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Articles from 2017

Yes, another Amazon building: 17-story office project will expand new Seattle campus to 5th block

Amazon’s second Seattle campus is officially expanding to five blocks. The tech giant has filed for permits to build a 17-story office building… Read More

‘Help the Lawyers’ uses social media to support immigration attorneys offering legal services to detainees

It started with a pizza. In the days following President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration, Seattle freelance writer Kelly Clay… Read More

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Boeing stays silent while the fate of Iran Air deal remains up in the air under Trump

As tensions with Iran increase under President Donald Trump, the future of Boeing’s $8 billion deal with Iran Air lingers… Read More

17 states back Washington and Minnesota in Trump immigration lawsuit

This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. with details on Hawaii’s involvement in the case.  Seventeen states — in addition… Read More

Fred Hutch lab will lead Biden Cancer Moonshot project, aimed at more effectively matching patients to treatments

Genomics, or the study of a person’s genes, has long been seen as an essential part of understanding human health,… Read More

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Super Bowl live stream breaks viewership records despite brief FOX Sports Go outages

Embed from Getty Images Football fans are increasingly utilizing live streams online to watch the Super Bowl. FOX said today that… Read More

NASA gives its nod to NanoRacks for space station’s first commercial portal

NASA has accepted a plan from a private venture called NanoRacks to provide the International Space Station with an air lock… Read More

‘AWS on premises’ provider Stratoscale acquires database-as-a-service company Tesora

Cloud infrastructure startup Stratoscale is expanding its database services platform. The Israel-based company has acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora, the companies announced… Read More

Shelf Engine raises $800K to help food retailers use artificial intelligence for optimized ordering

As his fresh salad and sandwich business started taking off a few years ago, Stefan Kalb realized he had a problem.… Read More

Tech moves: Qumulo adds former AWS and Chef exec; Shiftboard adds to leadership team; and more

It’s been a busy year at Qumulo:  the data storage and data informatics company announced a new CEO in November, and… Read More

Uber’s flying car project is taking off; company hires NASA engineer for Uber Elevate team

Uber’s vision for a flying car just got a lot clearer. The ride-hailing service has hired veteran NASA engineer Mark… Read More

New court filing: Google, Uber, Microsoft and nearly 100 others back Washington state case vs. Trump

Nearly 100 companies — including Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Uber and other big technology brands — filed a brief overnight with… Read More

Amazon’s Super Bowl ad features a Prime Air drone delivery ordered with Alexa

Amazon again dropped the big bucks for Super Bowl advertising time to promote its digital voice assistant. For the second… Read More

Super Bowl drones: Intel uses 300 ‘quadcopters’ for halftime light show with Lady Gaga

Update: The drones — 300 of them — were indeed from Intel. The company collaborated with Lady Gaga and supplied the… Read More

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T-Mobile goes on Super Bowl marketing blitz with four ads during the big game

You’ll see plenty of T-Mobile during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier has four ads totaling… Read More

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Elon Musk stirs up an epic tweetstorm over Donald Trump and America’s legal system

Tech wizard Elon Musk’s fans hang on his every word when he tweets about the next SpaceX launch, or about… Read More

Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa offers a Super Bowl prediction — and it may surprise you

Alexa must like underdogs. Amazon’s virtual assistant, which powers the company’s Echo devices, is predicting a Falcons victory in today’s Super… Read More

Watch: Google’s Super Bowl commercial stars Google Home, its voice-activated smart speaker

https://youtu.be/aQn5wiDyUHo Millions of people watching Super Bowl 51 today will get a taste of Google Home. The tech giant will… Read More

Watch: ‘So-called judge’ hears arguments and rules on President Trump’s immigration order

A federal judge’s ruling on Friday, temporarily suspending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, is having an impact across… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 29, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 29, 2017. Read More

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Elon Musk sees ‘progress’ on immigration after White House meeting with Trump

Billionaire techie Elon Musk today explained why he’s staying on President Donald Trump’s business advisory council, even after Uber CEO… Read More

Federal judge’s ruling doesn’t block this key part of Trump’s immigration order

Critics of President Trump’s immigration policy celebrated Washington state’s victory Friday, after a federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), immediately halting… Read More

Microsoft tries to reinvent sports autographs, but can a digital signature replace good old-fashioned ink?

Microsoft wants to change how sports fans think about autographs. The tech giant this weekend unveiled “Social Autograph,” a new concept… Read More

FCC ends inquiries into T-Mobile’s Binge On and other ‘free data’ plans from AT&T, Verizon, Comcast

“Free data” programs from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are getting a reprieve from the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit… Read More

White House: DOJ to seek emergency stay after Seattle contingent blocks immigration order; Trump calls ruling ‘ridiculous’

Updated below with President Trump’s response and statement from Department of Homeland Security. After losing the first round in a… Read More

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Judge voids Arizona county’s development deal for World View’s strato-balloon base

A judge in Arizona has struck down Pima County’s $15 million development deal with World View Enterprises for a stratospheric balloon… Read More

Washington AG explains how Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft influenced crucial victory over Trump

Washington state secured a temporary restraining order on Friday that immediately halted implementation of President Trump’s executive immigration order nationwide — and… Read More

Watch: Washington state AG says, ‘No one is above the law — not even the president’

  Attorney General Bob Ferguson spoke on the steps of the United States Courthouse in Seattle after a federal judge… Read More

At Seattle hearing, federal judge issues restraining order to halt Trump’s immigration ban nationwide

A federal judge in Seattle granted Washington state’s request for a temporary restraining order to immediately halt implementation and enforcement of… Read More

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Planet Labs says it’ll acquire Google’s satellite imaging subsidiary, Terra Bella

Planet Labs says it has struck a deal to acquire Google’s Terra Bella satellite imaging operation and its constellation of… Read More

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