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Tech-inspired Halloween costumes | Inside Valve’s ‘Dota 2’ finals at Climate Pledge Arena ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Explore our immersive expo: [Meet and learn from hundreds of AWS Partners all in one place.]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES Happy Halloween, GeekWire readers! We got an inside look at Valve Software’s “Dota 2” video game tournament finals; game developer Bungie was hit with more layoffs; and the Pacific Northwest could hold the answers — in its vast basaltic rock formations — to capturing carbon. A regional consortium is investigating whether the Pacific Northwest could become a carbon capture hub, locking away planet-warming CO2 in rocks or turning it into other compounds. The region has a vast resource for trapping carbon that’s easily overlooked: the basaltic rock formations covering swaths of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, like the one above in the Columbia River Plateau. [Read more](. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management Photo) Inside “The International” video game tournament: The final stop on the professional circuit for Valve Software’s popular multiplayer online battle arena “Dota 2” descended on Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. GeekWire games contributor Thomas Wilde [provides a play-by-play.]( New round of layoffs at Bungie: The Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer cut jobs across multiple departments including production, editorial, community management, talent acquisition, and social media. [Read more.]( 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 👻 - A little kid’s Amazon Prime delivery van costume got a beep-beep from the real thing and a [nod from CEO Andy Jassy]( who called it an A+ Halloween costume. - Send us images or links to the best costumes you see today to tips@geekwire.com. Hot Links: - The Guardian accused Microsoft of damaging its journalistic reputation after an AI-generated poll on an MSN story asked readers to vote on how a woman died. ([The Verge]( [The Guardian]( - Remember SolarWinds? Nearly three years after the software supply-chain hack [shocked the tech industry]( the SEC is suing the Texas-based company on allegations that it failed to disclose vulnerabilities that led to “one of history’s biggest computer breaches.” ([The Washington Post]( - RIP, Windows CE: It’s the end of the road for Microsoft’s operating system for palm and pocket computers, born 26 years ago in an era when “PDA” meant something very different than it does today. ([Ars Technica]( - Killer whale notification: A WhatsApp group chat alerts 1,800 members when orcas are close enough for a glimpse in the Seattle area. ([The Associated Press]( Thanks for [subscribing]( to the GeekWire newsletter, and have a great day. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com; GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, todd@geekwire.com; and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [The true promise of cloud, with ease, not cost.]( Whatever your cloud challenges are, DoiT can help. Combining intelligent software with expert consultancy and unlimited support, DoiT delivers the true promise of the cloud with ease, not cost. Their Google Cloud Growth Accelerator Program solely for cloud customers can amplify growth and optimize cloud investment, allowing you to focus on rapidly growing your business. Learn more at [doit.com/geekwire](. LATEST HEADLINES [Workplace training content provider Media Partners rebrands as Atana and raises $6M]( [How the Pacific Northwest could become a carbon-capture hub — with help from tech and basalt]( [Inside ‘The International’: Here’s what it was like watching Valve’s ‘Dota 2’ finals in Seattle]( [Bungie hit with layoffs in latest gaming industry workforce cuts]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [City of Redlands: IT Systems Supervisor]( - [Seattle Sounders FC: Director of Lifecycle Marketing]( - [City of Portland Water Bureau: Technology Manager]( - [GeekWork: Senior Backend Engineer]( [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](