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This week's top tech stories from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. March 18, 2018 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( #BCTECH Summit, May 14-16 [We’re more than just maple syrup. Explore BC tech in Vancouver! Code: GW100]( This week's top stories [Google picks up another win for G Suite as Airbus grounds Microsoft Office]( By Tom Krazit With over 130,000 employees, Airbus uses a lot of office productivity software. [Facebook opens big new Seattle building, boosting total capacity in the city to nearly 3,000 people]( By Nat Levy Facebook debuted a new office building in Seattle with room for another 900 people today, less than two years after opening a new 2,000-person engineering center nearby — the latest sign of the massive growth by Silicon Valley tech giants in the city. 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. Our focus on the practice of Digital Transformation has led us to our Experience Design Engineering™ methodology. Using out XDE™ methodology, we fundamentally change the way consumers engage, experience, and interact with your brand across every touchpoint in your connected ecosystem—physical, digital, in-store, online, mobile, wearable, Internet of Things—across the lifecycle of your customers. Provide your customers the experience they expect—Be Disruptive™ and learn how to achieve Digital Transformation by connecting with Level 11. Email us at info@level11.com [Valve moves The International to Vancouver, B.C., as Seattle loses huge esports event]( By Taylor Soper The International is headed to Canada for the first time ever. [Drake plays Fortnite, breaks Twitch streaming record with 600K concurrent viewers]( By Taylor Soper Drake helped create a moment of game streaming history on Wednesday night. Home of the Week - Sponsored Post [Refined Living at Osprey Landing on Alki Beach]( Osprey Landing is a boutique 3-story condominium building with a total of 6 homes (2 units per floor). Located on Alki Avenue, it boasts dramatic, unobstructed views of the Puget Sound out toward the Olympic Mountains. Unit 302, the foremost unit, has unparalleled panoramic vistas complemented by refined… [What’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene? Despite top talent, a lack of venture capital stunts growth]( By Taylor Soper After nine years of building a robust cloud services business with thousands of customers, Geeman Yip was ready to raise venture capital. [How Atlassian moved Jira and Confluence users to Amazon Web Services, and what it learned along the way]( By Tom Krazit If your business is built around servicing software developers who know exactly what state-of-the-art tools should be capable of doing, at a certain point it’s time to bite the bullet and modernize your infrastructure. [Bill Gates to meet with President Trump at the White House, plans to stress importance of foreign aid]( By Taylor Soper After meetings with Ireland’s prime minister and the American Petroleum Institute, President Trump on Thursday will sit down with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. [Hey, sad internet, use your imagination! If Toys R Us goes bust, pick a smaller box to shop in]( By Kurt Schlosser Commentary: Reports suggesting that Toys R Us and its 800 remaining stores may not be long for this retail world arrived for many this weekend like a Lego stuck to the bottom of a bare foot. [Watch John Oliver break down blockchain and bitcoin on ‘Last Week Tonight’]( By Monica Nickelsburg The same day news of cryptocurrency scammers making off with more than $2 million surfaced, John Oliver dedicated most of his show to cautioning viewers about the alluring new market, which ” is essentially the wild west and ripe for exploitation,” according to the comedian. [‘Cosmic Crisp’ conflict: Washington State University sues its own spinoff in dispute over ‘apple of the future’]( By Taylor Soper Update: One day after this story published, Washington State University and Phytelligence issued their own public statements.  One of the world’s most highly-anticipated apple varieties is at the core of an unusual legal dispute between Washington State University and one of its own spinoff companies. [Giant new ‘Duke’ controller, revived for Xbox One, shows importance of ‘not giving up on a cool idea’]( By Todd Bishop A new version of the gigantic original Xbox controller, nicknamed “the Duke,” is slated for release for the Xbox One and Windows 10 next month, and Microsoft offered a sneak peek this weekend, along with some inside details. [Amazon vets raise $16.4M for Skilljar, aim to help companies educate customers about their products]( By Taylor Soper After getting the startup itch at Amazon, going through the Techstars accelerator, and pivoting their business model, Sandi Lin and Jason Stewart have found their groove with Skilljar. [This Pi Day, don’t forget the reason for the season]( By Alan Boyle Maybe it's time to put the pi back in Pi Day. We remember a time when 3/14 really stood for something, and wasn't just an excuse for pie-eating contests. [Xbox co-creator Ed Fries on Seattle’s status as a gaming hub, Nintendo Switch’s success, and more]( By Nat Levy Ed Fries calls himself a “proud parent” of Microsoft’s Xbox, but he’s also played an important role in nurturing the overall gaming industry in the Pacific Northwest. [Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency]( By Monica Nickelsburg A city in the U.S. has passed the country’s first ban on cryptocurrency mining after residents saw their electricity bills go up, sometimes by $100 or $200. [Read more of today's news on GeekWire >]( [] Today's top jobs - [The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2): Crowdsourcing Engineer]( - [University of Washington: OCEAN SCIENCE SOFTWARE ENGINEER]( - [OfferUp: Software Development Manager – Backend]( - [Wave Broadband: Optical Network Engineer]( - [OfferUp: Software Development Engineer – Front End Web]( - [Wave Broadband: IT Administrator]( - [The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2): Senior Frontend Engineer, Aristo]( - [The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2): Senior Full Stack Engineer, Semantic Scholar]( - [Valant: Software Development Manager]( [Hiring? 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