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GeekWire co-founder. Business and tech journalist. [email protected].

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@mrandystevens @geekwire Thanks for reading, Andy.

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@aviel Aviel, I'm sorry to hear you think that. I thought it was well-researched and thoroughly reported. I worked closely with Dominic on edits. What's the issue, specifically? Happy to learn from your perspective, if you're up for a constructive conversation.

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Journalist Dominic Gates looks at the science behind @elonmusk's goal of putting a million-person city on Mars — the long-term goal of @SpaceX — and explains why planetary scientists say terraforming the planet to make it habitable would take centuries, if it's possible at all. https://t.co/T8NFUyAXDM

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Amazon Leo says its latest launch gives it enough satellites to start broadband internet service https://t.co/7qdf5hM0la via @GeekWire

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As recently as January of this year, Expeditors’ online corporate history page credited “our no layoff policy” for making 2010 the company’s best year ever, according to a version of the page captured by the Internet Archive.
By last month, the page had been changed to call it “our short-term no layoff policy.” Yesterday, the layoffs came. https://t.co/YbXQXuIRc2 via @GeekWire

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No Copilot ‘Super App’ at Microsoft Build, but plenty of agentic fodder — @maryjofoley's take on @Microsoft Build on @geekwire. https://t.co/OrMeZ6gvF0

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Microsoft unveils seven homegrown AI models at Build. The key quote from Mustafa Suleyman: "This is all about long term self-sufficiency for Microsoft and our partners. It’s about models you can trust." https://t.co/NotwZhTTtM via @GeekWire

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Here are the details from my sneak peek in Redmond last week — Inside Microsoft’s Project Solara: A new platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps https://t.co/mxDqtEkiRy via @GeekWire

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@IsForAt @johncook Hi Brian, possibly something for Levi: @levipulk

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Sometimes stories fall in your lap, or in this case go cruising through your neighborhood ... here's how @johnhcook and I spent our Tuesday evening in Seattle. https://t.co/nUuq0ARQbn via @GeekWire

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott publicly addressed for the first time a 2018 email that Musk's lawyers have cited as evidence Microsoft knew OpenAI was abandoning its nonprofit mission. A previously confidential board memo filed in the case reveals how Microsoft's fear of falling behind Google drove the investment. https://t.co/8P3UUtV6J3 via @GeekWire

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s stake in Helion Energy draws scrutiny in Musk trial and on Capitol Hill https://t.co/lNo5WbUuLn via @GeekWire

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‘Strong, strong no’: New filing reveals who Microsoft favored — and opposed — for OpenAI’s board https://t.co/uqIdEBtJWn via @GeekWire

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Amazon Now goes national, taking 30-minute delivery to dozens of cities across the country. The service, which GeekWire first uncovered through permit filings in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood last November, delivers fresh groceries, household essentials, and other items from small neighborhood fulfillment hubs using its Amazon Flex citizens’ delivery brigade.

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Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella was worried about Microsoft being ‘the next IBM’ in OpenAI deal https://t.co/IvPJZB5WQP via @GeekWire

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Microsoft employees eligible for the company's first-ever voluntary retirement program learned the details Thursday morning. The package includes cash payments of up to nine months of base pay, up to five years of healthcare coverage — fully subsidized in the first year, standard COBRA rates after that — and stock vesting for six to 12 months. An estimated 8,750 employees are eligible and have 30 days to decide. https://t.co/XRYRLVstkd via @GeekWire

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New: @Zillow Group leans into AI as revenue climbs 18% in flat housing market https://t.co/ILTSkXjRLm

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XBOW, the unicorn with a Seattle mailbox, raises another $35M for its autonomous hacking platform https://t.co/GAia7hbrq3 via @GeekWire

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Microsoft's new workplace AI research finds that workers are adopting AI faster than their companies can keep up. The 2026 Work Trend Index looks at what's holding organizations back and identifies a group of advanced users it calls "Frontier Professionals." https://t.co/0Q2ukqBLC1 via @GeekWire