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: 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 [Compensation data from Blind app shows how much public tech giants pay engineers]( Blind, the anonymous social network for verified corporate employees, released new compensation data for software engineers working at Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. [Amazon adds three execs to its senior leadership team — here’s how the list has changed this year]( Amazon named three additional executives to its senior leadership team Friday: Andy Jassy, the Amazon CEO, announced the additions in a message to employees that was also published on the company’s corporate site. [Artist’s giant troll sculptures bring whimsy to Seattle-area woods — and a message about waste]( The giant trolls are here. A unique art project is leaving its big footprint on the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest, bringing with it a message about waste, the environment and getting out in nature. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Siemens Xcelerator for Startups]( Startups deserve affordable software solutions that will grow with them- from napkin to NYSE. The Siemens Xcelerator for Startups program offers NX, Teamcenter, Simcenter Structural and CFD Simulation solutions at a 93% discount. Here are just a few of our clients. For more information, reach out here. [Start now.]( [Recent grads working in tech are migrating to Seattle more than any other U.S. city]( Seattle ranks No. 1 on a list measuring migration patterns of recent graduates in tech. [Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs]( Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line. [Cloud automation startup SkyKick lays off 140 employees]( Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S. [GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment]( Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company told GeekWire. [E-commerce rivals Amazon and Shopify reach truce on ‘Buy with Prime’ integration]( Online merchants who use Shopify’s e-commerce platform will be able to natively integrate Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program into their Shopify sites under an initiative unveiled by the companies Wednesday afternoon. [Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce]( "As we align operations to our business transformation, this has resulted in the elimination of some roles," Expedia Group confirmed. [Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral]( Starfish Space says it has arrested the spin of its Otter Pup satellite and is moving ahead with plans to meet up with another satellite. [T-Mobile’s recent layoffs impact 401 employees in Seattle area]( T-Mobile’s decision to lay off nearly 5,000 employees will impact 401 workers in Bellevue, Wash. [Seattle-area edtech company DreamBox Learning acquired by Discovery Education]( DreamBox Learning, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that sells education technology software to K-12 schools, announced Tuesday it was acquired by Discovery Education, a Charlotte, N.C.-based edtech company. [Adam Wiener, Redfin president of real estate services, is departing]( Longtime Redfin executive Adam Wiener is leaving the Seattle-based real estate giant, nearly 16 years after he joined the company. [Seattle-area startup Hyperproof lands $40M for risk and compliance software]( Hyperproof, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps companies comply with state and international privacy and data protection law, raised a $40 million round led by Riverwood Capital. [Reading, writing, and ChatGPT: High school English teachers adjust to the new realities of AI]( One high school English teacher's solution in rural Northern California: in-class writing assignments with pencil or pen and paper. 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