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. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Become a GeekWire member: [Support independent journalism and join today!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Seattle-based Big Fish Games lays off 250 people — read the memo sent to staff]( Big Fish Games on Tuesday laid off approximately 250 people as part of a substantial restructuring at the 18-year-old gaming Seattle company. [Former Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, Convoy leaders are building a secretive new Seattle startup]( Four leaders from top Seattle tech companies are working together on a stealthy new startup. [Report: TikTok chooses buyer for U.S. operations, deal could be announced Tuesday]( After a tumultuous few weeks, the future of hit social video app TikTok in the United States could soon become more clear, but it might not be the end of the saga. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Become a member, support independent journalism!]( GeekWire members support independent journalism at a time when trusted storytelling and community engagement is more important than ever. [Join today!Â]( [This 35-year-old female CEO is about to crack the glass ceiling, shattering a dismal IPO track record]( Leen Kawas is truly a unicorn. The 35-year-old co-founder and CEO of Seattle biotechnology company Athira Pharma would be the first woman to guide a company to an initial public offering in Washington state in more than two decades. [President Trump says U.S. must be ‘well compensated’ in TikTok deal]( President Trump again called for a payment to the U.S. [The real HQ2: Amazon adding 10k more jobs in Bellevue, growing further beyond downtown Seattle]( The city of Bellevue, Wash., is looking more and more like Amazon’s actual second headquarters location. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY [Living Modern at Mira Flats]( [Judge approves $155M class action settlement related to Big Fish Games and online gambling lawsuit]( The past and current owner of Seattle-based Big Fish Games will pay $155 million to recover payments made by users of its social casino games after a judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of two class action settlements. [David Blaine pulls off balloon stunt — with help from famed skydiver who jumped with no parachute]( David Blaine went way, way up in his latest stunt on Wednesday. [Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract]( [Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. [Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim]( A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform. [Walmart unveils Walmart+, its Amazon Prime competitor that costs $98/year and will launch Sept. 15]( Walmart on Tuesday officially unveiled Walmart+, its new $98/year membership program that competes with Amazon’s $119/year Prime membership. [OfferUp and Letgo combine used goods marketplaces into one app following acquisition]( OfferUp on Monday merged the Letgo marketplace onto its app following the company’s acquisition earlier this year. [Backed by $12.5M in federal funding, Univ. of Washington leads new data science institute]( With $12.5 million in federal funding, the University of Washington will lead a cohort of institutions tackling foundational challenges in the field of data science. [Artists create paintings designed to be tempered in space on Blue Origin’s rocket]( Uplift Aerospace and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin venture plan to put paintings where virtually no art has gone before: on the side of a rocket ship. [Amazon’s drone delivery ambitions hit key milestone with new FAA approval]( The Federal Aviation Administration this weekend approved Amazon’s Prime Air arm as an official “air carrier,” marking a key milestone for Amazon’s drone delivery initiative. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Icertis: Senior Software Engineer]( - [Libro.fm: Senior Android Developer]( - [Libro.fm: Senior iOS Developer]( - [INRIX: Senior Software Development Engineer]( - [INRIX: Backend Developer/Analyst]( - [Avvo: Director of Sales Acquisition]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2020 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](