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Articles from 2017

Didgeridoo players

Ig Nobels put didgeridoo therapy and the liquidity of cats in the scientific spotlight

Now here’s news you can use: To stop snoring, try playing the Australian didgeridoo. The scientists who demonstrated that regular… Read More

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell directs city to bid on Amazon HQ2, says he won’t remain in role

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed an executive order directing Seattle’s economic development officials to respond to Amazon’s request for… Read More

Neal Fachan

Geek of the Week: Qumulo co-founder Neal Fachan should be filed under ‘startup success stories’

With 20 years of systems software experience under his belt, Neal Fachan has always loved building things and solving hard problems.… Read More

Glympse co-founder Bryan Trussel steps aside as CEO, as location tech company preps for next growth wave

Glympse co-founder Bryan Trussel is stepping down from his post as CEO as the company gets set for a major… Read More

Tech Moves: Curious Capital co-founder moves to Ignition Partners; Vacasa adds former Expedia exec to board; and more

Cameron Borumand, a Seattle venture capitalist and co-founder of the new venture fund Curious Capital, has joined Ignition Partners as… 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… Read More

Photos from GIX launch: New tech institute helps elevate Seattle region as global tech hub

The Seattle region and the state of Washington just got another big boost to elevate its reputation as a global… Read More

Spaceflight Industries teams with Europe’s Thales Alenia and Telespazio for satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has forged a partnership with a French-Italian venture known as the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia… Read More

Amazon

Seattle isn’t likely to submit a proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters, even as a symbolic gesture 

Seattle has gone through the full spectrum of emotion in the wake of Amazon’s surprise announcement that it will open a… Read More

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More

Scientific wellness company Arivale goes national, drops prices for genetic analysis and coaching

Arivale, the Seattle-based scientific wellness company founded by genomics pioneer Leroy “Lee” Hood, is taking its genetic analysis and personal… Read More

Hugs at JPL mission control over Cassini

Fighting for science to the last: Cassini mission ends with smash-up at Saturn

Before its destruction, the bus-sized Cassini spacecraft fought Saturn’s buffeting atmosphere to send back scientific data for even longer than… Read More

Saturn and its rings

Hours before its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn

The final pictures from NASA’s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in – and they’re good to the last drop.… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recounts his first time meeting Steve Ballmer in 1992

Satya Nadella’s first encounter with Steve Ballmer went down probably just as you’d expect. Nadella spoke at the opening launch… Read More

Oracle’s Larry Ellison takes aim at Amazon Web Services, promises a new “self-driving” database

Say what you want about Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, but he hasn’t lost his passion… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Seahawks QB Russell Wilson’s startup TraceMe is picking its tech team

Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson has a lot of fans — and he wants a better way to… Read More

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh turns to Boston firm for help in selling Steel City as a good Amazon HQ2 location

As cities across North America prepare to act on the request for proposal from Amazon, and prove why they are… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Novel Effect aims to make story time more magical for kids using voice recognition technology

Melissa and Matt Hammersley got the idea for Novel Effect when they were expecting their first child, Eleanor. They wanted… Read More

Microsoft’s AI chief wants to launch a chatbot in every country with more than 100M people

Microsoft has launched conversational chatbots in several countries so far, starting three years ago with Xiaoice in China, which quickly… Read More

South Park

‘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… Read More

Podcast

Health Tech Podcast: This researcher’s startup is taking on cancer with data and crowdsourcing

Health Tech Live! Join us online at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, for a special Facebook Live stream of GeekWire’s next… Read More

Photos: Steve Ballmer honored as U.S.-China tech institute GIX names new building after former Microsoft CEO

As part of its $40 million in support of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a new U.S.-China joint tech institute, it… Read More

Arizona Amazon cactus

Tucson sends a 21-foot-tall cactus to Jeff Bezos with a message: Amazon can grow in Arizona

Hope they left room in the Spheres for this thing. A 21-foot-tall saguaro cactus has been loaded onto a truck… Read More

Microsoft Pix update uses AI to turn iPhone app into a document scanner

Microsoft Pix was released last year with a goal of improving on the native iPhone camera experience, but it just wouldn’t be… Read More

Seattle sets a new standard for private companies to launch public services, and other cities take note

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) got the green light to launch a pilot bike-share program in May of 2017.… Read More

Amperity reveals marketing data platform and Microsoft partnership as it aims to become Seattle’s next great startup

Amperity has top talent, solid venture investment, and a tested solution to a pressing problem. Now the company is coming… Read More

Fred Hutch licenses new immunotherapy treatment to Mustang Bio, preps clinical trials in Seattle

A new immunotherapy technology developed at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been licensed to New York-based Mustang Bio,… Read More

Cassini's end

Cassini orbiter’s team turns Saturn crash into cause for celebration – and for science

Twenty years after its launch to Saturn, NASA has set the Cassini orbiter on a course for certain destruction on… Read More

Working Geek: Renaissance woman Anna Hong is a rocket scientist, entrepreneur and nonprofit founder

Anna Hong has worn a lot of hats over the course of her career. After interning for Microsoft Research’s Asia… Read More

Billboard truck

Billboard truck buzzes Amazon’s towers in protest of working conditions for Prime Air pilots

A billboard truck with a message for Amazon pulled a Maverick move straight out of “Top Gun” on Wednesday in… Read More

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