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Articles from 2017

Mr Robot

‘Mr. Robot’ preview: Six predictions as the Emmy-winning cyber thriller returns for season three

Hello, friend. Do you remember me? Because it’s been a long time. That’s what I imagine “Mr. Robot’s” Elliot saying… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy names new director; Auth0 bolsters executive board; and more

Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based non-profit coding bootcamp, is getting a new leader: Nicole Buchanan.  Buchanan joins Ada from Consulting Engagements, where she… Read More

Safeco Field

Photos show Seattle Mariners’ home ballpark being torn up as Safeco Field gets a major resurfacing

If the Seattle Mariners “left it all on the field” at the end of the 2017 baseball season they won’t… Read More

Working Geek: Swatee Surve’s startup uses video games to help people manage chronic health conditions

Swatee Surve is reimagining the way patients manage chronic health conditions and keep their healthcare providers up-to-date. That’s the mission… Read More

Star Trek: Discovery

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ ranks Elon Musk alongside Wright Brothers and warp drive

SpaceX founder Elon Musk hasn’t yet scored a cameo on the Star Trek stage, as fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did… Read More

Walmart returns

Attention online shoppers: Walmart launching speedy return service that leverages physical stores

Sometimes, brick-and-mortar retail can still flex its muscles. Walmart is taking advantage of the fact that it has thousands of… Read More

Carl's Jr. Amazon

Fast food chain Carl’s Jr. hopes Amazon bites on its big ideas in playful bid to get bought by tech giant

Plenty of companies may fear the eventual day when Amazon will come knocking. The fast food chain Carl’s Jr. is… Read More

More than 100 out-of-town tech companies set up shop in Seattle region, doubling in less than 3 years

Less than three years ago, GeekWire started a database to track the staggering number of out-of-town tech companies setting up engineering… Read More

Podcast

Health Tech Podcast: An Uber for house calls? How tech is reinventing doctor’s appointments

Think about the last time you saw a doctor. Chances are you had to wait days, weeks or months for… Read More

T-Mobile tattoo

‘Nice tattoo!!’ John Legere says after man gets T-Mobile logo on his arm to score a free iPhone 8

T is for T-Mobile. And tattoo, apparently. A 20-year-old Phoenix man looking to get his hands on a free iPhone… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium, then lands Falcon 9 booster at sea

SpaceX launched its third batch of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from California today on a Falcon 9 rocket, then… Read More

Straight talk on Windows Mobile: Microsoft exec explains why smartphone hardware is no longer a focus

A Microsoft executive confirmed on Twitter over the weekend something we already knew but hadn’t been said officially: Building new… Read More

Chinese tech powerhouse Baidu opens Seattle-area office, expanding its reach in AI and the cloud

China’s Baidu is opening an engineering office in the Seattle region, giving the Beijing-based Internet powerhouse an additional U.S. outpost… Read More

Chef releases Habitat Builder, speeding up the packaging of cloud applications for delivery

Chef is ready to release a commercial version of the Habitat open-source project — Habitat Builder — that lets software… Read More

‘You’re pretty good, for a guy:’ Three ways men can combat sexism in esports — and elsewhere

It’s no secret that competitive gaming can be a toxic place for women and girls. Sometimes that toxicity comes in… Read More

Museum as mobile game: Pacific Science Center pilots unique ‘Tomorrow Corps’ challenge

The next time you visit Pacific Science Center in Seattle, you’ll be able to explore it with a scientist in… Read More

GeekWire Summit FAQ: What to know if you’re attending this week’s big tech conference

The 2017 GeekWire Summit is finally here. After months of planning, we’re thrilled that more than 800 business, tech, media… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 1, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 1, 2017. Read More

Check out this unique Amazon HQ2 pitch from the football coaches at Michigan and Michigan State

We’ve seen 22-foot tall cactuses and a Georgia city offering to change its name. But football-crazed Michigan is taking a gridiron… Read More

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman talks about maintaining company values and his ‘theory of human happiness’

There’s a lot of talk about culture in the tech world these days, and sticking to core values as a… Read More

With Datacastle acquisition, cloud storage company Carbonite looks to grow in Seattle

Carbonite became one of Seattle’s latest arrivals with its acquisition of Datacastle earlier this year, and it’s evaluating expansion plans… Read More

Magic AI StableGuard

A beloved horse dies in the night, and a startup is born bringing AI and machine learning to animals

Alexa Anthony has been around horses for much of her life. She grew up show jumping and became an NCAA… Read More

Mattel cancels ‘Aristotle’ smart hub for kids amid concerns about AI parenting and data collection

Mattel’s voice-activated smart hub for kids, Aristotle, first caught our attention at CES this year. Powered by Microsoft’s Cortana, the… Read More

Seattle
Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Seattle’s Hail Mary for Amazon HQ2, and why it doesn’t include Seattle

Seattle, home to Amazon’s headquarters, is officially in the running to be the home for its second HQ. Well, kind of.… Read More

NFL sideline tech tour, Alexa’s favorite NBA team, and more from the week in sports tech

[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every… Read More

SEC filing shows Docker is raising a $75 million funding round

Docker has been pretty quiet in the months since Steve Singh was named CEO of the once white-hot container startup,… Read More

Jimmy Shane

Hydroplane champ (and rocket engineer) Jimmy Shane gets his day in the sun

Today Jimmy Shane took a little time off from his day job — building spaceships at Blue Origin — to bask in… Read More

World View balloon

World View completes five-day test flight for ‘Stratollite’ high-altitude balloon

World View Enterprises has executed its longest stratospheric balloon flight ever, steering a solar-powered payload through five days’ worth of… Read More

Michael Jordan asks Jeff Bezos to bring Amazon’s second HQ to Charlotte

Even Michael Jordan is getting in on the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes. Embed from Getty Images The greatest basketball player of… Read More

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