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: The GeekWire Awards return on May 12th! Finalists have been announced and voting is now open across multiple categories: [Vote here!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Spaceflight Inc. hails a pair of successful launches as it deals with frictions in SpaceX relationship]( Spaceflight Inc. can claim a share of the credit for two successful satellite deployments — but it's also facing a rift in relations with SpaceX. [Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best joins Microsoft as director of global security risk operations]( Carmen Best has joined Microsoft as director of global security risk operations. [Blue Origin vets unveil startup seeking small solution to massive challenge of fusion energy]( As Avalanche Energy founders Robin Langtry and Brian Riordan have been grinding through the development of their fusion technology, they keep expecting to hit a wall. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Cut churn and onboard customers faster]( Untangle the messy data your customers need to import using intuitive automation, and an elegant user experience built for simplicity. Integrate the leading data onboarding platform and provide a delightful experience for your customers, with HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II compliance out the box. [View the platform.]( [Microsoft acquires Minit business process mining company in latest wave of tech acquisitions]( Microsoft is joining a hot trend in tech acquisitions: process mining. [Innovation of the Year: 5 technology breakthroughs named finalists in GeekWire Awards]( From fuel cells to fusion energy, there’s a common theme among many of the finalists for Innovation of the Year in the GeekWire Awards this year: alternative sources of power and new forms of transportation. [Securing the metaverse: Microsoft exec Charlie Bell calls on industry to learn lessons of the early web]( Charlie Bell has the metaverse on his mind. SPONSORED: GEEK REAL ESTATE [Just Listed: Exquisite Views In Magnolia]( [Amazon ‘disappointed’ with union vote, may file objection based on ‘undue influence’ by NLRB]( A group of Amazon warehouse workers just voted to form a union. [Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s $212M in annual compensation isn’t quite what it seems]( Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s total compensation for 2021, including his first six months as the tech giant’s chief executive, was more than $212 million, Amazon reported in its annual proxy statement Friday morning. [Where’s my jetpack? It was at MARS conference, along with Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy]( Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy rubbed elbows with the compu-cognoscenti at the MARS 2022 conference, revived after a two-year hiatus. [Announcing the finalists in the 2022 GeekWire Awards: Voting now open in a dozen categories]( After processing hundreds of nominations and convening a community-based judging panel, we are excited to announce more than 50 finalists in the 2022 GeekWire Awards. The breadth of this year’s finalists showcases the amazing entrepreneurial spirit of the Pacific Northwest, with innovations ranging from cutting-edge robotics to life-altering medical therapies to practical software systems. [Vancouver edtech company Thinkific lays off 100 people, or 20% of workforce]( Thinkific, a Vancouver, B.C.-based publicly traded online education company, announced layoffs Tuesday that will affect 20% of its 499 employees. [Biotech vet Phil Greenberg on his new cancer-fighting startup and immunotherapy’s next phase]( Philip Greenberg has been trying to stop cancer for decades. [Convoy co-founder rides shotgun with truckers for better view of how company’s tech can help]( Grant Goodale left Seattle to find out just how rough a road it is these days for American truck drivers. [Vote for Startup of the Year: Common Room, Copper Banking, DexCare, Logixboard, WhyLabs]( Seattle is home to plenty of fast-growing early-stage tech companies. [Seattle IoT networking startup Teal lands $10.8M]( Teal Communications, a Seattle-area startup that sells a networking service used by Internet of Things device operators and others, raised $10.8 million as part of a Series A round. 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