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 Jan. 28, 2024.
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More than $85M in Zulily inventory and fulfillment center assets will be up for sale
Zulily’s going-out-of-business sale in early December didn’t entirely deplete the inventory of goods held by the Seattle-based online retailer that abruptly shut down late last year. … Read More
Citing fire dangers, Seattle bans batteries from the trash — here’s where they should go instead
Beginning this year, households in Seattle are banned from tossing old batteries in the trash — including everything from the tiny batteries that power hearing aids to those juicing up electric bikes. … Read More
Microsoft’s resurgence: Reflecting on Satya Nadella’s leadership, a decade after he became CEO
When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d go on to be life-long friends or that he’d end up running the company for over a decade. … Read More
Microsoft AI engineer says company thwarted attempt to expose DALL-E 3 safety problems
This post has been updated with Microsoft and OpenAI comments, and additional context from Microsoft engineer Shane Jones in response to their statements. … Read More
As Bellevue’s tech boom cools, here’s why city leaders are welcoming the slowdown
In 2021, while much of the U.S. was recovering from the pandemic, Bellevue’s tech scene was flourishing as Amazon, Meta and others rushed to expand their footprints in the city east of Seattle. … Read More
Amazon terminates $1.4B iRobot deal, blames ‘disproportionate’ regulatory hurdles
Amazon is abandoning plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot, a $1.4 billion deal that would have been one of the company’s largest acquisitions ever. … Read More
Washington governor signs executive order to develop guidelines for generative AI use
Washington became the latest state to issue an executive order related to generative AI as government agencies try to keep up with the rapidly developing technology that is causing both optimism and concern over its potential impact. … Read More
Amazon earnings preview: AWS, advertising, AI in the spotlight for holiday quarter results
Amazon will report its holiday quarter 2023 earnings on Thursday. … Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm
— Dave Cotter, a longtime Seattle tech leader who sold a startup to Nordstrom and most recently led product at Leafly, launched a new advisory firm called D3 Advisors. … Read More
Apple Vision Pro buyers in Seattle wrap their heads around ‘the future’ of tech
There wasn’t a line stretching around the block the way there might have been for an early iPhone release. … Read More
