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. [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Join ALLTech and GeekWire on the trails this August: [The WTA's annual Hike-a-thon is getting started. Join our team or donate here!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is moving to the public cloud, and guess which platform it’s choosing?]( LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million members around the world with it — and it didn’t have to look far to find a provider. [High-flying Indian budget hotel startup Oyo hires ex-Uber GM to lead new Seattle office]( Oyo, a six-year-old hotel startup that has already grown to dominate the budget hospitality scene in India and China, is setting its sights on the U.S. [Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’]( Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational platform of "unprecedented scale" to accelerate the development of advanced forms of AI. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Register early for the GeekWire Summit and save!]( Join GeekWire on Oct 7-9 in Seattle for this one-of-a-kind conference, which will leave you informed, inspired and connected. [We announced the first wave of speakers]( including Microsoft President Brad Smith, former Seattle Seahawk Doug {NAME}, and many more. [Register here.]( [Prime dispute: Trucking company sues Amazon over logo on tech giant’s shipping fleet]( Amazon’s Prime-branded trucks have drawn a legal challenge from a company with a familiar name. [Taking on Tesla: Polestar 2 electric car, with Google tech built in, rolls into Seattle amid showroom plans]( It’s a good problem to have when you can’t decide whether you’d rather stare at a new car’s exterior or get inside to play with the tech on the interior. [Expedia president Aman Bhutani is leaving as travel giant shuffles execs and realigns internal teams]( Aman Bhutani, the veteran Expedia Group business and tech leader who oversees online travel businesses including Travelocity, Orbitz and the flagship Expedia brand, is leaving the company to pursue another opportunity, GeekWire has learned. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE WEEK [The Lodge at Fern Gully: A Private Pacific Northwest Retreat]( [Amazon’s new real estate partnership with Realogy promises homebuyers up to $5k in credits]( Amazon is stepping further into the real estate world. [Hello, neighbor! How Google Cloud is making its presence known in Amazon’s backyard]( Google is planting its flag in Amazon territory. [T-Mobile and Taco Bell together again on Taco Tuesday, with launch of T-MoBell stores]( That ringing coming from inside select T-Mobile stores isn’t just phones — it’s a certain fast food bell. [India sends Chandrayaan 2 probe toward the moon’s south pole for historic landing]( India began a slow but steady space odyssey to the moon's south pole today with the launch of its Chandrayaan 2 mission. [‘JoyCon drift’ problem causes controversy and a lawsuit among Nintendo Switch owners]( Nintendo is facing a big problem thanks to what’s become known as “JoyCon drift.” A substantial number of Switch device users have reported, via methods such as a popular thread on the Switch subreddit, that their system’s JoyCon controllers are failing in a particular and specific way, creating anything from missed inputs to the in-game camera adjusting itself. [Tech Moves: Former Amazon execs flock to startups, and Palmetto hires for new Seattle office]( He’s the former head of a $10 billion business retail unit at Amazon, and he’s one of several execs heading to competing startups. [Starbucks teams with new restaurant tech platform, led by coffee giant’s former chief digital officer]( Starbucks’ commitment to technology-powered retail solutions took another step forward on Monday as the company announced it is teaming with Brightloom, the restaurant tech company formerly known as Eatsa. [3 more Amazon Go stores on the way in Seattle and Chicago, bringing total footprint to 17 locations]( Amazon today announced three new Amazon Go stores that will open soon in Seattle and Chicago, bringing the total footprint for the cashier-less convenience store concept to 17 locations in four cities. [LightSail 2 unfurls in orbit, marking the climax of solar sail experiment]( The nonprofit Planetary Society says its LightSail 2 experiment spread out its solar sails today, nearly a month after it rode to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. 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