Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 29, 2026 – GeekWire

Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down on June 1, ending a decade-long run for one of the city’s most prominent startup unicorns. … Read More

In her debut column for GeekWire, longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley digs into the recent wave of reorgs, hiring freezes, and leadership shakeups in Redmond, and asks whether it’s business as usual or something bigger. … Read More

Ravi Vedula leads the data and insights organization behind Microsoft 365 and Copilot. … Read More

Amazon has purchased 1,300 acres in Boardman, Ore., for a potential $12 billion “exascale” data center campus capable of housing up to 20 buildings, the Oregonian reports. … Read More

Lindsay-Rae McIntyre leaves Microsoft for Alaska Airlines, while HashiCorp’s co-founder leaves the company and two Amazon execs depart. … Read More

Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts around the moon during the ‘opening act’ of a new age of discovery. … Read More

Snap has acquired select assets from Rec Room Inc., with some employees joining the Spectacles hardware subsidiary, as the Seattle-based social gaming company shuts down its platform on June 1. … Read More

David Pogue’s new book “Apple: The First 50 Years” is packed with stories about the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft. … Read More

Microsoft’s Joy Chik is retiring after 28 years, the company’s VP of energy resigns, and a slate of Seattle-area startups add leaders. … Read More

The latest edition of commercial real estate firm JLL’s Innovation Geographies report reveals that while Seattle is outpacing traditional hubs like New York and London in talent migration, a shortage of “investment-grade” real estate is creating a bottleneck for the city’s next era of tech expansion. … Read More