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 Sept. 10, 2017.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Amazon’s ‘1-Click’ patent expires today, and soon you’ll be able to accidentally order stuff across the entire internet
From outdated party decorations to that iTunes single you didn’t really mean to buy, Amazon has been behind every unintentional, one-click purchase on the internet. … Read More
‘South Park’ shouts out to Amazon’s Alexa and messes with viewers’ shopping lists and alarms
It’s one thing to yell at the TV. It’s another to have the TV talk back to you — or your voice-activated devices. … Read More
Equifax hack, one week later: What really happened, and what you should do to protect yourself
I can tell from the email I’m getting — and, honestly, from friends calling me and even stopping me at church— that you still have many questions about the Equifax hack last week. … Read More
Where should Amazon build HQ2? We let the data decide
In the days since Amazon’s big HQ2 announcement last week there has been plenty of speculation about where Amazon should locate it’s “full equal” second headquarters, including right here on GeekWire. … Read More
Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round
Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders and residents alike through the construction of tech-powered manufactured housing. … Read More
Seattle neighbor Tacoma is making a play for Amazon’s second headquarters
Like the overlooked heroine in an ’80s teen movie, Tacoma is writing a love letter to Amazon. … Read More
Week in Geek Podcast: Why everyone hated this Amazon patent, Seattle’s Airbnb tax, Equifax FAQ
Patents are pretty unpopular in the software world, and this week one of the most unpopular patents ever — held by Amazon — expired. … Read More
Seattle plans to tax Airbnb operators $10/night and limit short-term rentals to 2 properties per host
The Seattle City Council has released a new set of regulations designed to prevent property owners from operating Airbnbs and other short-term rentals as if they were hotels — part of a larger effort to ensure an adequate supply of long-term rental stock for the city’s permanent residents. … Read More
Commentary: Amazon and Seattle’s leaders owe it to the region to do better than this, lest we become the next Detroit
[Note: GeekWire’s Todd Bishop is slated to appear on KUOW FM’s The Record in the noon hour today, with Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Washington state Republican Party Chair Susan Hutchison, to discuss Amazon’s HQ2 proposal and the impact on Seattle. … Read More
Guest Post: Former Amazon employee on how two HQ locations would be company’s ultimate A/B test
I moved to Seattle in September, 1997, to an apartment with a view of the Acacia Cemetery on Lake City Way. … Read More