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. 13, 2015.
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Reports: Amazon is starting its own air cargo operation, wants to use 20 Boeing freighter jets
Last month, Vice’s Motherboard published a report describing an “air freight transportation operation” run by Amazon. … Read More
F5 Networks CEO Manny Rivelo resigns over ‘personal conduct matters’ after less than 5 months
F5 Networks CEO Manny Rivelo, who took the position less than five months ago, resigned this weekend due to unspecified “personal conduct matters,” the company announced in an SEC filing on Monday. … Read More
Tableau Software set to hire another 1,000 employees in 2016; CEO says business ‘flourishing’
Inside his second-floor office overlooking Lake Union in Seattle, Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot peers out the window at his company’s new headquarters set to open next year. … Read More
‘Star Wars’ tech: Latest threat suggests the bad guys have perfected plasma physics
Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. … Read More
Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus
Amazon employees made their way into the company’s new Doppler office tower near downtown Seattle for the first time on Monday morning, free T-shirts in hand and blue name badges swinging around their necks. … Read More
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ delivers everything you’d expect — and that’s the problem
Spoiler Alert! This review doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you’re trying to stay in the dark about the details and characters of the new movie. … Read More
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots get down with the ‘Star Wars’ cast a cappella style
Happy Star Wars day! Jimmy Fallon and his house band the Roots are always looking to add some music fun to the show’s mix, and this tribute to Star Wars is probably one of the coolest things they’ve done yet. … Read More
Bill Gates as Secret Santa just made a Redditor’s holiday beyond amazing — again
Ah, it’s the season of giving. And Bill Gates just gave one Redditor the gift of her life. … Read More
Interstate 5 under water? App by UW scientist and enviros shows dramatic potential of climate change
Depending on where you live, communities in the Seattle region have already been hit by three to four destructive floods this winter — floods that usually come once a year, if at all — as local rivers swell over their banks and gush into neighborhoods, farmland and commercial areas. … Read More
Ready for ‘Star Wars’? Here are the details on Cinerama’s sold-out marathon event
The holiday is coming early if you’re a Star Wars fan. … Read More