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Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT []( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears]( One year after announcing its HQ2 search, Amazon is staffing up satellite offices around the world and expanding existing operations in cities contending for the second headquarters, an indication of where it's finding the most talent, if not where the economic prize will land. [Updated: Microsoft Azure’s southern U.S. data center goes down for hours, impacting Office365 and Active Directory customers]( Some Microsoft Azure customers with workloads running in its South Central US data center are having big problems coming back from the holiday weekend Tuesday, after shutdown procedures were initiated following a spike in temperature inside one of its facilities. [Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea]( Warehouse workers confined in cages? That's the dark vision evoked by an essay delving into the worries that accompany the development of the Amazon Echo speaker. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Provide your customers the experience they expect—Be Disruptive™.]( [Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy joins NHL ownership group aiming to bring pro hockey to Seattle]( Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has joined the investor group aiming to bring an NHL expansion team to Seattle, adding new financial capital and tech credibility to the effort to land a pro sports franchise a few blocks from the tech giant’s headquarters. [Rocket envy? Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship launches a double entendre]( It's hard to top the risque rocket scene in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," but Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket has also spawned its share of ribaldry. [Some Microsoft Azure issues stretch into a second day, as Active Directory and Office 365 stabilize]( A series of failures at Microsoft’s San Antonio data centers continued to cause issues for some customers stretching into the second day back from the holiday weekend, although it seems like the worst is over. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE WEEK [Sunset Hill Oasis]( [Tech Moves: Airbnb hires Groupon CMO, former eBay exec; Moz CPO joins BrandVerity; and more]( Just three months after it opened its new Seattle office, Airbnb is making an even stronger bet on the city with a top-level executive hire. [Third Amazon Go location opens a week after second store, accelerating Amazon’s quest to end grocery checkout lines]( After spending years developing the technology behind the store, and another year testing it with Amazon employees, the tech giant is starting to move faster in expanding Amazon Go. [Is Amazon responsible for Seattle’s housing cooldown? Real estate experts weigh in]( Seattle's housing market has risen to record levels — for better or worse — along with Amazon's historic success, but the tech giant's hiring has slowed in recent months. At the same time, the region's housing market has cooled, losing its nearly two-year title as the nation's hottest. Coincidence? [Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one]( Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made his largest-ever contribution to congressional candidates in the form of a $100,000 donation to a GOP political action committee. [Bummer, dude: Tesla stock drops after Elon Musk smokes weed on talk show and executives leave]( Tesla share prices took a major hit after billionaire CEO Elon Musk took a hit off what looked like as a marijuana stogie during a YouTube talk show. [The biggest iPhone leak in history? Plus, hands-on with Microsoft’s giant new Xbox controller]( The Geared Up Giveaway is back! See the bottom of this post for a chance to win an Xbox Adaptive Controller. [DocuSign quarterly revenue climbs 33% in second quarterly report since IPO]( Digital signature giant DocuSign reported $167 million in revenue for the July quarter, up 33 percent, in just its second quarterly report since becoming a public company. [Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ to require employers to cover federal aid for workers]( Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that would force big companies to cover the costs of federal assistance their employees receive. [Amazon orders 20,000 vans for Delivery Service Partners program, more than quadrupling initial order]( Amazon has boosted its order for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans to 20,000 vehicles for its Delivery Service Partner program, up from 4,500 initially, reflecting what the company calls a “tremendous response” from people applying to own their own Amazon delivery businesses as part of the program. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Centene: Business Intelligence Developer (All levels)]( - [Centene: Manager, Information Technology]( - [Centene: C#/.NET Developer]( - [Centene: Java Developer]( - [ExpertVoice: Senior Software Development Engineer (Front End)]( - [The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2): Senior Software Engineer, Semantic Scholar]( - [etailz, Inc.: Director of Inside Sales]( - [Centene: Java Developer]( - [Centene: Manager, Information Technology]( - [Centene: System Engineer]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? 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