Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 19, 2016

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 June 19, 2016.

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Most popular stories on GeekWire

Stratolaunch hangar

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch lifts veil on world’s biggest plane — a giant bet on a new way to space

MOJAVE, Calif. – When you walk into the place where Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is building the world’s biggest airplane, it feels as if you’re stepping into the Starship Enterprise’s construction zone. … Read More

Computer science demand soars at UW, surpasses business as top choice among incoming freshmen

Computer Science & Engineering has become the leading “first-choice” major among confirmed incoming freshmen at the University of Washington, surpassing the longtime leading preferred major, Business Administration. … Read More

Curiosity rover selfie

NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountain

NASA says one of the Curiosity rover’s future tasks could be to check out sites on Mars that may harbor trickles of salty water. … Read More

Steve Martin vs. Cortana: Why Microsoft’s virtual assistant stumped the legendary comedian

Actor, comedian, author and musician Steve Martin is a loyal Windows 10 user. … Read More

SR 99 Tunnel

Seattle’s tunnel machine Bertha reaches pit stop; workers face hyperbaric challenge 120 feet down

Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, is nearly a third of the way along its path to create a new underground roadway in Seattle. … Read More

Image: Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser

Sierra Nevada Corp. moves ahead on NASA milestones for Dream Chaser spaceship

After years of postponements, Sierra Nevada Corp. … Read More

‘Person of Interest’ comes to an end, but the technology central to the story will keep evolving

It’s strange to think that “Person of Interest” began as something its creator Jonathan “Jonah” Nolan described as a “Twilight Zone”-flavored scenario. … Read More

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy: Virtually every major country will have an AWS region

Updated below with video of the talk. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, in his first public comments since being named to that position in April, outlined his ambitions for the future of Amazon’s cloud platform during a talk at an AWS event in Washington, D.C., this morning. … Read More

An Amazon shopping spree, courtesy of Apple: How the $ 400M e-book settlement works

Apple this week started paying out a $ 400 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit for e-book price fixing, and you might get some free stuff out of it. … Read More

Geek On The Street: iPhone users react to reports that Apple will axe headphone jack

The Wall Street Journal this week reported that the next iteration of the iPhone will not have a headphone jack, confirming rumors that have been swirling for a while. … Read More

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