s suit against former AWS real estate managers
A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a long-running lawsuit brought by Amazon against two of its former real estate managers and others whom the tech giant alleges defrauded the company of millions of dollars in development deals for Amazon Web Services data centers. … Read More
Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery
Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot? … Read More
Tech leaders size up what it’ll take to turn Pacific Northwest into a ‘Quantum Valley’
California’s Silicon Valley may rule the roost for internet startups, and Kendall Square in the Boston area may set the pace for the biotech industry, but could the Pacific Northwest leap into the lead for quantum computing? … Read More
Amazon and SpaceX vets apply their AI and satellite skills to new carbon accounting startup
Corporations worldwide are committing to shrinking their carbon footprints. … Read More
