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 Global AI Hackathon will bring together developers and hackers on Aug. 19th in Seattle to build generative AI applications that address real world problems and push the boundaries of what is possible with AI: [Apply now to come hack with us.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Seattle Orcas lose cricket championship game, but tech owners thrilled with inaugural season]( Cricket fans in 87 countries around the globe watched MI New York defeat the Seattle Orcas in Texas on Sunday evening for the first-ever championship of Major League Cricket. [Redfin shares sink 10% as CEO says housing market sales volume is ‘near rock bottom’]( Redfin shares dropped more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company reported a 21% drop in revenue as it continues to face headwinds from a slumping housing market. 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[Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability]( Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software startup as part of cost-cutting efforts. [Seattle startups move into growing science cluster in South Lake Union]( A new science cluster is growing in Seattle. [Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue]( Amazon shares were up more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both profits and revenue. [Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes]( The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company. [Test ride: GeekWire hops in BellHop, a free electric shuttle service in downtown Bellevue]( BellHop is up and running in Bellevue, Wash. [Rivian sets opening date for new ‘Spaces’ location to showcase its electric vehicles in Seattle]( Electric vehicle maker Rivian will open its latest Spaces location at University Village in Seattle on Aug. [Seattle startup founders are using generative AI for coding, marketing, and more]( Publicly traded tech companies can’t stop talking about AI. [SPACkerley: Why these sports business brothers in Seattle are bullish about their new SPAC deal]( Is the SPAC back? Seattle business leaders Ted and Chris Ackerley are betting on it. [Office vacancies continue to rise in Seattle as tech companies give up space]( Even as some companies get workers back to the office, the commercial real estate market in the Seattle region continues to see record high vacancies, according to a new quarterly report from JLL. [Amazon and Microsoft vet launches fitness and meditation chatbot powered by GPT]( As a busy tech manager and father, Gopi Prashanth had only about 30 minutes a day for workouts and meditation — and he spent around half that time researching exercises on Google. 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