GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [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. [Former Amazon exec Dave Clark abruptly resigns as Flexport CEO a year after joining logistics company]( Dave Clark, the former longtime Amazon executive, has resigned as CEO of Flexport, the San Francisco-based logistics company he joined a year ago. [Seattle-based Breakers, a new fund led by Annie Luchsinger, eyes early-stage startups]( Breakers is breaking into the venture capital scene. [Life, luck, and ‘learning from the best’: Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé at PAX West]( This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle (PAX West 23) started Friday with a well-attended keynote speech by Reggie Fils-Aimé, who took the stage to discuss his personal business philosophies and the principles that have motivated his career. [RideWithGPS, a Portland startup that makes bicycle route planning tools, lands $3M]( RideWithGPS, a 16-year-old company that sells GPS-powered route-planning tools for bicyclists, landed $3 million from an undisclosed strategic investor. [Biotech company Absci lays off 30 employees, about 15% of staff]( Publicly traded biotech company Absci is laying off 30 employees, or approximately 15% of its workforce. [Tech Moves: Adaptive board member resigns; Tagboard exec steps down; and more]( — Seattle biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. [GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is done debating RTO policy; Robot umps update; Summit sneak peek]( Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made it clear in a recent internal meeting that he wants employees to “disagree and commit” to the company’s policy of working three days in the office, and find somewhere else to work if it doesn’t work for them. [RIP, WordPad: Microsoft will remove this longtime word-processing app in a future Windows update]( We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. [Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture]( Several employee at Blue Origin say that they've been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the rapid growth of Jeff Bezos' space venture. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( - [Submittable: Senior Site Reliability Engineer]( - [Submittable: Senior Software Engineer (Back End) – Data]( - [University of Washington Information School: Assistant Professor, Teaching Track – Information Management / Information System]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [Submittable: Senior Machine Learning Scientist]( - [Submittable: Senior Product Pricing Strategist]( - [NTTA- North Texas Tollway Authority: Sr ETL & Data Modeling Developer]( - [Submittable: Senior Software Engineering Manager]( - [Council for the Advancement of Science Writing: Communications Coordinator]( [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](