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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: The GeekWire Summit returns October 19th! We're assembling some of the top names in artificial intelligence for the half-day summit, taking place in downtown Seattle: [Get your tickets today!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Conservative think tank asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Washington state capital gains tax]( Opponents of the capital gains tax in Washington state are not giving up. [Redfin’s chief economist on the real estate market; mortgage rates; climate risk; housing affordability]( With mortgage rates at 20-year highs and and inventory at record lows, it’s slim pickings for U.S. [Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott join $45M effort to connect and revitalize Seattle waterfront]( The ongoing transformation of Seattle’s waterfront is getting a big boost from prominent philanthropists, as Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott, the Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation, and Expedia Group are pledging $45 million to an effort called Elliott Bay Connections. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Money Hacks: Three Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Gig Economy]( Money Hacks is a financial education series from GeekWire and BECU, the member-owned, not-for-profit credit union. Get financial tips from Stacey Black, BECU lead financial educator, and find other resources to help you manage your money. [Learn more with Money Hacks.]( [T-Mobile will lay off 5,000 employees, 7% of workforce — read CEO’s memo]( T-Mobile is laying off close to 5,000 employees, mostly in corporate roles, as it looks to streamline its operating model and structure. [DARPA and other federal agencies work on strategies to revive America’s chip industry]( A DARPA summit in Seattle is focusing on ways to add a new dimension to America's chip industry --- figuratively and literally. [Seattle trucking startup Convoy reportedly hires investment bank as it weighs potential M&A deal]( Seattle trucking marketplace startup Convoy reportedly hired an investment bank in recent months and is weighing different options including a potential sale of the company, according to a report Thursday by The Information. [Tech Moves: Former Salesforce exec joins e-commerce startup Fabric as CEO]( — Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric named veteran tech leader Mike Micucci as CEO. [‘Robotics is the future of food’: Artisan pizza restaurant Moto makes automation a key ingredient]( When Lee Kindell first started making his Filipino-inspired brand of what he calls “odd pizza,” he was the artisan guy — a purist who made his dough by hand in an 18th century wooden dough trough. [Former director at Seattle auto marketplace startup indicted on $2M wire fraud charges]( The former director of auto marketplace startup Tred was indicted this week by a federal grand jury in Seattle on five counts of wire fraud in an alleged scheme to steal more than $2 million from the company, [Inside the first liquor store to use Amazon’s cashierless technology]( Now you can “Just Walk Out” — with a bottle of tequila. [Arc takes its electric boat on tour: Here’s what a ride feels like (and sounds like)]( Lake Washington may be known for its thunderboats, but this week it also played host to an electric boat that was much easier on the ears [Amazon is testing a new way to show ratings on product search pages]( For some Amazon shoppers, relying on the quantity of reviews for a product — not only the star rating — can help influence a purchase decision. [Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech company; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec]( — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance information technology company Socotra as CTO and CPO. [Tornado Cash co-founder from Seattle area arrested and charged with money laundering]( Roman Storm, co-creator and developer of crypto “mixer” company Tornado Cash, was arrested by U.S. [Former Starbucks engineering exec joins education-focused AI startup that just raised $4M]( Seattle-area entrepreneur and tech vet Ryan Bruels joined education-focused artificial intelligence startup Atypical AI as founding head of engineering. 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