GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Register now for AWS re:Inforce: [Hear from AWS experts on all things cloud security in the generative AI era.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Seattle’s economic strength helps propel it to No. 6 in new ranking of top 1,000 global cities]( A new ranking of the top 1,000 largest cities in the world puts Seattle among elite company, thanks largely to the economic strength of the city, driven by its tech sector. [Seattle resident files FTC complaint alleging Uber, DoorDash mislead customers with ‘junk fees’]( A new complaint asks the Federal Trade Commission to investigate fees that Uber and DoorDash added to customer orders in Seattle following the implementation of a minimum wage law earlier this year. [U.S. Army awards $1.6M to Wave Motion for development of Jet Gun technology]( Wave Motion Launch Corp. has won a contract worth nearly $1.6 million from the U.S. Army to continue development of its Jet Gun technology. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Local Bank Offering A Frictionless Loan Application Process For Small Businesses in Washington State]( 40-50% of small businesses rank access to capital as their main obstacle. Unlike traditional banks that tend to be encumbered by legacy tech, community banks can bring agility and innovation to small business lending. Learn how a Seattle-based financial institution leveraged open banking to offer a frictionless loan process for small business borrowers in Washington State. [Learn More.]( [Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ AI assistant runs meetings, manages projects, assigns tasks]( Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings on track, takes collaborative notes, manages large projects, and assigns tasks. [Salesforce, Microsoft vets raise $8M for new AI cybersecurity startup]( A new Seattle-area startup is using artificial intelligence to help overwhelmed security teams identify high priority security flaws and mitigate threats. [How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead]( Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a creative solution to an issue that was facing the U.S. [Not just another coding bot: Pioneer Square Labs releases JACoB AI agent as open-source project]( Would it be possible to build an AI summer intern? [How Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre blazed a trail for diversity]( Decades before the current debates over gender and sexuality, the late Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre flipped the script. [Chatbots for teachers: Univ. of Washington releases free AI tool for quicker, better lesson plans]( Teachers are spending more than 10 hours per week prepping their lesson plans, cutting into time that could be spent with students. [Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI]( REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft showed new integrations between its Copilot artificial intelligence technologies and its Windows PC operating system, and previewed a new class of personal computers designed to further build AI capabilities into its longtime software platform. [Redmond high school student is ‘Google for Doodle’ contest winner for Washington state]( Mahee Chandrasekhar, a 9th grader at Redmond High School in Redmond, Wash., is the Washington state winner in the 16th annual “Doodle for Google” contest. [Amperity CEO Barry Padgett stepping down from Seattle startup]( Amperity CEO Barry Padgett is stepping down from the Seattle startup to spend time with his teenage children and will transition to an advisor role beginning next month. [New LEGO skyscraper exhibit at Seattle’s MOHAI shows off some impressive building blocks]( The most impressive skyline view in Seattle is coming to the inside of the city’s Museum of History and Industry. [Amazon shareholders reject all 14 proposals on issues related to climate, AI, working conditions]( Investors representing a majority of Amazon’s shares voted against all 14 outside proposals submitted for the annual meeting of shareholders Wednesday morning, according to the company. [Recruiting software company SeekOut lays off employees in another round of cuts]( SeekOut, a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the second time in the past eight months. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Account Executive, Public Sector]( - [BRINC: Senior/Principal Backend & Platform Software Engineer]( - [INRIX: Finance Pricing Manager]( - [BRINC: Principal / Senior Software Test Engineer]( - [BRINC: Territory Account Executive, PacNW]( - [BRINC: Senior Accounting/Financial Analyst]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2024 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](