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Microsoft releases new AI models to expand further beyond OpenAI geekwire.com/2026/microsoft… via @GeekWire

On Apple’s 50th, recalling the time a Microsoft engineer drove Steve Jobs so crazy he invented the iPad geekwire.com/2026/on-apples… via @GeekWire

‘I don’t think anything will ever replace Rec Room’: Fans shocked by gaming platform shutdown geekwire.com/2026/i-dont-th… via @GeekWire

Column by @maryjofoley on @geekwire: What the heck is going on with Microsoft lately? geekwire.com/2026/mary-jo-f… via @GeekWire

New this morning: GPT drafts, Claude critiques: Microsoft blends rival AI models in new Copilot upgrade geekwire.com/2026/gpt-draft… via @GeekWire

Orbital AI: Seattle-area startup Starcloud @starcloud_inc1 hits $1.1B valuation to build space-based data centers. My colleague @lisa_stiffler notes that Microsoft is among those skeptical of satellite data centers, with @BradSmi noting at a recent event, "We're keeping our feet on the ground." geekwire.com/2026/orbital-a… via @GeekWire

Washington state needs a ‘coherent’ story to compete in AI, leaders agree by @thekenyeung geekwire.com/2026/washingto… via @GeekWire

Microsoft hires former Ai2 CEO Ali Farhadi and key researchers for Suleyman’s AI team geekwire.com/2026/microsoft… via @GeekWire

@QuinnyPig Some people loved their Zunes! 😀

@toddbishop Has Amazon ever in its entire history done a good user experience? I don’t dispute your point, but I have a very hard time seeing Amazon as a company succeeding here.

Dismissing Amazon’s new smartphone effort, codenamed “Transformer,” as a sequel to the Fire Phone disaster misses the point. This isn’t Amazon trying to redo 2014. It’s Amazon looking at the AI landscape and betting that the shift to AI is going to fundamentally change what a mobile device is, and that the dominant smartphone makers might not be the ones leading that charge. geekwire.com/2026/why-amazo… via @GeekWire

With Amazon marking the 20th anniversary of @AWS this month, I spoke with early builders, current AWS insiders, and longtime observers of the company to tell the story of how the business got started, how it won the cloud, and what it's up against now. geekwire.com/2026/aws-at-20… via @GeekWire

Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI bot from shopping on Amazon in early test of agentic commerce geekwire.com/2026/judge-blo… via @GeekWire

Pre-trial fight in OpenAI case focuses on Elon Musk’s dual role as Microsoft partner and plaintiff geekwire.com/2026/pre-trial… via @GeekWire

Filings: How Amazon’s $50B OpenAI deal actually works, and what they’re keeping secret geekwire.com/2026/filings-h… via @GeekWire

New @geekwire podcast: Anthropic acquires Vercept, the AI job crisis scenario, and Microsoft’s past Epstein connections geekwire.com/2026/anthropic… via @GeekWire

Amazon invests $50B in OpenAI, deepens AWS partnership with expanded $100B cloud deal, by @Taylor_Soper geekwire.com/2026/amazon-in… via @GeekWire

‘Meaningless’ theater? As tech giants pledge ratepayer protections in D.C., others question real-world impact geekwire.com/2026/meaningle… via @GeekWire

Who is Asha Sharma (@asha_shar)? A closer look at @Microsoft’s surprise pick to lead the @Xbox business geekwire.com/2026/who-is-as… via @GeekWire

@IsForAt @geekwire I hear you, Brian, thanks for saying something.

Love you @geekwire but this is so sad! Why not be excited about new energy, how great the last regime was, and how gaming can be in the future? Better amazing hardware, including more VR / MR / whatever we call it? Heck yeah! More support for game makers, and better tools to make more amazing games? Heck yeah! AI to help more people make great games (no, slop is sloppy thinking because gamers are great and will support only great games) heck heck yeah! Why be defeatist when we can be excited? I am excited for better games and gaming myself - and know Asha some and can't wait to see what she does. Why would you not be positive and excited for new energy here?