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. []( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Drinks, networking and live GeekWire podcast at NeighborHub on Aug. 23: [Learn more and get tickets here.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Inside the stolen passenger plane: ‘I played video games before, so I know what I’m doing, a little bit’]( Audio and video from the fatal flight of a stolen Horizon Air passenger plane are providing a fuller picture of the incident Friday evening in the skies south of Seattle. [Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch venture rolls out world’s biggest airplane for weekend tests]( Stratolaunch, the launch venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, took the world’s biggest airplane out of its hangar this weekend at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port and revved up its engines in preparation for the next step toward shooting rockets into space from midair. [Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities — does that give them an edge?]( In its hometown, Seattle, Amazon benefits from a well-educated, tech-savvy pool of talent. SPONSOR MESSAGE New Master’s in Product Management [Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out]( Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has been known for making some strong statements about the housing market, and last week he issued his latest proclamation, warning of a slowdown that is beginning to develop across the country, even more so in expensive markets like Seattle and San Francisco. [Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come]( Cortana users can ask Alexa to shop for items on Amazon, manage their Amazon orders and access many of Alexa’s more than 45,000 skills. Alexa users will be able to get their hands on Cortana's top abilities, like calendar management and email integration. [A ‘perfect storm’ of wildfires puts Seattle’s terrible air quality in the record books]( Thanks to an unusually unfortunate weather pattern, Seattle just recorded its worst 24-hour air quality in almost two decades of recordkeeping. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE WEEK [Iconic In-City Penthouse with Views of Seattle and Beyond]( [Google doubles down on massive Seattle campus with another new building in Amazon’s backyard]( Google's huge Seattle campus being built on Amazon's home turf of South Lake Union is about to get a lot bigger. Paul Allen's Vulcan Real Estate said today it is developing a third block for Google in addition to the more than 600,000 square feet currently under construction. [Amazon exec explains the meaning of company’s newest leadership principle and how to avoid ‘Day 2’]( Building a successful company is hard enough. [A low-cost Tesla car? Elon Musk talks about tech (without turmoil) on YouTube]( On the heels of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's angst-filled interview with The New York Times, YouTube techie Marques Brownlee offered up lighter fare from a chat with Musk. [Where do Seattle’s newcomers move from? Drivers license numbers reveal some surprises]( To understand where Seattle's newcomers are moving from, we looked at migration data from the Washington State Department of Licensing between 2008-2017. The numbers provide a snapshot of where people are coming from and the changing demographics of fast-growing Seattle. [T-Mobile’s next ‘Un-carrier’ target: Customer service]( T-Mobile is rolling out its "Team of Experts" customer service model nationwide. The service, which T-Mobile has been testing for two years, assigns blocks of customers in the same area to a group of 30 to 40 dedicated call center employees. [Spin is rolling out of Seattle, leaving just one dockless bikeshare service]( And then there was Lime. Bikeshare operator Spin confirmed it is shutting down service in the city, leaving just one player in the market. [Seahawks QB Russell Wilson reveals roots as a real estate nerd in Zillow appearance]( Long before he was an NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson was a real estate scout. [Ofo confirms Seattle departure date, promises refunds to riders]( Seattle Ofo customers who prepaid for rides will be refunded according to an email the bikesharing company sent this week. [With Pentagon cloud contract in the balance, Microsoft’s hybrid-cloud product, Azure Stack, now certified for government use]( As the federal government reviews submissions from cloud computing companies for the $10 billion Department of Defense cloud contract, Microsoft announced Monday that Azure Stack is now generally available for government customers. 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