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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 [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Become a GeekWire member: [Support independent journalism and join today!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Amazon dives deeper into video games, launches first big-budget title Crucible]( Amazon took a big step into the gaming industry Wednesday with the launch of Crucible, a free-to-play online shooter and the company’s first original big-budget game. [Scientists say 17-year-old blood sample yields promising antibodies for COVID-19]( The search for COVID-19 therapies has turned to an antibody that was first identified in 2003, in a blood sample taken from a SARS patient. [This governor alarmed professors 22 years ago with his vision for distance learning in 2020 — here’s what he says today]( "Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors." That was the headline on a 1998 New York Times story about an open letter to then-Gov. Gary Locke from University of Washington professors “worried about the enthusiasm he and one of his advisers are showing for instruction via CD-ROM's and the Internet.” More than 20 years later, with the pandemic making distance education an unavoidable reality, we revisit the topic with Locke and one of those professors on a special episode of the GeekWire Podcast. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Become a member, support independent journalism!]( GeekWire members support independent journalism at a time when trusted storytelling and community engagement is more important than ever. [Join today!Â]( [Seattle-area software engineer charged for attempting to defraud CARES Act of $1.5M]( Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what federal prosecutors called a “brazen scheme” to defraud the U.S. [Photos: Inside Amazon’s new 8-floor family homeless shelter attached to its Seattle HQ]( Attached to one of Amazon’s downtown Seattle office buildings, in the heart of the tech giant’s headquarters campus, a new homeless shelter built by the company is now open and servicing people in need. [Microsoft builds OpenAI’s ‘dream system,’ an Azure supercomputer that ranks among top 5 in the world]( Microsoft says it has created one of the world’s top supercomputers for the exclusive use of OpenAI, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company pursuing breakthroughs in artificial general intelligence, or AGI, new forms of autonomous technology that would match or surpass human abilities. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY [Breathtaking Panoramic Views on Lemolo Shore Drive in Poulsbo]( [Astronauts arrive in Florida to set new NASA traditions for crewed spaceflight]( Two NASA astronauts landed in Florida to go through pre-launch traditions that haven't been followed since 2011 — and create a few new traditions as well. [Innovative sleep apnea fix takes home $25K prize at University of Washington student startup contest]( Ryan Yousefian had an advantage in the 2020 Dempsey Startup Competition for student entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest. [COVID-19 lessons from Iceland: How one Nordic country has all but stopped the virus in its tracks]( At first glance, Iceland’s COVID-19 statistics might seem contradictory. [Judge clears the way for salvagers to open up the Titanic and retrieve Marconi radio]( A federal judge in Virginia says RMS Titanic Inc. can go forward with its plan to cut into the Titanic shipwreck and try retrieving its Marconi radio. [Heavily funded tech company Magic Leap sued by its Seattle landlord over $52k in unpaid rent]( Magic Leap, the once high-flying augmented reality company that raised more than $2.6 billion in funding before cutting half its workforce last month, is being sued for $52,547 in unpaid rent by the landlord at the iconic Seattle building that housed one of its secretive R&D facilities for the past five years. [Jeff Bezos joins $76M round for secretive biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder, Stanford scientist]( Parag Mallick spent more than 20 years studying the intersection of software engineering and life sciences to better understand predictive and personalized medicine. [Positive news about Seattle-tested coronavirus vaccine sends stock market sharply higher]( Moderna's share price — and the stock market as a whole — was lifted by encouraging reports about a coronavirus vaccine trial that got its start at Seattle. [Microsoft and FedEx team up against Amazon with new tech and logistics partnership]( Microsoft and FedEx will work together to develop new products and services under a multiyear technology and logistics partnership announced Monday morning. [Tech vet ditches Seattle for wine country to create a subscription business with a packaging twist]( Chris Dukelow has seen a “unicorn.” As for the former CFO at Auth0, he was there for two years of massive growth and funding that catapulted the Seattle startup to its vaunted $1 billion valuation. 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