Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 18, 2019 – GeekWire

It was quite a Tuesday night for thousands of Amazon employees in Seattle as the tech giant took over CenturyLink Field for an epic evening that featured a Katy Perry concert and even a Jeff Bezos appearance. … Read More

A modern analysis of Jeff Bezos’ first-ever job ad for Amazon, posted 25 years ago today, shows that the ad would rate “very weak” by today’s standards and even offers an early illustration of how tech ended up as such a male-dominated industry. … Read More

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as it gears up to kickstart new projects. … Read More

The Head and The Heart … and the pig and the flying fish. … Read More

Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person campus there over the next decade have already sparked a red-hot housing market. … Read More

A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of other companies, to remain in federal custody as her trial proceeds. … Read More

Update, Aug. 21: Human announced a “special introductory price” of $259 for its headphones, one day after launch. … Read More

Amazon’s marketplace for third-party sellers has become a huge part of its business, making up nearly 60 percent of gross merchandise sales last year. … Read More

Amazon is growing its Portland, Ore. tech team by 400 people and moving into a new 84,000 square foot office in the city’s urban core. … Read More

T-Mobile is pulling back the curtain on a new device testing lab in its hometown of Bellevue, Wash., as it prepares to roll out next-generation 5G wireless service across the country next year. … Read More