How the Seattle Sounders use data and analytics to create an ‘evidence-based’ soccer culture As a former lawyer, Garth Lagerwey knows about the value of evidence-based reasoning. Now he’s trying to apply that same… Read More
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: Amazon just quietly redesigned the Prime logo Millions of people are accustomed to looking for the Amazon Prime logo when shopping on the e-commerce site, to ensure… Read More
How to conjure up your future: Zillow and Expedia co-founder Rich Barton’s advice to UW computer science grads Rich Barton, the Zillow and Expedia co-founder, drew inspiration from Bill Gates, JFK, an ancient Greek myth and the movie… Read More
EY’s Pacific NW Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners revealed for 2017 Sibling collaborations and long-term tech bets were just a couple of the storylines at EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards… Read More
Podcast Week In Geek: We rate BMW’s new Uber competitor and debate cell service in national parks Ever wish your Uber ride came with free chocolate and a “Do Not Disturb” button? That’s exactly what GeekWire reporter… Read More
Your ‘Chariot’ has arrived: Signs point to Ford-owned shuttle service expanding to Seattle Chariot, a shuttle service owned by Ford, appears to be setting up shop in Seattle. GeekWire reader Colin Miller spotted… Read More
From drugs to fruit flies: What SpaceX took to the International Space Station SpaceX impressed the world yet again last week with a flawless ground landing of the Falcon 9 rocket and the… Read More
100 years later, researchers prove Einstein right about starlight Albert Einstein predicted that starlight could bend and brighten when a faraway star crossed paths with a closer space body,… Read More
Geek of the Week: Former pro hockey player Todd Humphrey now plays for League, to simplify health benefits As a former professional hockey player, Todd Humphrey has had his fair share of injuries, surgeries and hospital stays. The… Read More
Following $26B LinkedIn acquisition, Microsoft to shutter file-sharing service Docs.com later this year Microsoft will close its file storage and sharing service Docs.com Dec. 15. As a result of its $26 billion acquisition… Read More
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post taps Amazon’s Polly AI technology to read news articles Jeff Bezos’ worlds are coming together as The Washington Post announced today that it has begun testing a plan to… Read More
Seattle-based workplace morale management startup TINYpulse cuts 10% of staff TINYpulse, a Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale, has cut about 10 percent of its staff, the… Read More
In first temporary exhibition, Gates Foundation fights gender inequality with stories of hope Edna Adan Ismail wanted to prevent women from dying during childbirth in her home country of Somaliland. It’s not easy… Read More
Key Arena renovation leader Tim Leiweke to speak at GeekWire Sports Tech Summit Tim Leiweke is a name Seattleites should be familiar with if they care about potential new sports franchises coming to… Read More
360-degree virtual tour gives you amazing views of Boeing’s jet factory in Renton More than 5 million guests have toured Boeing’s airplane factory in Everett, Wash., which ranks as one of the Puget Sound… Read More
Online jeweler Blue Nile taps former Target chief digital officer as new CEO Blue Nile has a new leader. Former Target e-commerce chief Jason Goldberger is now the CEO and president of Blue… Read More
Newly created 2-D magnet could point the way to slimmer, faster computers For the first time, researchers have discovered magnetism in the two-dimensional realm of monolayers, or materials that consist of a… Read More
Testing BMW’s Uber and Lyft rival, ReachNow Ride: Candy, fancy water and a ‘Do Not Disturb’ button RELATED: BMW’s ReachNow expands test of Uber and Lyft competitor Ride to all Seattle members BMW’s ReachNow just expanded the… Read More
GeekWork Picks: Kenworth seeks engineer to develop electronic systems and architecture Trucking may not be top of mind when it comes to technology innovation, but Kirkland-based Kenworth Truck Company is bucking… Read More
Nonprofit FareStart to open 5 new eateries in Seattle next month in Amazon partnership The nonprofit FareStart announced today that the five restaurants and cafes that it’s launching with Amazon’s help will be ready… Read More
Amazon Web Services planning new East Coast campus in Northern Virginia Amazon Web Services plans to build a new East Coast campus in Northern Virginia, in the same general area that… Read More
Bellevue’s DimensionalMechanics releases the engine behind its AI templates Bellevue-based DimensionalMechanics wants to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence models to companies across different industries that can’t afford to develop their… Read More
‘Mars 2030’ VR experience will allow users to explore terrain, drive rover, work in station and more Space geeks looking to take a walk 34 million miles from home without actually training to be an astronaut will… Read More
Amazon proposes a ‘virtual safety shroud’ to protect pets and people from drones What happens if a child or a dog wanders into range while a drone is dipping down to make a delivery?… Read More
Microsoft agrees to acquire Hexadite to beef up Windows 10 security automation Microsoft said it has agreed to acquire Hexadite, a Boston company that automates investigations of cyberattacks and improves defenses in… Read More
Inside GeekWire’s first-ever Cloud Tech Summit in ‘the cloud capital of the world’ “Cloud computing is the new operating system.” That’s what one venture capitalist said on stage at the inaugural GeekWire Cloud Tech… Read More
New site ‘Capital & Growth’ aims to be the ‘Stack Overflow for startup marketing’ Jasper Kuria’s story will resonate with many startup founders. He spent several years in engineering and program management at Microsoft… Read More
Facebook’s AI training models can now process 40,000 images a second Artificial intelligence researchers at Facebook have figured out how to train their AI models for image recognition at eye-popping speeds.… Read More
Working Geek: Srikant Vemparala captains the 9Logic Technologies ship, with focus on new game It’s worth wondering whether Srikant Vemparala walks around the offices at 9Logic Technologies saying “argh” all day. After all, the… Read More
Scientists model over 1,000 complex proteins to help develop treatments for infectious diseases For researchers working on cures to disease, understanding exactly how those diseases work is crucial. That’s the goal of the Seattle… Read More
