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Read the latest tech headlines from GeekWire [View this email in your browser]. January 9, 2017 [Top Stories] [Find a Job] [GeekWire Events] [GeekWire 200] [Become a Member] Love GeekWire? Join the club! [Our members support independent journalism and receive perks and access to GeekWire’s events] Today's top stories [Very Large Telescope joins Breakthrough search for Alpha Centauri’s planets] By Alan Boyle One of the most powerful observing instruments on Earth, the Very Large Telescope, will join the search for planets around the Alpha Centauri star system. [Report: Amazon may be planning grocery store for Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood] By Nat Levy Amazon may be planning another grocery store in Seattle, in addition to the drive-up locations under construction and the new Amazon Go convenience store in the company’s recently opened Day One Building. Sponsored Post [START SOMETHING!] You have the idea for a startup, but you‘re not sure how to get to the next step. 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[President Obama pleads the economic case for clean energy in scientific paper] By Alan Boyle In the journal Science, President Barack Obama argues that the push toward renewable energy is unstoppable and can spark economic growth. [Amazon Web Services quietly buys cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud protections] By Dan Richman Amazon Web Services has stealthily acquired San Diego-based cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud security for its end-users, according to an investor in that company. [How to stream tonight’s Alabama vs. Clemson college football championship for free] By Taylor Soper The 2016-17 college football season ends tonight with what should be an exciting battle and a rematch of last year’s title with Alabama looking to defend its championship against Clemson. [Microsoft, Qualcomm and Citigroup are latest U.S. companies to invest in Israeli cybersecurity company Team8] By Dan Richman The venture arms of Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested in Team8, a two-year-old Israeli creator of cybersecurity startups, in an example of major U.S. [Amazon to accept food stamps for online grocery orders in select states through federal pilot program] By Nat Levy Amazon is among seven grocers selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test online grocery ordering and payment using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. [Tech Moves: Onvia appoints new CEO; Tableau adds New Relic president to board; and more] By Clare McGrane Russ Mann, a longtime fixture in Seattle’s tech scene, is taking on another leading role. [Amazon and Jeff Bezos get the spotlight (and a punch line) at the Golden Globes] By Alan Boyle Amazon's billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, is becoming a regular at the Golden Globes, and now he's becoming an inspiration for the jokes as well. [SpaceX delays launch due to weather] By Alan Boyle SpaceX has postponed the return to flight for its Falcon 9 rocket until Jan. 14 at the earliest, due to a gloomy weather forecast in California. [Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 1, 2017] By GeekWire See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 1, 2017. [NBA to live stream a game on Facebook Live for first time, but only to users in India] By Taylor Soper The NBA will live stream a game on Facebook for the first time, but only to users in India. [GeekWire CES Dispatch, Day 4: Spotting celebrities and searching for the next big thing in tech] By Todd Bishop LAS VEGAS — We’re back with our final video dispatch from the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, including several celebrity sightings, an Amazon Treasure Truck cameo, and some of our key takeaways from the annual technology extravaganza. [Read more of today's news on GeekWire >] Today's top jobs - [IMPINJ: Director of Solutions Architecture] - [AnswerDash: Marketing Manager] - [Delta Dental of Washington: Front-End Development Lead] - [IMPINJ: Senior Software Development Engineer] - [M87: Software Engineer, VPN/Security] - [M87: Senior Software Engineer, Server/Back-end] - [OfferUp: Senior Site Reliability Engineer] - [RealSelf: SEO Manager] - [OfferUp: Software Development Engineer – Android] - [M87: Senior Engineer, iOS Development] [Hiring? 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