Amazon HQ2. President Trump’s immigration order. Supersonic passenger jet travel. These were just a few of the most popular tech stories from 2017. Here’s a quick rundown of the topics… Read More
From political upheaval to natural disasters, 2017 has been a tumultuous year for everyone. But perhaps no group has felt that unrest more acutely than immigrants living in the U.S.… Read More
Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The largest round was a $115 million cash infusion for Remitly, which… Read More
Education technology is heating up again. Yet edtech’s most fervent promoters may be masking the industry’s breadth by lumping everything digital under the monolithic label “edtech.” Part of edtech’s bubble… Read More
Pyrotechnic workers dangling from harnesses are busy scaling Seattle’s Space Needle this weekend to install thousands of fireworks that will launch from the 605 foot structure to ring in the… Read More
Technology has its ups and downs. Sometimes new gadgets and tech devices are revolutionary and change the way we live. But sometimes, they just plain flop. That was the case… Read More
The first total solar eclipse to go across America from coast to coast in 99 years has to rank as the top space story of 2017. But where do you… Read More
2017 was an interesting year the cloud, one that saw both the continued power of Amazon Web Services over the industry and the success of an open-source community project that… Read More
When it comes to the geeky stuff we cover, there’s no shortage of cutting-edge technology or fun and talented personalities. In 2017, GeekWire again chased down a wide range of… Read More
2017 is a year for the history books. Between political unrest, historic natural disasters and leaps forward in innovation, this year has left its mark on people across the globe.… Read More
Seattle’s novel bike-sharing pilot is crossing the finish line as 2017 comes to a close. With the training wheels off, Seattle’s now-ubiquitous neon bicycle fleets will continue operating on city… Read More
Beyond telling us what their favorite app is or what type of phone they’re currently using, which Star Trek captain they’d follow or what kind of startup they’d fund with… Read More
BERKELEY, Calif. — Twenty years after the movie “Contact” brought the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, to the big screen, it’s dawning on astronomers that the real-world plotline might… Read More
This was the third year in a row that GeekWire teamed up with Bank of America to raise money for the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) during our Geeks Give Back campaign.… Read More
If you’ve been using Seattle Public Library’s SPL Mobile app, be prepared to move on by the end of next month. Because it will no longer be supported. The Library… Read More
Pioneer Square Labs has raised a new investment fund, money that will add a much-needed injection of fresh capital into the Seattle startup ecosystem. A SEC filing from Friday reveals a $40.8 million… Read More
2017 has been the year of Amazon. On a Friday morning in June, the world woke up to the shocking news that Amazon had agreed to acquire Whole Foods Market… Read More
[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every week.] TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: Each Sunday… Read More
This May, a sweeping new data protection law will go into effect across Europe that will change the way tech companies do business anywhere on the continent. It’s called the… Read More
One of the biggest shifts in American music and culture, and arguably in a city’s identity, happened in Seattle before the internet and before social media, before camera phones and… Read More
President Trump is targeting Amazon again, tweeting this morning that the U.S. Postal Service should be charging the e-commerce giant and other companies significantly more to deliver packages. Why is… Read More
President Trump might want to brace against the cold chill of the internet. With much of the northern and eastern United States feeling the effects of abnormally cold temperatures in… Read More
Washington state businesses will be eligible for new tax credits when they let employees work remotely if the legislature passes a new bill filed in advance of the 2018 legislative session. If approved, the… Read More
Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of the GeekWire 200 — that could go public in 2017. In… Read More
A bruised Apple issued a letter of apology to customers on Thursday, a week after the tech giant had to admit that it wasn’t entirely upfront about how it deals… Read More
Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has spent $14.1 million to buy 31 acres of land that’s earmarked for expansion of its headquarters in Kent,… Read More
The Library of Congress is getting burned out on the massive volume of public tweets it has been archiving, and starting in the new year next week, will become more… Read More
The International could be heading north. Valve isn’t yet talking publicly about its plans, but several clues point to the video-game giant moving its huge Dota 2 esports tournament from… Read More
American Girl put a Space Age spin on the centuries-old tradition of dress-up dolls today by unveiling a spacesuit-clad character named Luciana Vega as its “Girl of the Year” for… Read More