GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Will the new capital gains tax cause businesses to leave Washington state?]( Now that Washington state’s new capital gains tax has the legal green light, many business leaders are sounding the alarm. [Microsoft job cuts surpass 2,700 in Seattle region; security technology group hit in latest round]( Microsoft made another 559 job cuts in the Seattle region on Monday, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department (ESD), bringing the regional total to 2,743 layoffs since the company started making cuts in January. [Filing: Blue Nile laying off workers and shutting down Seattle fulfillment center]( Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile is shutting down a fulfillment center in Seattle and laying off 119 workers, according to a new filing with the Washington state Employment Security Department. [Seattle becomes first U.S. city to permanently require sick leave for delivery and app-based workers]( The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved rules providing paid sick leave for food-delivery and other on-demand, app-based gig economy workers. [Microsoft buying TikTok wouldn’t be so strange after all — here’s why it’s still unlikely to happen]( With the future of TikTok in the U.S. in doubt again, there’s a fresh round of speculation about potential buyers for the hit social video app. [Amazon says Sidewalk reaches 90% of U.S. population, as it opens network to developers]( Amazon says its Sidewalk community wireless network, formed by pooling internet bandwidth from users of Amazon devices, now covers 90% of the U.S. [New climate marketplace raises $6.1M to move clean energy cash into impactful projects]( As international scientists are frantically raising alarms about climate change, corporations, public policy and tech innovation are coming together to potentially unleash a large-scale rollout of solar, wind, batteries and other renewable power sources. [Amazon’s tech is a hit: Seattle Mariners add three more stadium stores featuring ‘Just Walk Out’]( Technology and tech culture are taking a permanent spot in the lineup at T-Mobile Park this season. [Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?]( A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons, can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills. [Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more]( — Ziad Ismail is now chief operating officer of Xembly, a Seattle startup that offers an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes, scheduling, to-do lists and more. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Global Innovation Exchange, University of Washington: Technology Services Specialist]( - [GeekWire: GeekWire Advertising Project Manager]( - [National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): Software Engineer III – DevOps]( - [INRIX: Corporate Controller]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2023 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](