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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 29, 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. 29, 2024.

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Most popular stories on GeekWire

T-Mobile to pay $31.5M in settlement with FCC over cybersecurity data breaches

T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, resolving investigations into data breaches that impacted millions of U.S. … Read More

Safely returned: 2-year-old child is OK after getting stuck playing in Amazon package locker in Seattle

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Amazon. … Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste from Cold War weapons. … Read More

AWS CEO Matt Garman on the value of in-person work; investing in startups; and the ROI from AI

Amazon cloud leader Matt Garman voiced his support for Amazon’s plan to bring workers back to the office five days a week, describing it as a key way to maintain the company’s culture of innovation. … Read More

Former Microsoft Xbox leader J Allard joins Amazon in latest surprise career twist

J Allard, Amazon VP? Yes, it’s true, according to the former Microsoft Xbox leader’s LinkedIn profile, which was updated Tuesday to say, simply, “vp, product – amazon,” true to the longtime tech figure’s understated style. … Read More

Tech Moves: AWS Startups gets a new leader; Zoom taps Microsoft vet as CFO

Amazon executive Jon Jones was named the new vice president and global head of AWS Startups. … Read More

After $6.6B round, OpenAI investor says the next step for ChatGPT maker should be to go public

The news about OpenAI’s $6.6 billion fundraising round was hot off the digital presses Wednesday morning when Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital took the stage at Madrona’s IA Summit in Seattle. … Read More

As stolen bikes are hawked online, cyclists call out digital marketplaces and run crime-fighting efforts

On a fall day in 2021, Erin Dallin locked his cherished baby blue bicycle to a rack near the University of Washington light-rail station in Seattle. … Read More

Seattle’s startup ecosystem could use more ‘low-conviction check writers,’ according to this VC

Seattle needs more angel investors who are more comfortable with risky startup bets. … Read More

Seattle startup Vieu raises $11M to reimagine B2B sales outreach, with help from AI

Goodbye, cold calls. Hello, warm introductions. … Read More