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Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Another open-source database company will tighten its licensing strategy, wary of Amazon Web Services]( Cockroach Labs, the New York-based database company behind the open-source CockroachDB database, will change the terms of the license agreement in the next version of the open-source project to prohibit cloud providers like Amazon Web Services from offering a commercial version of that project as a service. [Amazon shows off new all-electric Prime Air drone that will start delivering packages ‘within months’]( Amazon's drone ambitions took another step forward as the tech giant revealed its latest delivery drone design. [SpaceX Dragon cargo ship splashes down]( A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing two tons of scientific experiments and other hardware back from the International Space Station. [See it in person or watch online as Amazon’s latest rare corpse flower is set to bloom inside Spheres]( The latest rare specimen inside Amazon’s Spheres is set to put on its final show, as a blooming corpse flower is nearing the end of its cycle in the company’s plant-filled Seattle office space. [At Amazon’s re:MARS fest, Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. unveils campaign to clean up the planet]( Robert Downey Jr. has been saving the planet in Marvel movies for 11 years as a cinematic Iron Man. Now he wants to spend the next 11 years helping to save the planet for real. [Startup bets high-tech dog lockers will get shoppers to leave pups outside the grocery store]( Yes, those new lockable kennels outside the grocery store really are meant for your dog. And the startup that provides them knows you're going to be skeptical. But it's betting that its technology will win you over. [Networking issues take down Google Cloud in parts of the U.S. and Europe, YouTube and Snapchat also affected]( Update 6:13pm PT: Google sounded the all-clear at 5:09 pm PT, saying that all service had been restored. [Inside the Adaptive Biotech IPO: How two brothers built a big idea into a breakthrough company]( On this GeekWire podcast, learn how Chad and Harlan Robins created and built Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, which is using the genetic code of the immune system in an effort to transform the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Adaptive filed to go public last week — it's the first Seattle-area company to announce IPO plans this year. [Ex-Urbanspoon and Dwellable execs take on Google and Yelp with friend recommendation startup]( There are several existing places you can go to find local professionals for a variety of services — Google, Yelp, and Facebook are the market behemoths. But the experienced tech founders at Seattle startup Fresh Chalk believe they have come up with a faster and more efficient way to find everything from doctors to plumbers to barbers to photographers. [Geared Up: Huge Apple leaks, Tesla Model 3, new MacBook Pros, and more]( This week on the Geared Up podcast we have a couple of big leaks out of Apple that give us a glimpse of what to expect from the upcoming iOS 13 and macOS 10.15, including the impending death of iTunes as Apple splits the iconic music player up. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Rad Power Bikes: Director of Product]( - [Quorum: Software Developer]( - [New Hampshire Ball Bearings: Sr. Key Account Manager]( - [SkyKick: Build Engineer]( - [Yapta: Data Engineer]( - [Rad Power Bikes: Senior Advertising Manager, Paid Search & Social]( - [Ookla: Enterprise Marketing Manager]( - [Rad Power Bikes: Associate Technical Videographer]( - [Gemma Labs: Frontend Web Developer]( - [Rad Power Bikes: IT Manager]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2019 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](