Updated below with details about Microsoft firing two employees. … Read More

Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon, occupying the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith and resisting security guards before being removed and arrested by police.  The group locked arms in the meeting area of Smith’s office, taped a mock court summons to a large monitor nearby, and livestreamed their protest on Twitch as they chanted, “Free Palestine.” The Verge reported that Building 34 was temporarily locked down because of the protest. … Read More

Even in the final years of his life, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was as excited as ever about what the future would bring for science, technology, and the world — telling GeekWire in a 2017 interview, “It really is a golden age of what’s possible.”  Allen’s optimism — and the impact of his wealth — will live on in a new nonprofit foundation charged with making bold bets on the future. … Read More

— Marketing vet Brian Hall has left Google for a new, undisclosed position. … Read More

A group that infiltrated Microsoft’s headquarters building this week disputed the company’s account of the incident — describing their sit-in as nonviolent and saying the “listening devices” allegedly left behind were phones that fell from their pockets when they were arrested. … Read More

Dave Citron, a former senior director of product at Google DeepMind, has joined Microsoft’s AI group as corporate vice president — the latest high-profile move in the escalating battle for AI talent. … Read More

Uber Eats has agreed to pay $15 million to more than 16,000 delivery workers in Seattle after reaching a settlement with the city’s labor standards office over allegations that the tech giant violated laws regulating how workers are paid. … Read More

Seattle-based startup Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, is laying off about half of its staff in a sweeping restructuring. … Read More

Tech company leaders joined top politicians to help celebrate the official opening of India’s new consulate in Seattle on Tuesday. … Read More

AI automation giant UiPath announced Monday that it hired Seattle-based marketing vet Michael Atalla as its new chief marketing officer and separately confirmed it is moving its Bellevue, Wash., offices to the city’s Lincoln Square development in September. … Read More