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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 8, 2024

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 8, 2024.

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Most popular stories on GeekWire

Nori, a Seattle-based carbon removal marketplace that raised $17M, shuts down after 7 years

Seattle-based carbon removal startup Nori has shut down after operating for seven years and raising $17.25 million from investors. … Read More

Microsoft names new COO who played a key role in GE’s turnaround

Microsoft named General Electric’s former chief financial officer, Carolina Dybeck Happe, as its new executive vice president and chief operations officer. … Read More

No regular Joe: The new Starbucks CEO posed with a big cup of coffee, and it got us buzzing

Coffee is serious business in Seattle. Whether or not you drink it, where you buy it, how you take it, what your vessel of choice is — all of that can say a lot about you and whether you’ve fully acclimated to local norms and customs. … Read More

‘They’re attractive targets’: Cybersecurity attacks on schools are becoming more frequent and severe

The frequency and severity of cyberattacks against K-12 schools are increasing, with a new incident affecting a school district south of Seattle being just the most recent case. … Read More

Outreach CEO Manny Medina steps down, a decade after founding sales automation startup

Manny Medina has stepped down as CEO of Outreach, the Seattle-based sales automation software company he helped start a decade ago. … Read More

School district south of Seattle cancels classes Monday due to cyberattack

FOLLOW-UP: ‘They’re attractive targets’: Cybersecurity attacks on schools are becoming more frequent and severe Highline Public Schools, a 17,500-student district south of Seattle, canceled classes for Monday due to a cyberattack. … Read More

With new Amazon Web Services partnership, Oracle’s cloud database trade-off is complete

Oracle announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services on Monday afternoon that will further integrate its database offerings and cloud infrastructure with the Seattle tech giant’s cloud platform. … Read More

Port of Seattle reveals details of ransomware attack, says it refused to pay criminal organization

The Port of Seattle said some of its data may be at risk of being posted online after it refused to pay a ransom demanded by a criminal organization responsible for a cyberattack that took place nearly three weeks ago. … Read More

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol faces unique digital challenges as he takes over Seattle coffee giant

It’s the first day on the job for new Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol. … Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Saver’ private-label grocery brand, escalating price wars with Walmart and Target

Amazon is lowering prices on thousands of grocery items and rolling out a new private label food brand called Amazon Saver. … Read More