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: BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, AI and automation are impacting our work and lives: [Read more.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Zulily website inaccessible and ‘down for maintenance’ following layoffs]( Follow-up: Zulily lays off more employees as website and app remain offline Zulily’s website was “down for maintenance” Monday in the latest sign of the retailer’s collapse. [Zulily lays off more employees as website and app remain offline]( Zulily made more job cuts Wednesday, GeekWire has learned, the company’s second round of layoffs in the past two weeks and the latest move toward an apparent shutdown. [Zulily transfers assets to professional liquidator as failed retailer unable to issue refunds]( The latest chapter in the meltdown of Zulily is reading like a bad holiday fairy tale.  The Seattle online retailer — battered after weeks of layoffs, website outages and management reversals — posted a message on its website saying that it has made “the difficult but necessary decision to conduct an orderly wind-down of the business to maximize value for the companies’ creditors.” To help expedite that process, Zulily said Friday that it entered into an agreement with a third-party fiduciary operating under the name of Zulily ABC LLC, a subsidiary of a San Diego-based firm by the name of Douglas Wilson Companies… SPONSOR MESSAGE [Yes, startups can afford health care!]( ALLtech helps growing technology companies recruit and retain top talent, with comprehensive, affordable health insurance and other employee benefits. Whether you have two employees or more than 100, we have a benefit plan to fit your needs. [Request a quote from ALLtech Benefits.]( [Google to pay Washington state Play Store users as part of $700M antitrust settlement]( Google Play Store users in Washington state are eligible for a share of a multistate $700 million antitrust lawsuit settlement reached against the tech giant. [Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses]( Startup and small business owners take note: if your company has 20 or fewer full-time employees and gross annual sales of less than $5 million, there’s a new federal filing requirement that you need to know about. [India set to open new consulate in Seattle area, with a focus on tech industry]( Seattle’s tech industry could get a boost from the new consulate of India set to open soon. [Tech Moves: Google leaders join Seattle startup MotherDuck; Humanly adds a VP; and more]( Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires. [High-tech art experience WNDR Museum closes abruptly in Seattle after 8 months]( WNDR Museum, an interactive, tech-infused art experience near the waterfront in downtown Seattle, has ceased operations eight months after opening. [Wizards of the Coast doubles down on generative AI stance, says artists are ‘what makes D&D great’]( In response to social media criticism, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement that further clarifies its stance on the use of generative AI in material for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game. [E-commerce company Kaspien, previously known as Etailz, is shutting down and laying off staff]( Kaspien Holdings, a publicly traded company that helps online brands boost sales on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms, is closing up shop. [Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight]( Blue Origin is gearing up again to send its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship to space after a 15-month gap and a one-day postponement. [Self-driving company Cruise will lay off 67 workers at Seattle-area engineering hub]( Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., engineering center, part of widespread cuts at the GM-backed firm. [Meet Ramberto Torruella, a former Navy submarine officer who is now CTO at famed radio station KEXP]( As a teenager growing up in northern Virginia in the late 1980s, budding saxophonist and composer Ramberto Torruella faced an important choice.  Take a full ride scholarship to study music composition at Carnegie Mellon University or accept an appointment to the U.S. [Scooter share in Seattle navigates potential bumps as bankruptcy and shutdown hit two providers]( Seattle’s scooter and bike share program is navigating a bit of a bumpy road as one company with devices on city streets has filed for bankruptcy and another is reportedly shutting down operations. [These computer science seniors defied tradition to win the first hackathon they ever entered]( Once a staple of the startup world, the in-person hackathon was one of the collective habits that fell out of favor during the pandemic — so much so that a group of six Seattle University computer science students made it nearly to the middle of their senior years without competing in one. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer, Big Data]( - [City of Redlands: IT Security Analyst]( - [Submittable: Director of Engineering]( - [Dexis Professional Services: PRISM Integration SME/Engineer (Advisor-Grade 8)]( - [City of Redlands: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst]( - [INRIX: Finance Pricing Manager]( - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? 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