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Photos: Mark Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta discloses 1,400 local job cuts

The Meta CEO's 387-foot Launchpad passed through the Ballard Locks toward Lake Union on Tuesday, the same day the company disclosed nearly 1,400 layoffs in Washington state. Read More

NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative

Blue Moon lander will carry Astrolab and Lunar Outpost moon buggies, while Firefly will drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones. Read More

Etzioni on AI: The Pope can talk, but only we can walk

In a guest op-ed, AI researcher and UW professor emeritus Oren Etzioni responds to Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI, arguing that moral pronouncements — however eloquent — accomplish little unless people change their own behavior. Read More

Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp

A new state filing shows Meta is eliminating nearly 1,400 positions across its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices, about 20% of its local workforce, as part of a companywide restructuring impacting 8,000 jobs. Read More

No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces

Oregon startup Canopii is tackling the food supply system by launching automated, tennis court-sized greenhouse franchises that use robots to grow 40,000 pounds of greens a year. Read More

Climate progress at 30,000 feet: Alaska Airlines’ Ryan Spies on the flight path to sustainable aviation

The former civilian engineer turned airline executive discusses the physics gap facing electric aviation, the regional push for sustainable fuel, and why customer feedback still moves needles inside major corporations. Read More

New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions

The Code.org founder, who earlier this year handed off the CEO role at the nonprofit, announced this weekend that he is the new CEO of Payam Music, a Bothell, Wash.-based piano school that he plans to expand nationally with backing from a prominent group of investors. Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2026

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2026. Read More

Etzioni on AI: The Virgin Unicorns

Twelve AI labs have raised more than $29 billion at a combined valuation approaching $130 billion, without shipping anything a customer can buy. Oren Etzioni examines what history says about how this story ends. Read More

SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink’s impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

SpaceX's IPO filing includes new details about the Starlink satellite factory in Redmond. Jeff Bezos talks wealth, inequality, and AI on CNBC. And John turns to ChatGPT and Gemini when FIFA's ticketing support falls short. Read More

Robot pizza startup runs out of dough: Picnic shuts down, sells assets to mystery buyer

Picnic, the 10-year-old Seattle food automation startup that set out to revolutionize the production of pizza with robotics, has shut… Read More

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