GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Hackers don’t just steal your data, they steal your memories: [QKey keeps your private information safe, learn more here.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Microsoft has finally found its smartphone: Why the Samsung Galaxy partnership is so promising]( Do I really have to email pictures to myself? [Seattle-area AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking malware on company network, authorities say]( A 34-year-old citizen of Pakistan is charged with paying more than $1 million in bribes to employees at AT&T’s Seattle-area offices and call centers to install malware on the company’s network to unlock millions of smartphones. 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[Cost of living study ranks Seattle as fifth most expensive U.S. city to live in]( A study looking at the cost of living in 257 cities across the United States has ranked Seattle as the fifth most expensive place to live in the country. [The spectacle of Gen Con, the country’s largest (and possibly friendliest) tabletop game convention]( Your intrepid Seattle-based gaming correspondent Tim Ellis (that’s me) hit the road this weekend to visit Indianapolis, home of Gen Con, the nation’s largest and oldest tabletop gaming convention. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE WEEK [Lock & Leave Luxury: Historic Home, Delicious Gardens & Killer Views]( [‘Mega Block’ in Amazon’s backyard will become a life sciences campus following $143.5M deal; proceeds to fund affordable housing]( One of the last big chunks of land in the booming Seattle neighborhood of South Lake Union will turn into a life sciences hub — with proceeds of the sale helping fund affordable housing and homelessness issues. [Amazon and Capital One face legal backlash after massive hack affects 106M customers]( A group of angry customers filed a lawsuit against Capital One this week following the hack that affected more than 106 million people. [Car-sharing’s seedier side: Criminal activity linked to LimePods in Seattle]( A Seattle man called the police on July 2 to report a crime. [Google’s Seattle-area footprint skyrockets to nearly 2M square feet, fueling region’s tech space race]( Google’s appetite for office space across the Seattle region has intensified in recent years, and it is on the verge of a major milestone. [Seattle-area web services provider becomes haven for online extremism following El Paso shooting]( The Seattle region may have a reputation as a liberal enclave but it’s also home to a safe haven for right-wing extremism. [Women’s health startup Genneve lands $4M to grow telemedicine service for menopause]( Genneve, a Seattle startup that runs a telemedicine service for women experiencing menopause, landed a $4 million seed round led by BlueRun Ventures. [Pop! figurine maker Funko crushes Wall Street expectations, posting $191M in revenue in Q2]( Funko continued the momentum built throughout the year in the second quarter, as the Everett, Wash. [Five big ideas from Nathan Myhrvold, the original ‘mad scientist’ from Microsoft]( Check out five high-tech, way-out ideas from the mind of Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's first chief technology officer and the CEO of Intellectual Ventures. [How tech is sneaking into the cardboard world of tabletop gaming at Gen Con]( Gen Con — the largest gaming convention in the country — bills itself as “The Home of Tabletop Gaming™” and as such, is primarily focused on tabletop gaming such as card games, board games and role-playing games. 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