Microsoft’s Copilot shakeup, Amazon’s new phone ambitions, and pushing Claude to the limits of LinkedIn
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🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Amazon is working on a new smartphone, code-named "Transformer," more than a decade after the Fire Phone debacle, according to Reuters. We dig into the connection to a past GeekWire scoop: former Microsoft Xbox leader J Allard joined Amazon's devices team in 2024, and he's now leading a group called ZeroOne with a mandate to create "breakthrough" gadgets. Is this an AI-native device? A companion to your iPhone? J Allard's shot at redemption? Maybe all of the above.
There's more great Fire Phone background in this Vergecast "Version History" podcast.
Then: Microsoft shakes up its Copilot team, shifting Mustafa Suleyman to a narrower role and unifying consumer and enterprise AI under a new leader. Todd has strong feelings about Microsoft's history of cutesy consumer tech, from Clippy to Mico.
Plus: Todd's adventure using Claude CoWork to browse LinkedIn (and the stern warning he got in response), King County Metro's slick new tap-to-pay feature catches the transit system up with the modern world, the opening of cross-lake light rail, and an Amazon Treasure truck trivia question.
With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook. Audio editing by Curt Milton.
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| 0:00.0 | And so I said to myself, well, why not do three tabs simultaneously? |
| 0:08.1 | And Claude said to me, great idea. |
| 0:10.5 | Let's do it. |
| 0:11.2 | And so then I started to think to myself, why not do 10,000? |
| 0:16.4 | I said, not quite that. |
| 0:18.0 | I said, why not do five? |
| 0:20.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.6 | I logged back in and they told me we have detected that you... |
| 0:24.6 | Unusual activity. |
| 0:25.6 | ...are using automated tools to browse LinkedIn. |
| 0:28.6 | And we'd like you to acknowledge our terms of service and tell us in the affirmative that you will no longer do this. |
| 0:36.6 | And if not, there will be repercussions. |
| 0:40.4 | Oh. |
| 0:41.2 | And what did your agent say on your behalf? |
| 0:44.6 | Claude said we've got to be more careful next time. |
| 0:58.1 | Hi, and welcome to Geekwire. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm Geekwire co-founder, Todd Bishop. |
| 1:01.7 | And I'm Geekwire co-founder John Cook. |
| 1:07.6 | We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. |
| 1:09.5 | What happens here matters everywhere. And every week on this show, we talk about |
| 1:11.6 | some of the most interesting and important stories and trends in the news. Welcome back from your |
| 1:16.7 | trip overseas. Had a great time. Lots of football, lots of pints. Can't complain. We're actually going to |
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