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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

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” — Ajay Nair , a longtime engineering leader at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, joined search technology giant Elastic as a group vice president. Libretto , a LLM startup led by former employees at Seattle real estate giant Redfin, this week came out of stealth and announced a $3.7 million investment round.

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Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

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Windows revenue fell 27% to $4.8 billion, including a decline of 39% in revenue from versions of Windows licensed to computer manufacturers. This is the business unit run by Charlie Bell , the former Amazon Web Services exec. However, other parts of Microsoft’s business experienced significant declines.

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Moving in after Amazon backed out: Inside Rainier Square, Seattle’s new office and residential tower

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Floor-to-ceiling windows in Rainier Square’s 40th floor Sky Lobby, which serves as the starting point to residences above. Window washers make their way down the 850-foot tall Rainier Square building. where it employs more than 500 in support of Amazon Web Services and its broadband satellite project, Project Kuiper.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 28, 2021

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Reality check: Microsoft, David Bowie, Bill Gates, and a creepy video game called ‘Omikron’ Yes, there was a game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul, starring a virtual David Bowie, released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More.

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Amazon, Microsoft, other tech leaders sound off amid protests over death of George Floyd

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Demonstrators broke the windows of an Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle during a protest Friday evening. ” Here’s Amazon Web Services cloud chief Andy Jassy: *What* will it take for us to refuse to accept these unjust killings of black people? Protesters gathered in cities across the U.S.

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Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond

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Amazon’s “remarkable year,” including its ability to scale up in response to COVID, the leadership transition to new CEO Andy Jassy, new leadership principles and the continued success of Amazon Web Services.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

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Webby Award for Professional Services / Self-Promotion : Zhenya Rynzhuk Folio 2019. Webby People’s Voice Award for Professional Services / Self-Promotion : Alan Menken by Hello Monday. Webby Award for Real Estate : Urby by Kettle. Webby People’s Voice Award for Real Estate : Compass. Collective.

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