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: GeekWire's Rooftop BBQ + Mariners Day returns on Wednesday, August 9th: [Register today for Seattle's party of the summer.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Danish artist to troll Northwest with giant public sculptures, backed in part by Allen Foundation]( Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll and the Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired mascot Buoy are going to get some company this summer when six giant hand-built Nordic troll characters come to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. [University of Washington team detects atomic ‘breathing’ for quantum computing breakthrough]( Most of us don’t think of atoms as having their own unique vibrations, but they do. [OceanGate submersible and crew declared lost after discovery of debris near Titanic]( The U.S. Coast Guard says the OceanGate submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic was lost, along with its crew of five. SPONSOR MESSAGE [GeekWire Rooftop BBQ + Mariners Day is August 9th, tickets on sale now]( Celebrate summer, baseball and sensational views at GeekWire’s festive rooftop BBQ, taking place Wednesday, August 9th before the Seattle Mariners face the San Diego Padres. Don’t miss the party of the summer! [Register now!]( [OceanGate loses contact with submersible during dive to Titanic; search is underway]( OceanGate's Titan submersible has gone out of contact in the Atlantic during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, and a search is underway. [Here’s what it’s like to steer an OceanGate submersible … no, not the missing sub]( Four years after going on a dive in OceanGate's Cyclops submersible, it's eerie to keep track of the drama surrounding a far riskier dive. [Search for OceanGate’s missing Titanic sub widens; crew’s names come to light]( The search for an OceanGate submersible that went out of contact during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic has widened. [Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence]( Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple’s machine learning initiatives, will rejoin the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) as the second chief executive officer in the non-profit research organization’s history. [Now what? OceanGate sub tragedy sets off a torrent of questions without answers]( It's too soon to answer the questions raised by the loss of OceanGate's Titan sub and its crew, but questions are being asked nevertheless. [Amazon closes another Go convenience store in downtown Seattle; location was second to open]( Amazon closed another of its Amazon Go convenience stores in downtown Seattle, three months after it announced that eight of the high-tech physical retail locations were closing across the U.S. [Seattle tech vets bring India’s renowned Farzi Café to U.S. with new Bellevue restaurant]( Two veterans of the Seattle area’s tech industry have opened an Indian restaurant with Michelin-recognized roots in downtown Bellevue, Wash. [Search team confirms hearing ‘banging’ noises at sea but haven’t found Titanic sub]( Searchers are hearing "banging" noises as they look for a submersible that went missing during a Titanic dive, but they haven't seen the sub. [Microsoft reaches a key milestone in its quest to build a quantum supercomputer]( Microsoft says it has achieved an important physics breakthrough representing the first milestone in its long-term initiative to build a quantum supercomputer capable of solving some of the world’s most difficult problems. [IonQ moves ahead with Forte quantum computers and its facility in Seattle area]( IonQ is expanding the commercial availability of its next-generation Forte quantum computer — and ramping up its Seattle-area facility. [Amazon will hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11-12, adding invite-only deals and ‘Buy with Prime’ sites]( Amazon will hold its 2023 Prime Day sales event on Tuesday, July 11, and Wednesday, July 12, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced tonight. [Healthcare billing and claims automation startup Outbound AI raises $16M]( Outbound AI announced Wednesday $16 million in fresh funding to advance the rollout of its artificial intelligence tools that help healthcare teams interact with insurance companies and automate administrative work during the claims process. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( - [INRIX: Director, Customer Success]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [Radiant Vision Systems: Test Engineer]( [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](