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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: Calgary's thriving tech ecosystem offers more than just opportunity: [See why Calgary is your next tech destination.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Zulily shutting down offices and laying off 292 employees in Seattle]( Zulily is laying off employees and closing three offices — including its Seattle headquarters — according to internal communications obtained by GeekWire and a new filing with the state of Washington. [Zulily hit with lawsuits from vendors and more layoffs in latest trouble for struggling retailer]( FOLLOW-UP: Zulily shutting down offices and laying off 292 employees in Seattle Zulily is laying off more employees and facing two lawsuits over alleged unpaid invoices, in the latest signs of trouble for the Seattle-based online retailer since it was acquired by a private equity firm earlier this year. [As Zulily promotes ‘going out of business sale,’ longtime employees reflect on retailer’s impact]( A message on Zulily’s website this weekend confirms that the online retailer is closing its doors, the latest stage in the rapid downfall of a once high-flying retail brand. SPONSOR MESSAGE [How can a 10-minute walk to greenspace change a neighborhood?]( Trust for Public Land works to ensure all Washingtonians can access tree-filled parks that improve people’s mental and physical health, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. [Join the movement to create more parks now!]( [Airship AI, a Seattle-area edge computing company that never raised investment, set to go public]( No VC, no problem. Airship AI, an under-the-radar tech startup that didn’t raise a single dime of investment, will soon become a publicly traded company after clearing SEC regulations this week for its SPAC deal. [Seattle founder Vetri Vellore, who sold last startup to Microsoft, raises $26M for new AI company]( Seattle tech veteran Vetri Vellore is launching a new startup with a big vision to help companies improve their productivity and backing from investors who funded his former venture. [Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO]( — Emily Freeman, head of community for Amazon Web Services, is departing. [Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2]( — Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. [Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit]( Amazon will change the way it charges sellers who use its fulfillment services, introducing a new fee aligned with its regional hub strategy. [With new Gemini model, Google tries to set a new standard in AI race vs. OpenAI and Microsoft]( Google started to roll out its long-awaited Gemini multimodal artificial intelligence model Wednesday morning, touting its ability to natively process and reason across different inputs like text, images, video, and code. [Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’]( Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling â€œUncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change. [Walmart tech vet, AI2 research scientists are behind new Seattle startup Spiffy]( A group of “LLM hipsters” are behind a new AI startup in Seattle emerging from stealth mode and aiming to rethink how retail companies engage with customers. [Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and other Microsoft shareholders press company on AI safety]( Is Microsoft moving too quickly to capitalize on artificial intelligence at the expense of long-term shareholder value? [Seattle startup Carbon raises $1.3M to help developers manage external data for LLMs]( Carbon, a Seattle startup that helps companies connect external data sources to their large language models, raised a $1.3 million seed round to fuel growth. [Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices]( A new institute called the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology aims to use genetically modified cells to record how they change over time. [Zulily’s closure of fulfillment centers in Ohio and Nevada will impact more than 500 workers]( Zulily will lay off more than 500 employees as part of its decision to close fulfillment centers in Lockbourne, Ohio, and McCarran, Nev., according to a new filings with state employment offices. 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