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 [New round of layoffs at Hasbro impacts Wizards of the Coast — read CEO’s memo to staff]( Employees at Renton, Wash.-based gaming giant Wizards of the Coast were affected by a new round of layoffs at its parent company, Hasbro. [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. [Zulily sues Amazon, alleging that price-fixing and supplier coercion sank its attempts to compete]( Less than a week after cutting hundreds of jobs and signaling its intent to go out of business, online retailer Zulily filed suit against Amazon on Monday — alleging that the e-commerce giant's tactics made it impossible to compete on price without jeopardizing its relationships with key suppliers. [Pfizer wins regulatory approval for its $43B acquisition of Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen]( Pfizer’s plan to acquire Seagen for $43 billion has cleared the necessary regulatory hurdles, the pharma titan announced Tuesday. [Zulily has seen better days: Co-founder Mark Vadon shares startup lessons from the online retailer]( It’s been a wild past several days for Zulily. [‘The epicenter of AI’: CNBC’s Cramer is mad about Seattle’s position in new wave of tech]( Just a few months after it looked like Seattle was being left out of the national conversation about artificial intelligence and the new tech economy, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer put the spotlight on the region. [Spendy and slow Tesla repairs frustrate drivers as automotive tech drives up cost of collisions]( When Kelly Campbell bought a metallic gray Tesla last year, the Seattle resident was delighted. [Google’s ‘Gemini’ bridges the AI divide, but artificial general intelligence remains elusive]( In the past year, generative AI has taken the world by storm. [AstraZeneca will pay up to $1.1B to acquire Icosavax, a Univ. of Washington biotech spinout]( Seattle-based Icosavax, a spin-out from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design, will be acquired by biotech giant AstraZeneca for up to $1.1 billion. [Seattle approves ‘landmark policy’ requiring 4,100 buildings to slash carbon footprints by 2050]( The Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved rules requiring roughly 4,100 existing buildings of more than 20,000 square feet to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer, Big Data]( - [INRIX: Finance Pricing Manager]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [City of Redlands: IT Security Analyst]( - [City of Redlands: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst]( [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](