By LinkedInEditors
Publication Date: 2026-03-10 18:18:00
Amazon
vs.
Perplexity
: A federal judge granted the e-commerce giant a preliminary injunction blocking the San Francisco startup’s Comet browser from shopping on Amazon on behalf of customers, finding the AI tool likely violated federal and state laws. Perplexity has called the lawsuit “a bully tactic” and argued consumers should be free to use any AI assistant they choose. It’s an early legal test of the fast-moving field of agentic commerce. Read more.
Jay Graber
, the Seattle-based CEO of
Bluesky Social
, is stepping down from her position and moving to a new role as chief innovation officer of the decentralized social network, saying she is returning to what she does best: “building new things.” Read more.
“You couldn’t pay me to leave Washington state, and I’d pay more to stay.” Tech veteran
Brian Fioca
writes that the so-called “millionaires tax” is not perfect, but he feels obligated to contribute a little more to a place that helped create the position he’s in. Read the opinion.
GeekWire co-founder
John Cook
got himself into a hairy…
