Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 27, 2022

Thanks to its role in handling pre-launch logistics, Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. … Read More

Carmen Best has joined Microsoft as director of global security risk operations. … Read More

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. … Read More

Microsoft is joining a hot trend in tech acquisitions: process mining. … Read More

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. … Read More

Charlie Bell has the metaverse on his mind. … Read More

A group of Amazon warehouse workers just voted to form a union. … Read More

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. … Read More

Billionaire Jeff Bezos missed out on his usual chauffeuring duties at the West Texas launch orchestrated today by his Blue Origin space venture, but he had a good excuse: He was presiding over Amazon’s MARS 2022, an invitation-only conference held this week in California. … Read More

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. … Read More