TechFlash: Inside Amazon's campus; Resigning CEO explains; Women of Influence

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Take a rare peek inside Amazon's sprawling South Lake Union campus (Photos) Seattle-based Amazon projects its ever-expanding South Lake Union campus will total 10 million square feet by 2019. Marchex CEO Peter Christothoulou explains sudden resignation in letter to employees Christothoulou explained his sudden resignation from the Seattle advertising analytics company in a letter penned to employees and obtained by the Puget Sound Business Journal. This Bellevue company's humanoid robots aim to keep workers safe on the job (Video) Former Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff wants to build industrial robots and automate dangerous jobs without displacing the humans who risk life and limb to do them. Meet PSBJ's 2016 Women of Influence Each year, the Puget Sound Business Journal honors women who have moved the needle in their industry, demonstrated exceptional leadership in their business and community and mentored others. Here are the 2016 Women of Influence. EXCLUSIVE: Amazon, Google and Microsoft coders will work with Woodland Park Zoo to fight wildlife trafficking University of Washington and local high school students will work with coders from Amazon, Google and Microsoft to develop technology like bots that can flag illegal website trades online. Boeing and Pakistan International Airlines reportedly have a deal for eight 787 Dreamliners A high-level sales and lobbying campaign by Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner, revealed in a letter to Pakistan's Prime Minister, may have helped secure the win. Microsoft exits fitness band business Consumers haven't taken to wrist wearables as easily as they did to smartphones, leading to a bit of turmoil in the sector. Marchex CEO and chairman resign; new chairwoman steps in after layoffs and losses Longtime advertising executive Anne Devereux-Mills will run the Seattle ad analytics company as chairwoman while the board searches for a new CEO. University of Washington professor wins Nobel Prize in physics The UW professor emeritus will share the prize with two other scientists. It's the seventh time a UW professor has won a Nobel Prize. Alaska Airlines rival JetBlue is making 'generous' offers to poach Virgin America flyers JetBlue is launching competing routes and trying to lure Virgin America business travelers after losing a bidding war for the airline. Seattle Genetics expands Bothell campus to accommodate new growth Seattle Genetics started construction on Building 5 in May and expects the space to be complete and occupied in the first half of 2017. Building 6 is still in the design phase. The buildings will add 100,000 square feet of office space to the company's Bothell campus. National Tech News Leonardo DiCaprio says he signed up for Elon Musk's one-way trip to Mars Robots, drones and virtual reality, oh my, at Japan's version of Consumer Electronics Show ​Salesforce buys Bay Area analytics startup for $700M ahead of Dreamforce 2016

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