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 [A setback for Microsoft: New Xbox exclusive ‘Redfall’ gets negative reviews on launch day]( One of the big system exclusives for Microsoft’s Xbox video game system was met with poor critical reception on Monday, shortly ahead of its wide release. [How quantum computing could transform everything everywhere, but not all at once]( Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku says quantum computers could make the computers we use today as old-fashioned and obsolete as the abacus. [ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight]( Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to electrify and fly the largest zero-emissions aircraft yet. [Analysis: Amazon’s ‘Great Return’ to the office is just one aspect of a downtown Seattle comeback]( One major harbinger of a post-pandemic swing to normal in downtown Seattle is Amazon’s much-heralded return to the office this week, which I like to call the “Amazon Great Return.”  In Seattle, which has one of the slowest rates of workers returning to the office, hopes are high. [DocuSign joins growing list of tech companies summoning employees back to the office]( Another tech company wants its employees back in the office. [Speech analysis startup releases AI tool that simulates difficult job interview conversations]( What if you could simulate a difficult interview or conversation before it ever happened? [Foundation, a wholesale e-commerce startup led by former Staples exec, lands $3M]( Shiv Agarwal is taking another startup swing in the B2B e-commerce arena. [Code.org helping launch TeachAI to guide integration of artificial intelligence in education]( Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI, a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators on teaching with and about artificial intelligence. [Seattle startup vets who founded Urbanspoon, Crowd Cow, Algorithmia lead stealthy AI startup]( A group of longtime Seattle startup leaders are behind a new artificial intelligence platform called Blueprint AI that streamlines task management and facilitates communication within product development teams. [AI and the future of human health: Leroy Hood on the new age of ‘scientific wellness’]( Biomedicine pioneer Leroy Hood says that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of healthcare by accelerating the progress of “scientific wellness,” an approach that he has championed for many years. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Craft3: Marketing Operations Manager]( - [National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): Software Engineer III – DevOps]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [INRIX: Frontend Engineer]( - [Global Innovation Exchange, University of Washington: Technology Services Specialist]( [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](