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 [Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team]( Amazon Web Services will reorganize its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) group to “lay the foundation for accelerated customer impact and growth in the years ahead,” according to an internal memo Monday morning. [Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products]( Amazon failed to issue refunds for returned products and breached its own policies, according to a new class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle this week. [Former investors from Bill Gates’ investment office launch $135M Seattle-based ‘deep tech’ fund]( Two former investors for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and the Gates family investment office have launched a $135 million investment fund focused on startups using “deep technology” to tackle some of humanity’s most difficult challenges. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Trust For Public Land & SAL Present: An Evening with the Full Circle Everest Team on Wednesday, November 15th]( Join [Trust for Public Land]( with the Full Circle Everest Team, the first all-Black team to summit the highest mountain on earth on November 15th. The event will highlight inclusion and equity in outdoor recreation. Get tickets [here](. [Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do]( Amazon says its prototype Project Kuiper satellites have demonstrated controlled maneuvering using custom-built electric propulsion systems. [ChatGPT or not ChatGPT? That was the question, briefly, as Microsoft cut employee access to AI tool]( A brief restriction on employees’ ability to use ChatGPT inside Microsoft triggered at least one report Thursday that the tech giant was taking a curious approach in its multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI. [Amazon makes job cuts in music division]( Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech giant as it looks for ways to trim costs. [Amazon Fashion chief steps down, replaced by longtime marketing leader]( Muge Erdirik Dogan, president of Amazon Fashion & Fitness, is leaving the tech giant to pursue an external opportunity. [Cyberattack takes out key travel information on Washington state transportation website and app]( The Washington State Department of Transportation is blaming a “cybersecurity incident” for taking out parts of its website and app this week, disrupting the flow of travel-related information. [Amazon holiday ad captures the joy of friendship — and sledding — at any age]( Amazon’s 2023 holiday ad campaign is intended to be a love letter to lasting friendships and joyful moments that don’t slow down because of age. [‘Acquired’ co-host Ben Gilbert shifting roles at Pioneer Square Labs to focus on popular podcast]( Seattle tech investor Ben Gilbert is transitioning to a new role at Pioneer Square Labs, the startup studio and venture firm he helped co-found, to focus more attention on “Acquired,” the wildly popular podcast that he co-hosts. [Seattle firm Curious raises $16M to buy software startups running out of money]( Curious, a Seattle-based investment firm led by former Bitly CMO Andrew Dumont, raised $16 million in funding it will use to buy struggling startups. [WeWork files for bankruptcy; co-working giant has 8 locations in the Seattle area]( WeWork, the one-time darling of the tech world that was valued at $47 billion, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. [AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence]( Wokelo uses AI to produce extensive due-diligence reports in a matter of minutes. The idea is to reduce the drudgery of business research. [GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers]( Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects. [Amazon ordered to pay $46.7M in jury verdict over Alexa and Echo voice technologies]( Amazon was ordered to pay $46.7 million after a jury found that the company willfully violated four patents held by VB Assets, LLC, the successor to VoiceBox Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that was an early leader in speech recognition and natural language technologies. 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