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: Explore our immersive expo: [Meet and learn from hundreds of AWS Partners all in one place.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Convoy collapse: Read CEO’s memo detailing sudden shutdown of Seattle trucking startup]( Convoy’s plan to transform the trucking industry has come to a screeching halt. [Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B ‘megadeal’]( Amazon has committed more than $1 billion to license Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software for 1 million of its corporate and frontline workers in a surprise “megadeal” between the crosstown rivals, Insider reported Tuesday, citing an internal document and a person familiar with the matter. 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[‘The markets crushed us’: In tearful farewell to employees, Convoy execs reflect on shutdown]( Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, eyes watery from an emotional speech, said goodbye. [Inside Amazon’s Rivian electric van: A greener, quieter ride — and a sliding door fit for Star Trek]( For 25 years, my dad delivered packages for UPS in one of the company’s classic, boxy, brown trucks. [Duolingo for AI: Seattle startup wants to teach people how to use generative tools like ChatGPT]( As a project leader at Boston Consulting Group, Rene Bystron quickly incorporated generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney into his daily workflow. [Wizards of the Coast’s ‘Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse’ is a reintroduction to infinity]( In retrospect, Planescape was a solid 30 years ahead of its time. [JPMorgan Chase’s Seattle tech hub tops 320 people amid broader industry cooldown]( Five years after opening in Seattle, the bank's downtown tech hub is still growing, benefitting in part from tech industry layoffs. [Logistics giant Flexport lays off 165 people from Bellevue office as part of larger cuts]( The layoffs at Flexport are hitting the company’s Seattle-area office, with 165 employees affected, according to a new filing Monday with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system. [After selling health tech startup, Seattle entrepreneurs pursue financial planning software]( Seattle tech vets Nirav Shah and Jorge Sanchez paid around $1 million to buy a majority stake in financial planning website PhysicianonFire and plan to broaden the platform’s offerings by launching a suite of new personal financial management tools. [UW struggles with new cloud-based finance system, highlighting IT migration difficulties]( The University of Washington’s troubles with a $340 million IT upgrade is sparking commentary on why software migration projects often go wrong. [‘This is Microsoft’s moment’: Satya Nadella details ‘new era of AI’ in annual shareholders letter]( Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella focused on artificial intelligence in his annual shareholders letter published Thursday, detailing why “this is Microsoft’s moment.” [Seattle startup Rec Room targets teenage Canadian game hacker in new lawsuit]( The makers of the popular social app Rec Room filed a lawsuit in Seattle this week against a teenage user of the service, alleging that he has a long history of harassment and has created multiple cheat tools to enable bad actors on the platform. [Hiive, which offers a marketplace to buy and sell shares of private tech companies, lands $4.2M]( Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Hiive raised $4.2 million in fresh cash for its marketplace that allows investors and employees to buy and sell shares of privately held venture-backed companies in the secondary market. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [GeekWork: Senior Backend Engineer]( - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [City of Portland Water Bureau: Technology Manager]( - [Seattle Sounders FC: Director of Lifecycle Marketing]( - [City of Redlands: IT Systems Supervisor]( - [NTTA- North Texas Tollway Authority: Sr ETL & Data Modeling Developer]( - [Council for the Advancement of Science Writing: Communications Coordinator]( - [INRIX: Product Marketing Manager, Public Sector]( [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. 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