Articles from 2017

From pun to performing on the big stage: How the ‘GeekChoir’ came to be

It started like many ideas do here at GeekWire: Over beers at a craft brewery just down the street from… Read More

Holiday science book guide for 2017: Give them the cosmos for Christmas

When it comes to holiday gifts, books are tricky things: How do you know your gift book will resonate with… Read More

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Lessons from the Bushmen: How this tech-free society could foreshadow our technological future

Many people nowadays are concerned about the way technology is changing their lives. From worries about artificial intelligence taking jobs,… Read More

Intel Capital invests in IOTAS, a Portland-based ‘smart apartment’ startup

IOTAS is raising more cash to build out its smart apartment technology platform. Intel Capital is the latest firm to… Read More

Amazon poised to spend a record $7B on shipping this holiday quarter

To fully appreciate the way online shopping is transforming the economy, look at how much Amazon spends to put packages on… Read More

Tesla’s Elon Musk is thankful for beating deadline to build Australian mega-battery

It’s a rare day when Tesla CEO Elon Musk actually finishes a job before the deadline, but that’s what happened… Read More

Crowdsourced AI platform picks Putin as top prospect for Time’s Person of the Year

The guessing game has already begun for Time’s Person of the Year pick, and according to a Silicon Valley company… Read More

Remitly’s $115M investment round approved by regulators as startup expands mobile remittance platform

NEWS BRIEF: Remitly’s $115 million investment round has officially been approved. The cash infusion, which we previously reported on last month,… Read More

Amazon Web Services re-invents the holiday news dump with Symantec win

As a steady stream of last-minute Thanksgiving shoppers poured into Whole Foods stores around the country Wednesday afternoon, Amazon Web… Read More

Judge blocks Seattle’s new income tax on the rich

Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John… Read More

Working Geek: When Seattle’s ’90s rock scene failed him, Geocaching’s Sean Boots found lasting success with the next hot ticket

Back in the 1990s, Sean Boots thought he was on the path to a promising musical career. He was the… Read More

Short-term rental startup Stay Alfred does biggest deal yet, leasing 10 floors in Nashville high-rise

Stay Alfred, the Spokane, Wash. startup that rents out downtown apartments and turns them into short-term rentals, has completed its… Read More

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How this museum makes moldy machines work again, saving historic computers for the future

It came from a garage in North Carolina. “We’d been looking for many years for an IBM 360,” Lath Carlson… Read More

Thanksgiving on the space station: Just another day at the office, but with turkey

Thanksgiving Day is a workday on the International Space Station, but it’s still a special day for the station’s six… Read More

RightSciences raises cash to develop cannabis and hemp-based medicinal patches

Amid all the hype for recreational marijuana use, it’s easy to forget that cannabis and its related plants are also… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services to launch big health care push next week with Cerner

Amazon Web Services likes to use its annual re:Invent conference to show off new ways cloud computing is growing in… Read More

Washington governor is ‘bullish’ on Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail thanks to a Microsoft-backed study

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is optimistic about creating a high-speed train to connect Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle, based on early… Read More

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ may be ultimate box-office force with projected $200M U.S. opening

Dinosaurs and Avengers are likely to be no match for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” when it comes to the… Read More

AbiliTrek is building hotel database for travelers with disabilities, aims to fill information void in $17B market

Daman Wandke was explicit in explaining what he needed in his San Francisco hotel room: he had to have a… Read More

Salesforce tops estimates on revenue, earnings, names Bret Taylor chief product officer

Salesforce continues to post strong revenue growth on its quest to put its marketing technology in the hands of every… Read More

Rather than disclose a data breach it was required to report, Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet

Insisting that it is “changing the way we do business,” Uber announced Tuesday that it fired its chief security officer… Read More

YouTube returns to the Echo Show as Amazon and Google patch up their differences

YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show device, two months after Google pulled the video service over a violation of… Read More

Why net neutrality’s peril raises the stakes for future satellite broadband options

The Federal Communication Commission’s plan to start rolling back regulations on net neutrality comes as bad news for streaming video… Read More

Meg Whitman stepping down as CEO of HPE, Antonio Neri will take over in Februrary

HPE CEO Meg Whitman, who led the company through some turbulent times it hasn’t quite escaped, will step down as… Read More

Klatu Networks raises $1 million for predictive IOT platform that protects medical samples

Klatu Networks has a very niche market: The company makes IoT technology that keeps millions of medical samples and treatments… Read More

Anthony Bourdain in Seattle: ‘Parts Unknown’ episode spotlights how tech is changing the city

Seattle’s reputation around the country is one of a city being completely disrupted by the technology industry. That’s one of… Read More

Chariot wants to launch public mini-bus commuting service in Seattle early next year, with 100K riders and electrification by 2019

Chariot hopes to roll out its public commuting service in Seattle during the first quarter of 2018, according to CEO… Read More