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TLDR Editor’s Picks: The state of the tech economy, from Seattle to Wall Street and beyond

This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups… Read More

A year after Amazon acquisition, Whole Foods deals with centralization and layoffs

A year after its blockbuster acquisition of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, Amazon is shaking up in the way the natural… Read More

PipelineDeals cuts staff in ‘hard choice’ to keep up growth trajectory

Seattle startup PipelineDeals is cutting staff, as the sales management software maker looks to maintain its growth trajectory. In response… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Tune trims staff as part of restructuring; key execs depart

Tune is going through more changes as the Seattle-based company continues to shift resources. The mobile marketing startup let go… Read More

Amazon shuttering Seattle delivery support team, sending jobs to Arizona

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with comments from Amazon Amazon is cutting a team in Seattle that supports… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach cuts 33% of staff; CEO cites failed ‘sales experiment’

Lunch delivery startup Peach has laid off a third of its staff, eliminating several sales and account management roles as… Read More

Munchery chops meal delivery service in Seattle, New York and L.A., cuts staff in what CEO dubs ‘hard decision’

Munchery appears to have made its last meal delivery in Seattle, and two other major cities. The online meal delivery… Read More

Amazon headcount drops by 2,900 employees in Q1 — first decline in nine years

Amazon’s overall headcount declined by 2,900 people to 563,100 full- and part-time employees in the first quarter, according to new… Read More

RFID-maker Impinj expects $4.1M charge related to workforce reduction, office closures

Seattle-based Impinj expects to spend $4.1 million on expenses related to a restructuring that includes layoffs and remote office closures. In… Read More

Puppet lays off three percent of workforce as it looks for more growth

Portland-based DevOps startup Puppet has laid off three percent of its workforce, around 20 people, as it gears up for… Read More

Receipt data processing startup MetaBrite cuts employees amid ‘challenging circumstances’

MetaBrite laid off the majority of its employees last week as the Seattle startup struggles to find a new path forward… Read More

Report: Snap laying off staff in engineering ranks

Troubles continue to plague Snap, the publicly-traded social networking company that’s failed to find a sustainable business model. Reports surfaced… Read More

Travel giant Expedia cuts jobs in tech infrastructure and operations teams

Expedia Inc. has cut about 30 jobs from its technology infrastructure and operations teams, most of them at the online… Read More

Amazon confirms job cuts at Seattle headquarters, hundreds of positions impacted

Fast-growing Amazon is cutting hundreds of staffers as the Seattle-based company makes adjustments in its core consumer retail business. “As… Read More

Microsoft makes a new round of layoffs across multiple business units

Microsoft is making a new round of job cuts across multiple business areas. The company confirmed the layoffs, which were… Read More

Amazon Restaurants cuts jobs as it battles Uber, Postmates and others in crowded food delivery market

Amazon has cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its Amazon Restaurants food delivery service, though the company insists it… Read More

Cloud services provider BitTitan lays off 15% of staff, plans to ‘get back to our startup roots’

Cloud services provider BitTitan has laid off 15 percent of its workforce as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company reorganizes itself. The… Read More

Marijuana investment firm Privateer confirms layoffs, calls lawsuit with rapper Master P ‘nonsense’

It’s been a tumultuous month for Privateer Holdings. The Seattle-based investment firm, which funds marijuana-related companies across North America, confirmed… Read More

Inrix lays off a ‘handful of people’ as traffic data provider reorganizes

Inrix has laid off a “handful of people” as the traffic data provider reorganizes its company structure. The layoffs, first… Read More

Blue Apron cutting 6% of its workforce in ‘company-wide realignment’ as it competes with Amazon

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with a more accurate estimate of the number of jobs affected by the cuts.… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Tune cuts 9% of staff as it looks to return to profitability

Seattle-based mobile marketing startup Tune today cut 9 percent of its staff, or about 30 employees, as it looks to… Read More

After weak start to the year, layoffs hit F5 Networks

F5 Networks laid off a number of people across the company this week, GeekWire has learned, after two straight disappointing… Read More

Simple lays off 33 employees as top executives depart banking company

Simple is cutting staff as it shifts its focus to building better technology. The Portland-based company slashed about 10 percent… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray cutting 14% of workforce, 190 jobs, seeking to save $25M per year

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray plans to cut 190 jobs, representing about 14 percent of its global workforce, as part of… Read More

Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois departs amid layoffs; Kurt DelBene named chief digital officer

Microsoft’s Chief Information Officer Jim DuBois has left his post, the company confirmed Friday. DuBois was on sabbatical and decided… Read More

Microsoft confirms layoffs impacting thousands of positions globally, mostly in sales

RELATED: Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois departs amid layoffs; Kurt DelBene named chief digital officer Microsoft confirmed a series of rumored… Read More

Microsoft reportedly set to lay off thousands as part of massive sales reorganization

Thousands of layoffs are planned to hit Microsoft’s global workforce this week, part of a shakeup of the company’s sales… Read More

UW CoMotion innovation hub cuts 15% of staff amid loss of patent revenue, changing model

The University of Washington’s innovation hub CoMotion is cutting approximately 15 percent of its staff as well as eliminating open… Read More

Seattle-based workplace morale management startup TINYpulse cuts 10% of staff

TINYpulse, a Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale, has cut about 10 percent of its staff, the… Read More

Portland-area security company SureID hit with layoffs; sources indicate up to 160 jobs affected

Portland-area security company SureID has laid off more than 100 people, mostly in engineering, after failing to retain a key… Read More