GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Money Hacks is a financial education series from GeekWire and BECU: [Get financial tips and find other resources to help you manage your money.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Amazon responds to walkout plan: ‘We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions’]( Amazon responded to reports Monday that some employees at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle plan to walk off the job to protest recent actions at the company, including layoffs and a return-to-office mandate. [Michael Smyers, 1983-2023: Gifted engineer and startup founder sparked Coinme and Zipwhip]( Michael Smyers, a software engineer and startup entrepreneur who played a formative role in Seattle tech companies Zipwhip and Coinme, died April 30, seven months after learning he had colon cancer. [Salesforce puts Tableau headquarters building in Seattle up for sublease]( Salesforce confirmed Friday that it will list Tableau Software’s headquarters building in Seattle on the sublease market. SPONSOR MESSAGE [In 1936, the crew now known as “The Boys in the Boat” made history — and set a legacy in motion.]( The UW varsity crew team’s come-from-behind victory to win gold in Nazi Germany was legendary. So were the odds they overcame to get there, the historical moment they lived in, and the values they embodied and inspired — values that are shared by UW Huskies to this day. [Read about the fabled UW team and how their story continues to inspire.]( [Car and foot traffic data show impact of Amazon’s return to office mandate on Seattle commutes]( Amazon workers are back. And so is the traffic. [It’s not just about bringing workers back to the office: 10 indicators of a downtown resurgence]( The COVID-19 pandemic brought about significant transformations to cities worldwide. [Gates Foundation launches AI ‘Grand Challenge,’ as it weighs risk and reward in the developing world]( The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering up to $100,000 each to projects that test new ways of using AI to overcome everyday obstacles and solve seemingly intractable problems in low- and middle-income countries. [Reports: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez engaged]( Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez are reportedly engaged, four years after the couple first went public with their relationship. [‘Get back in there’: T-Mobile CEO exhorts tech industry leaders to return to the office]( The Seattle area’s corporate leaders and their veteran employees need to get back to the office regularly for the sake of the region and the next generation of workers, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert told a crowd of more than 700 technology, business, and political leaders on Thursday afternoon. [Tech Moves: Amazon names new workplace safety leader; Zscaler hires Salesforce EVP; and more]( Sarah Rhoads, who previously led Amazon’s aviation operations as vice president of Amazon Global Air, was promoted to lead the Worldwide Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and Global Operations Learning and Development (GOLD) organizations. [‘Dungeons & Dragons’ in 2023: Wizards of the Coast reveals ‘Planescape’ revival and more]( Wizards of the Coast held a press summit earlier this month to announce plans for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game for the next six months, which includes a revival of the Planescape campaign setting, as well as its efforts toward outreach, diversity, inclusion, regaining fans’ trust, and growing its audience. [What’s going on with startup funding in Seattle?]( It’s getting quiet in Seattle startup land. [Amazon shareholders reject record 18 proposals as annual meeting spotlights labor issues]( Despite a record number of proposals, the ultimate outcome was the same at Amazon’s annual meeting today. [How T-Mobile plans to use AI to improve one of its most important business metrics]( T-Mobile sees opportunity in artificial intelligence to analyze why customers leave the company, attempting to retain more of them and improve in an area where it’s already doing better than others in the wireless industry. [Former Seattle startup CFO denies fraud charges, pleads not guilty to funneling company funds]( Nevin Shetty, the former CFO of Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric charged with funneling company funds to his crypto business, pled not guilty to all four charges of fraud in his first court appearance on Thursday in U.S. [Diversity-focused school Ada Developers Academy cuts 45% of staff amid tech industry hiring pullback]( Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Craft3: Marketing Operations Manager]( - [INRIX: Director, Customer Success]( - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [Radiant Vision Systems: Test Engineer]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [INRIX: Frontend Engineer]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? 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