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: BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, AI and automation are impacting our work and lives: [Read more.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Workers sue Expedia, Getty, and others to recoup remote work costs under Seattle’s wage theft law]( Getty Images, Expedia, and several other employers with operations in Seattle are being sued by workers who allege that the companies violated the city’s wage theft law by not reimbursing them for expenses incurred while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more]( — James Phillips, a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. [Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby]( Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a new lower-priced machine called Aura. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Putting AI-driven insights, productivity tools,and security in the hands of businesses]( We’re all experiencing a real-time revolution with the rise of generative AI. The opportunity is huge—but it requires a new approach to cloud computing. Organizations are already leveraging Google Cloud’s AI capabilities to unlock data, lower costs, embrace hybrid work, and protect against threats. Learn how they’re succeeding at [Transform with Google Cloud](. [Inside drone startup Brinc, with the 23-year-old founder who landed OpenAI’s CEO as an investor]( Brinc CEO and founder Blake Resnick was heads-down in a board meeting Wednesday when he heard a commotion in another part of the drone startup’s Seattle headquarters. [New numbers show how Microsoft’s job cuts have impacted its global workforce]( Microsoft ended its fiscal 2023 in June with 221,000 employees globally, according to the company’s annual 10K filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [Paul Allen estate donates thousands of rare music, film and sci-fi artifacts to Seattle’s MoPOP]( Thousands of one-of-a-kind artifacts from Paul Allen’s collection, spanning decades of cultural relevance, are headed to Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, the institution he helped found 23 years ago. [Slice of gamer life: Xbox cooks up pizza-scented controller for ‘Mutant Ninja Turtles’ fans]( Recognizing that nothing goes better together than pizza and video games, Xbox has designed a pizza-scented wireless video game controller to promote the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” movie. [Microsoft results top expectations thanks to cloud growth; profits jump 20% to $20 billion]( Microsoft reported revenue of $56.2 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter, up 8%, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations of $55.47 billion. [NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon]( Blue Origin has won $34.7 million from NASA to work on a system that would produce solar cells on the moon from materials available on site. [Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft]( Boeing and NASA say they'll collaborate with Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on an innovative braced-wing aircraft design. [Meta and Microsoft vets land $2.2M for startup building ‘shared brain’ developer platform]( A new artificial intelligence startup wants to help software development teams capture, store, and query their company data and knowledge. [All eyes on AI as Microsoft prepares for pivotal earnings report]( Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports results for its fiscal fourth quarter. [Hardware review: PowerA challenges Microsoft’s Elite 2 with MOGA XP-Ultra gamepad]( If you spend any measurable amount of time with a gamepad in your hand, whether you’re playing on an Xbox, a PC, a mobile device, or a smart TV, it’s useful to invest in a higher-end game pad. [Google Cloud posts second straight profitable quarter on 28% revenue growth]( Google Cloud boosted its operating profits to $395 million for the second quarter, a improvement of close to $1 billion from its loss of $590 million in the same quarter a year ago. [Three years after Slack complaint, European Commission opens formal Microsoft Teams probe]( Microsoft is officially back on the European Commission’s investigative agenda. 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