Week in Review: GeekWire’s most popular stories for the week of April 19, 2026
They keep him up to date with the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 19, 2026.
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The most popular stories on GeekWire
Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to thousands of employees for the first time at a tech giant
Microsoft is offering a one-time voluntary retirement program for the first time in its 51-year history, giving thousands of longtime US employees… Read More
A former adviser to Steve Jobs says Apple’s new CEO is exactly what’s needed: an engineer from within.
Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple, handing over to hardware engineering chief John Ternus. … Read more
Amazon names AWS chief Prasad Kalyanaraman to S team, promotes Dave Brown to SVP
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy added AWS infrastructure leader Prasad Kalyanaraman to the company’s S team and promoted Dave Brown to senior vice president, according to an internal memo viewed by GeekWire. … Read more
Nuclear first: TerraPower officially begins construction on the next Sodium plant in Wyoming
TerraPower is officially transporting waste from its Wyoming facility, making it the first company in the US … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft quantum lead joins IonQ; Founder of Heptio now CTO at Stacklok; Amazon Travel
Long-time Microsoft executive and former quantum leader Jeff Henshaw is joining IonQ while Heptio founder Joe Beda is joining Stacklok. … Read more
Microsoft’s new Xbox boss is making the first big change, cutting the price of Game Pass, but with a catch
Microsoft is dropping Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, but future Call of Duty games will no longer be available at launch. … Read more
Opinion: You can’t blame data centers in Seattle for our skyrocketing electricity prices
The mayor of Seattle is exploring the construction of new data centers, but the city’s real resource challenges – rising electricity prices, a growing energy gap, and the lack of water from the east – have nothing to do with data centers. … Read more
Opinion: What capitalism are we defending?
Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer responds to Chris DeVore’s recent call for Democrats to embrace capitalism, arguing that the real question is not whether to support free markets but what kind of capitalism America should be building. … Read more
Insider memo: Top five exit Qualtrics as new CEO reshuffles leadership team
Qualtrics CEO Jason Maynard shook up the company’s senior leadership team Friday at its headquarters between downtown Seattle and Provo, Utah, less than three months after taking the helm of the experience management technology company. … Read more
Starbucks cuts tech jobs as new organization reshapes CTO
Starbucks is laying off staff in its technology organization as new CTO Anand Varadarajan, who joined from Amazon in January, restructures the team. … Read more
