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 Nov. 26, 2023.
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Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs
Nobody dropped the tech industry’s tried and true “stumble fast” mantra, but during a tour Wednesday of Amazon’s newly opened Sonic office tower in Bellevue, Wash., the theme was definitely about experimenting, learning and evolving. … Read More
Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent
Reporting from Las Vegas … Brilliant marketing advance or big waste of money? … Read More
Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing
At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its first desktop productivity device in one of its consumer division’s existing streaming media products. … Read More
Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud
Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara knows semiconductors and appreciates a good red wine. … Read More
Seattle preps for new rules requiring more than 4,000 buildings to cut fossil fuel use by 2050
The Seattle City Council is closing in on new rules requiring roughly 4,100 existing buildings of more than 20,000 square feet to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. … Read More
AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent
Reporting from Las Vegas … Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky doubled down on the new era of artificial intelligence with a series of product announcements and thinly veiled but repeated criticism of Microsoft and OpenAI. … Read More
Rover to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in $2.3B deal
Seattle pet-sitting marketplace Rover announced Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in a deal worth approximately $2.3 billion. … Read More
Sustainable chicken sandwich startup lands $1.5M and opens first brick-and-mortar spot in Seattle
Three months after rolling out a food truck to launch his sustainable, fast-casual, chicken sandwich joint Mt. … Read More
Could AI become conscious? Physicists and neuroscientists seek for answers
Will artificial intelligence serve humanity — or will it spawn a new species of conscious digital beings with their own agenda? … Read More
Broadcom laying off workers in Washington state following acquisition of VMware
Broadcom, the San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor and software tech multinational, is laying off 158 workers in Bellevue, Wash., according to a new filing with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system. … Read More
