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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: GeekWire Awards 2020 | NOW VIRTUAL: [Celebrate the top entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and business leaders at the first-ever virtual GeekWire Awards, taking place July 23. Register for the livestream here.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Obama, Apple and others in crypto scam]( Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others Wednesday afternoon in an apparent cryptocurrency giveaway scam. [Amazon settles lawsuit with former AWS marketing VP who joined Google Cloud]( Amazon has reached a confidential legal settlement with Brian Hall, a former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing who was sued by the company after taking a job with Google Cloud in alleged violation of the non-compete clause in his Amazon employment agreement. [Microsoft makes major cuts to MSN editorial team amid AI shift and broader fiscal year-end layoffs]( Microsoft is further cutting back its MSN team amid a controversial shift to automation and AI for content decisions previously left to human editors. SPONSOR MESSAGE [GeekWire Awards, now virtual]( Celebrate the leading innovators, entrepreneurs, and technologists at the 2020 GeekWire Awards, livestreaming on [GeekWire.com]( starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Don’t miss one of the region’s most-anticipated and hotly-contested tech events. Thanks to presenting sponsor [Wave Business]( for supporting us as we’ve transitioned to a virtual event. [Register today]( [Amazon extends work from home policy to January 2021, opens offices with new safety measures]( Amazon will allow employees who can work from home to do so through Jan. [Amazon unveils its own smart grocery cart, in new effort to automate physical retail checkout]( Can the company that popularized the online shopping cart reinvent the real thing? [Seattle’s newest billion-dollar startup: Qumulo reaches unicorn status with $125M round]( Qumulo is joining an elite club of Seattle startups. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY [Live + Work at ROOST on Bainbridge Island! Only TWO left!!]( [Bill Gates says coronavirus vaccine distribution should be based on equity, not the ‘highest bidder’]( Bill Gates said COVID-19 vaccines need to be distributed equally, not to those that can pay the most money. [‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ will take to the skies via PC next month in refresh of classic]( Raise your seat backs and tray tables, Microsoft is taking off again with its refresh of the classic “Flight Simulator” franchise. [Washington state extends re-opening pause amid rising coronavirus cases]( Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that his pause on re-opening the state will be extended through July 28 due to rising COVID-19 cases. [First look: Space Needle spends $1M on UV gates and other tech in ambitious reopening plan]( The bar for reopening businesses and attractions to the public during the coronavirus pandemic has been set — and it’s 600 feet high. [Amazon vets behind smart shopping cart startup face a familiar foe — their former employer]( With combined experience of nearly two decades at Amazon, startup founders Shariq Siddiqui and Umer Sadiq remain big believers in the tech giant’s mantra of obsessing about customers, not competitors. [Seattle investors need to step up: Startup founder survey reveals frustration with local angels]( Risk averse. Conservative. Hidden. Out of touch. [Salesforce Ventures leads $120M round in Auth0 as pandemic fuels Seattle-area startup’s identity tech]( Auth0 is raising another big swath of cash as demand for its identity authentication software rises amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [Seattle-tested coronavirus vaccine shows promising progress; Fauci calls it ‘good news’]( A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Massachusetts-based Moderna is ready for more tests after showing a promising immune system response in early-stage trials. [Former Spaceflight CEO and French entrepreneur join forces to launch astronaut training startup]( Two longtime entrepreneurs take the wraps off Orbite, a Seattle-based startup that will focus on getting would-be spacefliers ready for future odysseys. 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