Microsoft unveils rural broadband plan | Seattle gets closer to taxing the rich | Amazon sets sights on high-profile office building

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Upon entering the foyer be prepared to be awestruck by the soaring 24’ ceiling, endless views, and elegant staircase. With exquisite custom finishes,… [Former Twitter engineers land $10.5M for startup Buoyant, leveraging lessons from the ‘fail whale’]( By Tom Krazit Buoyant, a 13-person startup led by former Twitter engineers and now backed by a former member of Twitter’s board of directors, has raised a $10.5 million Series A round to apply lessons learned from revamping Twitter’s infrastructure to simplify the emerging world of microservices. [VC firms invest $21.8B in 1,958 companies during Q2 as part of ‘self-correction period’]( By Taylor Soper U.S. venture capital investment activity is returning to steadier times. [Microsoft outlines plan to help bring broadband internet to 2M rural Americans within 5 years]( By Taylor Soper Microsoft wants to work with the government to help connect rural Americans to broadband internet. [Permit filings point to another Amazon expansion in highly visible office building along I-5]( By Nat Levy Even as Amazon builds out millions of square feet of new offices in the Seattle area to accommodate its rapidly expanding headcount, the online retail giant still appears to be hungry for more, GeekWire has learned. [Seattle City Council unanimously approves income tax for the rich]( By Monica Nickelsburg The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved a plan to levy a 2.25 percent tax on the income of residents earning $250,000 or more annually. [With Paul Allen’s backing, Tri Alpha Energy revs up ‘Norman’ device for fusion research]( By Alan Boyle Tri Alpha Energy, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has achieved first plasma in its latest generator. 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