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GeekWire’s latest Tech Moves roundup reports that Amazon Music has hired longtime Google executive Hrishikesh Aradhye as vice president of product and technology, while Microsoft is seeing both a security leadership departure and continued Copilot executive churn as of late June 2026. The item...

Microsoft promoted Mike Jackson to chief digital safety officer in June 2026, placing a legal and AI governance veteran inside its Trusted Technology Group as Seattle’s technology scene logged a broader round of executive movement across Microsoft, Remitly, Synthesia, the University of...

The quiet hum of massive data centers and the clang of severance notices now define Seattle’s tech landscape: while Amazon, Microsoft and other regional giants pour billions into artificial intelligence infrastructure, the same companies are simultaneously shrinking corporate workforces — a...

Seattle’s tech titans are ordering a paradoxical shuffle: at the very moment Microsoft, Amazon and other big employers pour tens of billions into artificial intelligence infrastructure, they are also cutting tens of thousands of white‑collar roles — a strategic rebalancing that is producing both...

Seattle’s tech paradox landed on headlines last week when Amazon confirmed a major round of corporate reductions at the very moment the company — and the industry at large — is spending at scale on artificial intelligence infrastructure, raising hard questions about strategy, resilience, and...