Google sues Uber over self-driving cars | Amazon considers AWS productivity suite | Cannabis tech industry reacts to potential crackdown

Read the latest tech headlines from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. February 24, 2017 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( Ping pong, dodgeball, foosball, tabletop games, beer pong, video games and more. Get your tickets today! [The GeekWire Bash, March 15: Seattle’s biggest, geekiest tech party.]( Today's top stories [Geek of the Week: Entrepreneur Michael Royzen’s inspiring Ryde as app developer and CEO at just 16]( By Kurt Schlosser Michael Royzen got a jump on learning to write code when he was young. [Fred Hutch study discovers rare set of cells that are highly effective at fighting cancer]( By Clare McGrane If the immune system is an army, then T-cells are soldiers on the front lines, attacking invading viruses and other agents of disease. Sponsored Post [Type Fast. Swype Faster.]( Swype Keyboard is the fastest and easiest way to send messages, texts and emails from your Android device. 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[Report: Israel’s Holocaust museum asks Amazon to stop selling books that deny it happened]( By Monica Nickelsburg The Director of Libraries from Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum, Yad Vashem, reportedly sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accusing the company of spreading hate speech and propaganda. [World View shows off its HQ and Stratollite platform for near-space balloon missions]( By Alan Boyle World View Enterprises says its Tucson headquarters and hybrid balloon technology are ready for prime time in the wake of a high-altitude pathfinder flight. [GeekWork Picks: TINYpulse seeks API expert for products that measure employee happiness]( By Clare McGrane TINYpulse, a Seattle startup that offers software tools to gauge employee happiness, is looking for a new API Product Manager. [Working Geek: Gates Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Mark Suzman takes leadership cues from former boss Kofi Annan]( By Monica Nickelsburg Mark Suzman’s resume includes a doctorate from Oxford to top off a bachelor’s from Harvard, a correspondent gig for the Financial Times in Johannesburg, London, and D.C., and an advisory role for United Nations Secretary Kofi Anan. [Sean Spicer says recreational pot may come under legal fire, igniting backlash from cannabis industry]( By Monica Nickelsburg The Northwest’s cannabis industry is reeling from comments that White House press secretary Sean Spicer made today, suggesting that the Department of Justice will take action against states where recreational marijuana is legal. [Report: More than 40% of ads are too big and slowing down your site]( By Jillian Stampher Ad quality issues on web pages might be affecting publishers more than they realize. [Microsoft donates $1M to new partnership of UW-UBC aiming to solve urban issues like traffic and homelessness through data]( By Nat Levy The University of Washington and the University of British Columbia have come together to form the Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative, which will seek to use data to solve urban problems shared by the two regions such as traffic and homelessness. [Remitly launches social media campaign highlighting immigrant stories in the face of Trump’s crackdown]( By Monica Nickelsburg Remitly has something to say about the current immigration climate in the United States. 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