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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec 31 2017

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Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 31, 2017.

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Most popular stories on GeekWire

The rapid rise of new Seattle: Time-lapse video shot over 3 years captures city’s massive growth

Here’s the 4-minute video you’ve been waiting for to illustrate why a 4-mile drive in Seattle takes 45 minutes. … Read More

Sorry, Google: We tried Amazon’s YouTube workaround on Fire TV, and it worked great

Who needs a YouTube app? That’s our conclusion after trying  Amazon’s workaround to the popular streaming site after Google pulled YouTube from Amazon devices as part of a long-running tiff between the two tech titans. … Read More

IBM sues Expedia, alleging online travel giant built its business on Big Blue’s patents

IBM is suing Expedia, alleging that the popular travel site has for years been infringing on several of its patents, some of which date back to the early days of the internet. … Read More

Major bummer: Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ auto-tuned in wrong key is grunge blasphemy

It’s like a pop anthem for new Seattle. … Read More

Former Microsoft and Amazon exec Brian Valentine takes helm of Wiserg, raises $19.2M for startup that turns food scraps into fertilizer

Wiserg is making a big bet on a big problem for the U.S.  '” food waste. … Read More

Updated: Cloud vendors secretly scramble to patch critical flaw in Intel chips, performance hits expected

Update 5:30pm: Intel held a press conference Wednesday afternoon after this was published, and several researchers released a lot more details about these issues. … Read More

New ‘Brotopia’ book goes inside secret drug and sex-fueled parties for Silicon Valley elite

The entrepreneurial environment around Silicon Valley has helped create some of the most impactful and paradigm-shifting companies of our time. … Read More

Amazon Web Services reportedly named its cloud database RedShift in order to tweak Oracle

Oracle has been the loudest of the legacy enterprise tech vendors when it comes to attacking the leader of the new guard over the past few years, and Amazon Web Services has definitely taken notice. … Read More

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