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Top stories so far this week

Watch: Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta cuts 1,400 local jobs
The Meta CEO's 387-foot Launchpad passed through the Ballard Locks toward Lake Union on Tuesday, the same day the company disclosed nearly 1,400 layoffs in Washington state.
Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp
A new state filing shows Meta is eliminating nearly 1,400 positions across its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices, about 20% of its local workforce, as part of a companywide restructuring impacting 8,000 jobs.
No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces
Oregon startup Canopii is tackling food supply challenges by launching automated, tennis court-sized greenhouse franchises that use robots.
Etzioni on AI: The Virgin Unicorns
Twelve AI labs have raised more than $29 billion at a combined valuation approaching $130 billion, without shipping anything a customer can buy.
Eli Lilly to acquire Seattle-area biotech in $1.5 billion bet on next-generation shingles vaccine
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire Bothell, Wash.-based Curevo Vaccine for up to $1.5 billion in cash.
New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions
The Code.org founder, who earlier this year handed off the CEO role at the nonprofit, announced this weekend that he is the new CEO of Payam Music, a Bothell, Wash.-based piano school that he plans to expand nationally with backing from a prominent group of investors.
NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative
Blue Moon lander will carry Astrolab and Lunar Outpost moon buggies, while Firefly will drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones.
Climate progress at 30,000 feet: Alaska Airlines’ Ryan Spies on the flight path to sustainable aviation
Alaska Airlines sustainability chief Ryan Spies explains why systemic change, collective action, and massive scaling matter more than climate perfection.
CodeIntegrity raises $5M to put permanent guardrails on unpredictable AI agents
Cybersecurity startup CodeIntegrity raised $5M to solve the "non-deterministic" security flaws plaguing enterprise AI agents and prompt injection vulnerabilities.
Etzioni on AI: The Pope can talk, but only we can walk
In a guest op-ed, AI researcher and UW professor emeritus Oren Etzioni responds to Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI, arguing that moral pronouncements — however eloquent — accomplish little unless people change their own behavior.
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