Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 28, 2021.
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Amazon offers rare apology, says it will look for solutions to drivers peeing in bottles
Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response to Rep. … Read More
Bill Gates says there are too many low-quality SPACs, but he’s firmly focused on the quality ones
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates hinted at a SPAC bubble, noting in an interview with CNBC on Friday that he’ll be avoiding “low-quality” special purpose acquisition companies which are guiding companies into the public markets too soon. … Read More
Why this Seattle tech CEO pulled his company out of downtown, and isn’t returning anytime soon
“Until there’s a credible, durable solution to crime and homelessness in the downtown core, I think Seattle will have a hard time luring tech companies back. … Read More
Amazon updates remote work guidance, plans to ‘return to an office-centric culture as our baseline’
The news: Amazon expects most U.S. corporate office workers back in the office by early fall, the company said in a memo to employees Wednesday. … Read More
Amazon employees, bots or trolls? New Twitter bios emerge to speak out mostly against union effort
Amazon is getting some help in its efforts to beat back a unionization movement at one of its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Ala. … Read More
Cargo ship stuck in Suez Canal shows up in a ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ fly-by
Nothing like a little current events mixed in with your video game play. … Read More
Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why remote work hurts innovation: ‘You don’t riff the same way’
As GeekWire reported earlier Wednesday, Amazon is headed back to the office after letting people work from home for the past year. … Read More
Seattle startup Common Room emerges from stealth mode with $52M in funding
The news: Common Room, a year-old startup based in Seattle, is coming out of stealth mode in a big way. … Read More
Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal income tax: ‘I’m going to put an end to that’
The debate over how much Amazon pays in federal income tax is heating up yet again. … Read More
Funko gets into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app
Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. … Read More
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