This week’s blockbuster trade of Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson could be the first in a series of moves that leads to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owning the team. That… Read More
Nearly 5,000 people have signed up to throw eggs at Jeff Bezos’ superyacht when it sails through the Dutch city of Rotterdam this summer. The planned protest comes in the… Read More
Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week, Ashley Stewart, is a Seattle-based senior tech correspondent for Insider who reports on Microsoft and Amazon. She and her colleagues reported on… Read More
Amazon will boost its maximum base pay to $350,000 for corporate and tech employees, from $160,000 previously, as part of an overall increase in total compensation intended to help recruit… Read More
A superyacht being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is generating some super buzz due to the fact that a historic bridge in the Netherlands will have to be partially… Read More
With five Bezos Academy preschools up and running in Washington state, the organization announced this week that it will be opening additional schools this year in Texas and Florida. The… Read More
Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, we learned this week that… Read More
A 120-acre site purchased by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for $20 million in 1997 in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles has sold for $65 million, the… Read More
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the world at large.… Read More
Amazon is a seedbed for new small businesses while providing unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs and vital convenience and pricing for consumers — a necessary hotrod engine for the U.S. economy.… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Amazon is poised to transform a major swath of this city, much as the company reshaped Seattle during the past 15 years. But the tech giant’s approach… Read More
Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at the People’s Choice Awards in Los Angeles Tuesday night to present an award to film star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and in the… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced 44 grants totaling $443 million from the Bezos Earth Fund on Monday. The new pledges bring the total amount allocated to $1.39 billion since the… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is giving $100 million to the Obama Foundation, the organization that’s building the former president’s library — called the Obama Presidential Center — and that has… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund on Wednesday announced the latest round of grantees who are working to help U.S. families experiencing homelessness. The fund is issuing $96.2 million to… Read More
The stakes for the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit were incredibly high. The world is already feeling the detrimental impacts of a world that has warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius since… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman says he’s spending more money nowadays on Earth’s environmental welfare… Read More
Jeff Bezos may be chasing the stars with his Blue Origin space venture, but he needs to keep an eye on the stars of the celebrity variety here on Earth.… Read More
Tom Hanks has already been to space, sort of, as the star of 1995’s “Apollo 13.” He wasn’t going to pay millions for the chance to do it in real… Read More
As the United Nation’s COP26 climate talks in Glasgow kicked off this week, the Bezos Earth Fund on Monday announced its plans for $2 billion of the $10 billion fund:… Read More
Jeff Bezos appears to be getting closer to setting sail in superyacht style. The Amazon founder and former CEO is reported to be the owner of a secret, super-sized vessel… Read More
Citing news reports indicating that Amazon gamed its marketplace to favor its own products, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Seattle and four of her colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee… Read More
Star Trek captain William Shatner’s scheduled suborbital space trip is bringing a renewed flood of attention to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — but like a movie reboot, the… Read More
If you were using the web version of Twitch early Friday morning, you might’ve gotten the chance to see it get redecorated with a picture of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’… Read More
You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” On tonight’s season premiere, guest host Owen Wilson played the… Read More
ANALYSIS: Amazon’s new video game New World launched on Tuesday to strong social media buzz, high online engagement, and a player pool that’s risen to well over three-quarters of a… Read More
A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing the company of laxity when it comes to safety and… Read More
In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff Bezos today with a barrage of double entendres that were… Read More
The Bezos Earth Fund pledged $1 billion to conserve and protect vulnerable areas of the world, focusing initially on the Congo Basin, the tropical Andes, and the tropical Pacific Ocean.… Read More
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the Blue Origin space venture, in the midst of a… Read More