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Trending: Microsoft’s Azure reports cloud outage, disrupting global customers including Alaska Airlines
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Microsoft logo. (GeekWire Photo) An outage on Microsoft's Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including
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Amazon’s Anthropic investment boosts its quarterly profits by $9.5B
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Amazon’s third-quarter profit jumped 38% to $21.2 billion, boosted in part by a $9.5 billion paper gain on its investment in AI startup Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot.
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‘It’s culture’: Amazon CEO says massive corporate layoffs were about agility — not AI or cost-cutting
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s latest big round of
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Zillow posts $676M in Q3 revenue as rentals and mortgage businesses power growth
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(Zillow Photo) This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. Zillow continues to be an overachiever, at least with its financial performance.
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Amazon stock soars 11% after topping Q3 estimates with $180.2B in revenue, $21.2B in profits
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An Amazon Prime delivery van outside the company's Seattle headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon beat estimates for its
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The ‘enormous barrier’ that threatens economic growth in the Pacific Northwest
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Leaders in the Pacific Northwest are largely bullish on the region's continued economic success --- but one threat to the region's fiscal progress worries them in particular.
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Inside the UW Allen School: Six ‘grand challenges’ shaping the future of computer science
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The University of Washington’s Allen School is tackling six “grand challenges” in computer science — from AI and education to health and sustainability. At its annual research showcase, students and...
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Slowly but surely, high-speed rail backers believe Cascadia mega-project will become a reality
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Ten years into a dream to connect Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland via a high-speed rail line, the plan is moving forward, and Cascadia Innovation Corridor leaders say the next decade could be a...
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#Sponsored #GWStudios A no-interest cash advance? A 4% annual boost on savings? Remitly's Chief Product and Technology Officer, Ankur Sinha, walks through the new benefits of the Remitly One membership. See the full breakdown in this exclusive launch interview. Watch now:
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Fresh off $225M raise, live shopping company Whatnot will boost Seattle headcount in Amazon’s backyard
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(Whatnot Photo) Live-shopping startup Whatnot plans to grow its new Seattle outpost following a $225 million funding round announced this week. The
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Trending: Amazon layoffs hit software engineers hardest in Washington
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Amazon's headquarters towers and The Spheres in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Software development engineers make up the largest group
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Sponsored: Stop Treating Health Benefit Solutions Like a Utility Read more: https://t.co/CRNld3sUBo
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Microsoft beats expectations, reports nearly $35B in Q1 capital spending amid Azure outage
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Microsoft reported revenue and profits ahead of analysts' expectations, with Azure revenue growth climbing to 40% as the company continued to grapple with the effects of a widespread cloud outage.
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Microsoft’s Azure reports cloud outage, disrupting global customers including Alaska Airlines
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Microsoft logo. (GeekWire Photo) An outage on Microsoft's Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including
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Microsoft’s Azure reports cloud outage, disrupting customers including Alaska Airlines.
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Microsoft logo. (GeekWire Photo) An outage on Microsoft's Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including
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Amazon layoffs hit software engineers hardest in Washington
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Amazon's headquarters towers and The Spheres in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Software development engineers make up the largest group
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith makes nuanced AI pitch: Huge potential, real concerns, and a Jon Stewart clip
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Microsoft's Brad Smith addressed the crowd at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor's annual summit, pitching AI's potential benefits while acknowledging the hype.
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Beta’s unique electric airplane flies into Seattle to wow state officials and aviation experts
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Vermont-based Beta brought its all-electric ALIA CX300 to an event at Boeing Field.
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With earnings on tap, Microsoft touches $4 trillion again after reaching OpenAI deal
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With a new OpenAI partnership in hand, Microsoft is going into its earnings report Wednesday afternoon with a resolution to one of the biggest questions about its business.
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Worth a mention: Seattle tech vets launch Alertmouse, a startup to track who’s talking about you
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The co-founders of Alertmouse, from left: Nathan Kriege, Rand Fishkin and Adam Doppelt, along with Britt Klontz, founder of PR firm Vada Communications,
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