Amazon & Microsoft team up on neural networking tech | GeekWire HQ2 search is underway | Washington AG challenges Trump travel ban (again)

Read the latest tech headlines from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. [83c70c80-cefc-43e4-9cc7-74e048a5ee95.png]( October 12, 2017 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( Taste of Iceland Seattle [Experience the best of Icelandic culture in Seattle, Oct. 12 - 15]( Today's top stories [Snow way! Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., will make bid for Amazon HQ2 as one metro corridor]( By Kurt Schlosser The cities of Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., are joining forces as one economic corridor in hopes of convincing Amazon that the region is a worthwhile contender for HQ2, the proposed second headquarters for the Seattle-based tech giant. [New open-source project led by Google aims to help companies track the history of their software]( By Tom Krazit A large amount of modern software development involves re-using components from older applications, open-source projects, and across teams within a company. 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A flexible schedule allows you to attend part time or full time. [Join us for an info session to learn more: December 13]( [Video: Microsoft President Brad Smith explains why the company took a stand on DACA]( By Monica Nickelsburg Microsoft President Brad Smith has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program that gives so-called “Dreamers,” who arrived in the U.S. [Washington AG Bob Ferguson tries to block Trump’s latest travel ban]( By Monica Nickelsburg Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seeking a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s newest executive order restricting travel from eight countries. Home of the Week - Sponsored Post [Luxe Living in Seattle]( A high-impact yet timeless interior with top-of-the-line finishes includes 9-foot ceilings, honed marble counter tops, stainless steel appliances, light/rustic hardwoods and a very rare 300 square foot patio…all set against a canvas of sparkling city and water views! Two bedrooms meet a cozy den,… [Amazon and Microsoft unveil ‘Gluon’ neural network technology, teaming up on machine learning]( By Todd Bishop Microsoft and Amazon, which surprised the tech world with a partnership between their Cortana and Alexa virtual assistants, are back at it again. [Amazon hiring 120k holiday workers in U.S. in 2017 — same as last year, for first time in many years]( By Todd Bishop Amazon says it plans to hire more than 120,000 seasonal workers at its U.S. [B.S. for Ph.D.s: Not even science is immune from the fake-news epidemic]( By Alan Boyle The controversy over fake news may focus on politics, but it's also slipping into the scientific realm, says one of the country's pioneers in the study of B.S. [New study could point to solution for deadly immunotherapy side effects]( By Clare McGrane CAR T immunotherapies — which genetically program immune cells to fight cancer — hold incredible promise for cancer patients who have run out of other options. [Gravitational wave hubbub hints at LIGO’s first sighting of a neutron star smash-up]( By Alan Boyle Another big announcement about gravitational waves is coming up, and this time the hints point to observations in electromagnetic wavelengths as well. [SpaceX launches a satellite and lands a Falcon 9 booster for second time this week]( By Alan Boyle This week's second SpaceX Falcon 9 launch and landing used a pre-flown booster to put the EchoStar 105/SES-11 satellite into orbit. [Real talk about fake news: How the Information Age became the Disinformation Age]( By Tom Krazit Technology has changed just about everything it has touched, and that is especially true when it comes to the distribution of news and information around the planet. [Inventions We Love: Smart lighting, a smart ball and a DIY pancreas system that is … well, really smart]( By Kurt Schlosser You can never have too many inventions worth loving. [GeekWire opens search for ‘GeekWire HQ2’ in quest to find next great North American tech city]( By GeekWire Staff GeekWire started more than six years ago in a loft space in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, later expanding to the back tables of a gritty coffee shop in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. [TheBoardlist founder: ‘Silicon Valley is built for people given opportunity they’re not qualified for’]( By Monica Nickelsburg Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is calling BS on tech industry leaders who avoid hiring female candidates because they don’t want to “lower the bar.” In an on-stage interview at the GeekWire Summit, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff asked Singh Cassidy, a longtime tech exec and serial entrepreneur, how she responds to people who make that claim. [In pursuit of independence, Todd Stabelfeldt urges techies at GeekWire Summit: ‘Make my life real’]( By Lisa Stiffler If you’re playing a role, any role, in creating technology, Todd Stabelfeldt — AKA “The Quadfather” — has a message for you. [GeekWire Summit Live: theBoardlist Founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff]( By Clare McGrane This session isn’t just a talk — it’s also live recording of Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff’s Office Hours podcast. [Three technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks will shape the future]( By Tom Krazit With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really bizarre) things to do is speculate in technology about the future.” After all, we’re still waiting for the flying cars and jetpacks we were promised in the 1980s. [Oculus shows off its first standalone VR headset, $199 Oculus Go, and other treats]( By Alan Boyle Oculus is filling the virtual-reality niche between smartphones and its high-end Oculus Rift headset with a standalone mobile headset that'll sell for $199. [Amazon consumer chief announces $10M donation to Code.org, says STEM education is a key factor in HQ2 search]( By Monica Nickelsburg Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke stressed the importance of computer science education in public schools at the GeekWire Summit Tuesday. [Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities, says urban history expert]( By Monica Nickelsburg Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history textbooks. [Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on leadership lessons from cricket and team sports]( By Taylor Soper Company executives across all industries can learn a lot from team sports. [How Microsoft’s Satya Nadella got Wall Street to look past its cloud battle with Amazon Web Services]( By Tom Krazit About a year after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella became the third chief executive officer in the company’s history, he outlined in April 2015 what seemed at the time an audacious goal: to achieve $20 billion in cloud-related revenue across Microsoft’s array of products and services by the end of its 2018 fiscal year. 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