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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 April 12, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire Amazon payments to Bezos’ Blue Origin reach $1.8B as shareholders cite conflicts of interest Amazon paid about $1.8 billion last year to Blue Origin, the aerospace company owned by its founder and board chair Jeff Bezos — nearly triple the amount the year before — as shareholders…

Every time I’ve written about Meta’s AI-enabled glasses, I invariably get asked these questions: Why do you even want these? Why do you want smart glasses that can play music or misidentify native flora in a weirdly cheery voice? I am a lifelong Ray-Ban Wayfarer wearer, and I’m also WIRED’s resident Meta wearer. I grab a pair of Meta glasses whenever I leave the house because I like being able to use one device instead of two or three on a walk. With Meta glasses, I can wear sunglasses and workout headphones in one!Meta sold more than 7 million pairs…

The agentic artificial intelligence era is forcing a reset in enterprise architecture. Agents that take action go well beyond analyzing data sitting in lakehouses. When agents operate on behalf of humans – continuously, at machine scale – they introduce requirements that most enterprises are not engineered for. The so-called “modern data stack” is starting to look like a new form of legacy. Stitched-together systems, fragmented governance, batch pipelines, and perimeter-era security assumptions don’t hold up when the unit of work shifts from a dashboard query to an autonomous decision loop. At agent scale, fragmentation becomes an operational and compliance risk.…

Not everyone had the money for the original Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System when it released in the ’90s, but there’s still a chance to experience it as an adult with disposable income. SNK and Plaion Replai, who is also behind the all-black remake of the Commodore 64, announced a faithful remake of the high-end retro console, called the Neo Geo AES+.To bring the original console into the modern day, the collaborating companies added HDMI compatibility for resolutions up to 1080p and DIP switches on the bottom of the console to allow for language selection, overclocking and switching display modes.…

Anthropic is writing the rules of AI security. But are they protecting the world from hackers, or just their market share from competition? Anthropic isn’t in Brussels for a standard policy chat. They are meeting with the EU Commission to discuss their new, restricted cybersecurity model called Claude Mythos. That isn’t your average chatbot- it’s essentially a professional-grade hacker in a box. In early tests, it found security flaws that had been hiding for 27 years. It’s so good at finding exploits that Anthropic has locked it behind a heavy door, only letting a “private club” of tech giants like…

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini CrosswordLet’s get to those Mini Crossword clues…

Now that we’re past March, Prime Video has plenty of new, must-see movies for us to stream this April. One of the platform’s biggest new originals is Chris Hemsworth’s thrilling action movie, Crime 101. The Prime Video vault is also loaded with hit films from the past year, including Sinners, Novocaine, and The Naked Gun. Explore this guide for some of our top Prime Video recommendations. We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on HBO Max, and the best movies on Disney+. Crime 101 (2026)…

MOM’s Labour Market Report outlines the latest retrenchment figures and wider employment trends in Singapore Singapore recorded a notable rise in retrenchments in 2025, with overall job cuts climbing to 14,490 for the year—an increase from 12,930 retrenchments in 2024. On Mar 20, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released its latest quarterly Labour Market Report, revealing updated figures on retrenchments and broader employment trends. The data showed that the incidence of retrenchment rose to 6.3 per 1,000 employees, up from 5.9 per 1,000 the year before. And within this broader trend, white-collar workers have experienced disproportionate pressure. PMETs are increasingly…

I tried the battery version, which does require you recharge it every couple of weeks, but the wired-in version is the top recommendation on our guide to the Best Video Doorbells.A Better BirdhouseI had a new-to-me problem this spring: bird invasion. A little bird made a nest in my front-door wreath without us noticing. One evening, my sister opened the door, and the bird flew out of the nest and straight into our house. After a 30-minute battle to get it outside again (and keep my cat from eating it), it wasn’t until we saw the bird fly off the…

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, a week of Seattle-area startup news shows how the AI era is reshaping the regional tech scene. Q1 venture numbers reveal bigger checks going to fewer companies, with Seattle slipping behind the likes of Austin and Miami on deal volume. And yet the distributed nature of modern startups is complicating what it even means to be a regional tech hub. (Does a mailbox in Pioneer Square really count as a Seattle headquarters?) Founders and CEOs are navigating this in different ways. Those with enough cash are eyeing strategic acquisitions, including opportunities to absorb startups…