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 29, 2026.
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Rec Room shutting down: Once valued at $3.5B, social gaming platform finds profits elusive
Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down on June 1, ending a decade-long run for one of the city’s most prominent startup unicorns. … Read More
Mary Jo Foley: What the heck is going on with Microsoft lately?
In her debut column for GeekWire, longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley digs into the recent wave of reorgs, hiring freezes, and leadership shakeups in Redmond, and asks whether it’s business as usual or something bigger. … Read More
Microsoft VP’s memoir of growing up in India makes unexpected case for what matters in the age of AI
Ravi Vedula leads the data and insights organization behind Microsoft 365 and Copilot. … Read More
Report: Amazon buys 1,300 acres near Columbia River that could become a giant data center
Amazon has purchased 1,300 acres in Boardman, Ore., for a potential $12 billion “exascale” data center campus capable of housing up to 20 buildings, the Oregonian reports. … Read More
Tech Moves: C-suite exec leaves Microsoft for Alaska Airlines; Amazon leaders depart; HashiCorp CTO resigns
Lindsay-Rae McIntyre leaves Microsoft for Alaska Airlines, while HashiCorp’s co-founder leaves the company and two Amazon execs depart. … Read More
‘Let’s go!’ NASA launches humanity’s first moon voyage in nearly 54 years
Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts around the moon during the ‘opening act’ of a new age of discovery. … Read More
Snap acquires assets from Rec Room as social gaming platform announces shutdown
Snap has acquired select assets from Rec Room Inc., with some employees joining the Spectacles hardware subsidiary, as the Seattle-based social gaming company shuts down its platform on June 1. … Read More
On Apple’s 50th, recalling the time a Microsoft engineer drove Steve Jobs so crazy he invented the iPad
David Pogue’s new book “Apple: The First 50 Years” is packed with stories about the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft. … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft execs depart; TerraClear, UserTesting, EchoMark and Read AI add leaders
Microsoft’s Joy Chik is retiring after 28 years, the company’s VP of energy resigns, and a slate of Seattle-area startups add leaders. … Read More
Report puts Seattle among leading global innovation cities, but it needs more premium office space
The latest edition of commercial real estate firm JLL’s Innovation Geographies report reveals that while Seattle is outpacing traditional hubs like New York and London in talent migration, a shortage of “investment-grade” real estate is creating a bottleneck for the city’s next era of tech expansion. … Read More
