Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 4, 2018.
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Watch ‘Starman’ drift: SpaceX’s Tesla reaches the ultimate cruising altitude and rides off into space
This might be the ultimate space oddity. High above his home planet, where millions of people are no doubt sitting in traffic in cars of their own, “Starman” drifted effortlessly through a wide open expanse on Tuesday. … Read More
Good news for Starman: Spacefaring Tesla Roadster will miss Mars and asteroids
It took a day or two, but astronomers have figured out where the Tesla Roadster launched into deep space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is going. … Read More
Time for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to fly: Watch live video of the final countdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The maiden launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably the biggest thing to hit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since the retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2011. … Read More
Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk makes it sound as if he always wanted to put a Tesla Roadster, and not much else, on top of the Falcon Heavy rocket for this week’s historic maiden launch. … Read More
Study: Average tech worker salary in Seattle hits $132K, making city the top spot for relocation
Tech workers in Seattle are making more and their salaries go further than those in competing markets, making the city the top relocation destination for workers elsewhere. … Read More
SpaceX launches its Falcon Heavy rocket for first time, putting a sports car (and Starman) in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s triple-barreled Falcon Heavy rocket rose into space today for the first time on a pillar of flame and clouds of exhaust, blending the serious and silly sides of spaceflight. … Read More
We rode in Uber’s self-driving car, and now we’re less confident in the future of autonomous vehicles
PITTSBURGH — Our first self-driving car experience was going great. … Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When SpaceX launches a Tesla Roadster sports car into deep space atop its very first Falcon Heavy rocket, the driver’s seat won’t be empty. … Read More
Intel sets a record with 1,218-drone salute for Olympics’ opening ceremony in Korea
The Winter Olympics’ first-ever drone light show has earned Intel the title from Guinness World Records for the “most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously.” There might be an asterisk in the record book, however: The show didn’t actually take place at today’s opening ceremony for the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea. … Read More
Redfin migration report finds a first for Seattle: More users searching for a way out of city than in
The steady drumbeat of reports about growing Seattle and the tech boom and the desire of so many people to move to the city may have finally met its match, thanks to something we like to call winter. … Read More