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Maria Cantwell, and Stockton Rush of OceanGate. Steve Ballmer in classic form: The former Microsoft CEO brought his trademark energy to Climate Pledge Arena on Monday evening, [giving an impassioned speech before a preseason NBA game in Seattle](. Meet Meta’s new Seattle leader: Paresh Rajwat is bullish about the role more than 8,000 employees in the region will play on Meta’s big bet on the metaverse. “We have an internal saying that the road to the metaverse passes through the Pacific Northwest,” he said. [Read the GeekWire Q&A.]( Amazon sues Washington state regulators: Amazon is asking a federal judge to declare that the state’s process for addressing allegations of serious workplace safety problems violates the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. [Read more](. Amazon reportedly halts corporate hiring in retail business: The company is the latest to change hiring plans amid the broader economic downturn. [Read more](. 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