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Read the latest tech headlines from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. [83c70c80-cefc-43e4-9cc7-74e048a5ee95.png]( November 29, 2017 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( GeekWire Gala, December 6 [Seattle’s holiday tradition! Tickets on sale now.]( Today's top stories [New machine-learning services from Amazon Web Services include video recognition, transcription]( By Tom Krazit Amazon Web Services added several new items to its suite of machine-learning driven services Wednesday at AWS re:Invent 2017, including the extension of its Amazon Rekognition image-detection technology to video. [Robots vs. jobs: Report says automation will displace up to 375M workers by 2030]( By Alan Boyle Hundreds of millions of workers will be displaced due to robotics and artificial intelligence, but the impact will vary widely by region, a newly published report says. 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[Snapchat refresh aims to separate ‘the social from the media’ as parent company chases Wall Street rebound]( By Nat Levy Snapchat parent Snap has redesigned its social app to draw a clear line between users’ friends and brands that the company says “separates the social from the media.” The new look of the app sticks chats and stories from your friends to on the left side of Snapchat in a Friends page, while containing posts and stories from creators and professional publishers in a separate Discover feed on the right. [All’s fair in love and new databases for Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy]( By Tom Krazit LAS VEGAS — Database technology has become a rather contentious segment of the enterprise tech market over the last few years, and Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy made it clear which company AWS is targeting with several new database services announced Wednesday at re:Invent 2017. [Amazon Web Services goes all-in on Kubernetes, launches new container deployment service]( By Tom Krazit LAS VEGAS — As the year of Kubernetes wraps up, Amazon Web Services joined its cloud rivals by rolling out a new service that manages the popular container-orchestration software for its customers. [Microsoft Windows 10 active devices reach 600M for first time, CEO Satya Nadella says]( By Todd Bishop BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached a new milestone: 600 million active monthly devices. [Microsoft annual meeting: Shareholders approve biggest board in company history]( By Todd Bishop BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft held its annual meeting Wednesday morning, with CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives briefing shareholders on the latest developments at the Seattle-area technology giant. [Amazon Web Services expands cloud business with NFL, Expedia, and Disney deals]( By Todd Bishop Amazon Web Services, aiming to boost its reach among big corporate customers, announced major expansions of its relationships with the National Football League, Walt Disney Company and Expedia this morning. [GeekWire HQ2 search narrows to 4 finalists: Here’s your chance to vote on our second city]( By Monica Nickelsburg It’s down to the final four: Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh. [Amazon GuardDuty is a new account-wide cloud security service from Amazon Web Services]( By Tom Krazit Security is a perennial concern for cloud skeptics and cloud enthusiasts alike, and Amazon Web Services hopes to stay one step ahead of threats to its customers with a new security service called Amazon GuardDuty. [Microsoft plans to knock down and rebuild original Redmond campus, creating room for 8K more workers in historic redevelopment project]( By Nat Levy Microsoft plans to tear down a dozen of the iconic original buildings at the heart of its 500-acre headquarters in Redmond, Wash., and replace them with 18 new structures in a sweeping redevelopment project that will make room for 8,000 additional workers. [That’s so metal: Amazon Web Services unveils bare-metal instances for EC2 compute customers]( By Tom Krazit Server virtualization was one of the great breakthroughs in enterprise computing over the last 20 years, allowing people to get far more performance out of a single server by splitting into multiple independent parts. [Meet the deepest fish in the sea: The Mariana snailfish, identified with UW’s help]( By Alan Boyle These ghostly creatures from the Mariana Trench have a distinction of substance: They're the deepest fish ever brought up from the deep sea. [‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Phony plane hacking in a shocking Episode 7]( By Corey Nachreiner [Spoiler Alert] This article discusses plot points and full technical details from Mr. [SpaceX raises $100M more in investment, bringing valuation estimate to $21.5 billion]( By Alan Boyle Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket venture has filled out its latest funding round by attracting another $100 million in investments since August. [Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties]( By Monica Nickelsburg Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 57 million Uber drivers and passengers around the world. [Google eliminates Kubernetes cluster-management fees just before the main event at AWS re:Invent]( By Tom Krazit LAS VEGAS — With the cloud computing industry gathered in Las Vegas for Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference, Google decided to get out ahead of the big news expected tomorrow with its own announcement that it is dropping all fees for managing Kubernetes clusters on its cloud service. [Archaeologists confirm that ‘Tomb of Christ’ dates back to ancient Roman times]( By Alan Boyle After years of study, experts lay out evidence revealing how far back the history goes for the room-sized shrine in Jerusalem that's revered as Jesus' tomb. [Amazon gives $500K first place Alexa Prize award to Univ. of Washington team’s ‘socialbot’]( By Taylor Soper The winning team of Amazon’s inaugural Alexa Prize competition sits right in the company’s backyard. [Nonprofit Project Veritas — which targeted Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post — eligible for donations via AmazonSmile]( By Kurt Schlosser Project Veritas, the nonprofit organization caught this week in an apparent undercover scheme to deceive The Washington Post with a false story about sexual abuse, has another connection to the newspaper and its billionaire owner, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. [Amazon Web Services previews a new partner program alongside new services and competencies]( By Tom Krazit LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services plans to make a few changes to its partner program next year, it told attendees at the Global Partner Summit before the official start of AWS re:Invent 2017, but the details will have to wait. 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