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 Oct. 16, 2022.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Microsoft confirmed a report from Axios on Monday that detailed layoffs across multiple divisions. … Read More
Jeff Bezos isn’t too optimistic about the economy. … Read More
Aviel Ginzburg has been splitting time between taking calls from startup founders and tending to his farm. … Read More
Uber is partnering with Seattle-based company Leafly to deliver cannabis in Toronto. … Read More
— Diego Oppenheimer is now a partner and CEO-in-residence at venture capital firm and incubator Factory, which is opening a Seattle office. … Read More
Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-led effort to stoke innovation in climate technology, is holding its inaugural summit this week in Seattle. … Read More
Quick-spreading claims on social media over the weekend about a suspected serial killer in the Seattle area have been refuted by law enforcement officials and debunked by fact checkers. … Read More
Elon Musk’s plan to purchase Twitter would bring with it massive cuts to the social media company’s workforce, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. … Read More
— Adam Coccari is now director of Intuit Ventures, the new venture capital arm of Intuit, the global financial technology platform company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks and other products. … Read More
Amazon filed its first criminal complaints targeting fake review sites in Italy and Spain as the Seattle tech giant continues a legal fight against alleged sellers of fake product reviews. … Read More