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Microsoft began laying off thousands of employees, targeting less than 3% of its global workforce in a move to streamline operations and reduce management layers.
Microsoft will lay off 1,985 employees in Washington state starting July 12, including 475 remote workers, according to a WARN notice. It's the largest local cut since 2023.
A 75-person team at Seattle's Allen Institute is embarking on a 10-year project called CellScapes to devise a mathematical language to capture cell behavior.
Seattle Rep is bringing the heat with Duel Reality—a gravity-defying, high-octane twist on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet from the internationally acclaimed circus troupe The 7 Fingers (2023's Passengers). Expect jaw-dropping feats, fierce family rivalry, and an exclusive on-stage seating opportunity that drops you right into the heart of the action. Starts 5/29.
Not satisfied with what they considered overly complicated methods for cooking unsatisfactory chicken, Dave Atchison and Tony Smith jumped out of the frying pan and into the startup fire.
Amazon is cutting about 100 jobs in its Devices & Services division, which includes Alexa and Echo, as part of a broader tech industry trend toward efficiency amid ongoing AI advancements.
A new Seattle startup led by veteran engineers is building technology to tackle one of the biggest drivers of cost and complexity in large language model deployment.
No way. Bonkers. A real stretch. That’s the response I got in our Slack thread after floating MacKenzie Scott as a potential buyer of the Portland Trail Blazers.
The estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has begun the process of selling the Portland Trail Blazers, fulfilling his directive to direct proceeds to philanthropy. The Seattle Seahawks and Sounders are not part of the sale.
[Updated below with comments from the employee group No Azure for Apartheid.] Microsoft said Thursday that it found no evidence its technologies were used by the Israeli military to harm civilians in Gaza, following internal and external reviews into allegations that the company was complicit in human rights abuses.
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