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Read the latest tech headlines from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. [83c70c80-cefc-43e4-9cc7-74e048a5ee95.png]( November 23, 2017 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( GeekWire Gala, December 6 [Seattle’s holiday tradition! Tickets on sale now.]( Today's top stories [Holiday science book guide for 2017: Why not give them the cosmos for Christmas?]( By Alan Boyle Looking for a gift for a geek? At least one of the 16 books on this year's science reading list should strike a chord. [Lessons from the Bushmen: How this tech-free society could foreshadow our technological future]( By Clare McGrane Many people nowadays are concerned about the way technology is changing their lives. Sponsored Post [The Rise of the Experience Design Engineer™]( At [Level 11]( we embody the rise of the Experience Design Engineer™(XDE™). We employ design thinking to invent new brand experiences. 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[Remitly’s $115M investment round approved by regulators as startup expands mobile remittance platform]( By Taylor Soper NEWS BRIEF: Remitly’s $115 million investment round has officially been approved. [Amazon Web Services re-invents the holiday news dump with Symantec win]( By Tom Krazit As a steady stream of last-minute Thanksgiving shoppers poured into Whole Foods stores around the country Wednesday afternoon, Amazon Web Services chose what is traditionally the best time of the year to bury bad news to announce that it has won a significant amount of business away from its closest rival. [Judge blocks Seattle’s new income tax on the rich]( By Monica Nickelsburg Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John Ruhl struck down the law, ruling that it violates Washington state law. 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