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 July 25, 2021.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Amazon’s ‘New World’ game spreads hype, melts video cards in unexpectedly popular closed beta
Amazon’s massively multiplayer online RPG New World has attracted a big audience so far with its closed beta, which has analysts wondering if it might be the breakout game for Amazon Game Studios. … Read More
Review: ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ on Xbox Series X is a showcase for Microsoft’s console and cloud
I spent much of my weekend exploring a virtual version of the world from the sky in Microsoft Flight Simulator, available this week on the Xbox Series X. … Read More
Ex-Amazon and Glossier exec aims to help people live longer, healthier with new startup Modern Age
Helping people live longer and healthier is personal for Melissa Eamer. … Read More
Amazon experiments with removing ability to move items from ‘Saved for Later’ to Wish List
Some eagle-eyed Amazon customers have noticed a change in the options available from their “Saved for Later” lists, and we can confirm they’re not imagining things. … Read More
Microsoft acquires Seattle startup Suplari, which uses AI to analyze corporate spending
Microsoft has acquired Suplari, a Seattle startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies understand and get a handle on their spending. … Read More
DataRobot lands $300M and acquires Seattle machine learning startup Algorithmia
Seattle startup Algorithmia has been acquired by DataRobot, a Boston-based startup and leader in the machine learning operations sector. … Read More
Icosavax stock skyrockets 200% on first day of trading for newly public Seattle biotech company
Icosavax is having quite the debut as Washington state’s newest public company. … Read More
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on the natural ‘tension’ in the company’s new leadership principles
Newly minted Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn’t subject himself to an intensive round of press interviews upon taking over from founder Jeff Bezos earlier this month, but he did offer some insights into his approach and background in a video interview recorded internally. … Read More
Smart-home device maker Wyze raises $110M as it plans to inject AI heavily into camera products
Smart-home device maker Wyze Labs has raised $110 million in new funding, GeekWire learned on Friday, boosting the Kirkland, Wash.-based company’s plans to improve its existing line of products and launch even more. … Read More
Scientists share a wiring diagram tracing connections for 200,000 mouse brain cells
Neuroscientists from Seattle’s Allen Institute and other research institutions have wrapped up a five-year, multimillion-dollar project with the release of a high-resolution 3-D map showing the connections between 200,000 cells in a clump of mouse brain about as big as a grain of sand. … Read More
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