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Articles from 2017

Mysterious object appears at Amazon’s drive-up grocery store in Seattle — but when will it open?

Yes, this is ANOTHER update on Amazon’s future drive-up grocery store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood — and, no, it still… Read More

Uber app

Uber engineering chief ousted amid revelations about harassment investigation at Google

Uber’s senior vice president of engineering has been asked to resign after failing to inform the company about sexual harassment… Read More

Study: Seattle-area startup’s test diagnoses heart disease more effectively than current methods

Prevencio, a Kirkland, Wash., based biotech startup, today announced the results of the first study on its HART test, which… Read More

Cloud exits: How the M&A and IPO markets are changing expectations for cloud tech companies

Cloud technology companies have increasingly become acquisition targets rather than IPO candidates, according to a new research report. But investors… Read More

Bill Gates on Trump, the definition of success, his favorite sandwich, and other Reddit AMA highlights

Bill Gates is one of the most recognizable symbols of success in the modern world. So how does Bill Gates,… Read More

Drone over water

Seattle drone pilot gets jail time as FAA reports increase in possible collisions

A Seattle man was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday after a drone he was operating injured two… Read More

UW biotech spinout DMD Therapeutics raises $400k to pursue treatment for rare form of muscular dystrophy

DMD Therapeutics, a biotech startup that was spun out of the University of Washington by biotech entrepreneur Ron Berenson last year, is… Read More

Samsung Gear VR gets a controller as company flexes virtual muscle at Mobile World Congress

Samsung’s Gear VR will join some of its virtual reality contemporaries with the announcement that it will soon get a… Read More

GeekWire Bash tournament tickets nearly sold out, new Settlers of Catan tournament added to agenda

We’ve got some big news for those who like to trade in wheat, sheep, wood, brick and iron ore. For… Read More

Comcast to bring YouTube app and content to Xfinity X1 box, expanding streaming push

Comcast says it will bring YouTube to its Xfinity X1 platform, continuing to embrace streaming options that otherwise compete with its core cable service.… Read More

Watch drone footage of Apple’s nearly-complete ‘spaceship’ campus before the grand opening in April

Apple’s massive new campus, which Steve Jobs once joked is “a little like a spaceship” is almost ready to take… Read More

Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch to start selling video games

Twitch is adding an e-commerce element to its game streaming platform. The Amazon-owned company announced today that it will sell video… Read More

Twitter makes an Oscars appearance as Jimmy Kimmel tweets at Donald Trump on stage

Twitter was front-and-center at the Oscars on Sunday. After noting how Donald Trump had yet to tweet about the Oscars,… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Amazon wins 3 Oscars in a first for streaming studio — and Jeff Bezos gets a fun shout-out

Amazon Studios won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues in what was a historic… Read More

Samsung reveals launch date for Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress

Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S8 on March 29, the company announced at Sunday’s press conference in Barcelona. The company… Read More

Samsung unveils two new tablets, targeting Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface

Samsung has doubled down on tablets, unveiling not one, but two, at the company’s first major product announcement since the Galaxy… Read More

UW entrepreneurship program pushes for ‘visceral’ learning experiences

The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington is revolutionizing students’ classroom experience by offering a set of… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 19, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 19, 2017. Read More

Smart devices, stupid mistakes — how to make sure you’re really wiping all that sensitive data

The past few years have been big for the Internet of Things (IoT), and the future of the connected device… Read More

Meet President Obama’s former video game guru, now helping shape Seattle’s tech education efforts

For Mark DeLoura, returning to Seattle after two years working for the White House was a blast from the past.… Read More

Annular solar eclipse

Watch on the Web: ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse serves as a warmup for totality

Skywatchers in South America and Africa will be seeing an unusual “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse on Sunday, and the… Read More

A Post-Diesel Journal: How the VW emissions software scandal sent one family down a new road

After nearly two decades with two cars, it starts with a forced shift to being a one-car family. Then it… Read More

‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert dons Boeing’s spacesuit for Starliner stardom

Let history record that America’s first late-night astronaut is … Stephen Colbert? In a pre-recorded bit that was broadcast Friday night… Read More

FAUB robots

FAUB on the job: Watch robots work with mechanics to put together Boeing 777 jets

Automation isn’t just a job for the robots: It takes flesh-and-blood workers to make robotic manufacturing work, as shown in a… Read More

SpaceShipTwo and White Knight Two

Star-studded cast watches Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glide through test flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane glided through its third free-flying test run today, and although it hasn’t yet lit up… Read More

FCC chairman seeks to block key portion of Obama administration’s internet privacy rules

Newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moved to halt a key portion of the Obama administration’s internet privacy rules on… Read More

Uber calls claims of stolen self-driving car technology from Google spinout Waymo ‘a baseless attempt to slow down a competitor’

Uber responded to a lawsuit from Google self-driving vehicle spinout Waymo on Friday, denying claims it has used intellectual property stolen by… Read More

Horror movie ‘Life’ draws upon real-life biology and worst-case space scenarios

A real-life organism provides the inspiration for the alien monster at the center of “Life,” a horror movie that’s set on… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Emerald City ComiCon; the ethics of genetic testing; and apply for the first Alexa Accelerator cohort

One of Seattle’s geekiest weekends is just around the corner! Emerald City ComiCon is celebrating its 15th anniversary next weekend, March… Read More

HyperSciences raises $690K to use rocket technology for geothermal drilling

HyperSciences, a startup that uses rockets to drill for geothermal energy, has raised $690,000 of a $1 million funding round. The fresh… Read More

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