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 Aug. 23, 2020.
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Zillow report fuels talk of ‘mass exodus’ in San Francisco, but other markets not seeing urban flight
Zillow’s recent Urban Suburban Market Report opens by asking: Are people fleeing the cities for greener suburban pastures? … Read More
Salesforce cuts 1k jobs, including some at Tableau, vows to keep hiring while ‘reshaping’ company
Salesforce is cutting jobs after reporting record earnings, creating “shocked disbelief” inside the company, one newly laid-off Seattle employee tells GeekWire. … Read More
With Elon Musk’s help, ‘Three Little Pigs’ demonstrate Neuralink’s brain implant
With grudging assistance from a trio of pigs, Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk showed off the startup’s state-of-the-art neuron-reading brain implant and announced that the system has received the Food and Drug Administration’s preliminary blessing as an experimental medical device. … Read More
This Seattle startup shifted to a 4-day work week due to the pandemic — here’s what happened
The pandemic is changing the way we think about work — not only where, but on what days. … Read More
Google buys more land in Kirkland as its Seattle-area workforce nears 6,000 employees
Google continues to grow its Seattle-area footprint despite the ongoing pandemic. … Read More
Who will (eventually) replace Jeff Bezos? Amazon succession mystery deepens with key exec’s exit
Jeff Wilke, the flannel-wearing CEO of Amazon’s vast consumer business, has been described as a natural business leader and the most important executive at the company over the past decade. … Read More
Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees
Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new marketplace. … Read More
Cloud startup Snowflake reveals financials in IPO filing as it battles Amazon, Microsoft, others
Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing filed for an IPO on Monday, revealing its financial data for the first time as the company prepares to go public. … Read More
Portland’s Powell’s Books says it ‘must take a stand’ and will stop selling books through Amazon
Powell’s Books, the venerable independent bookstore in Portland, has had enough with Amazon and will no longer sell books through the tech giant’s marketplace. … Read More
The $200 billion man: Jeff Bezos crosses into new territory as Amazon’s stock surge fuels riches
Jeff Bezos crossed into new billionaire territory on Wednesday with another surge in Amazon stock that pushed the CEO’s net worth to more than $200 billion. … Read More