Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 16, 2018
Japan launches robotic cargo spaceship to space station with supplies and science
Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid
AT&T merges high-tech retail, coffee and hangout space in Seattle for its first ‘Lounge’ concept
Digital authentication: The past, present and uncertain future of the keys to online identity
The story behind Nest’s gamble on health tech
Three startups, 48 seconds, one iconic skyscraper: Who will win GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, Episode 8?
TESS probe finds first potential planets
As tensions rise in booming Seattle, tech industry steps up civic engagement
Working Geek: Stephanie Gowing aids clean energy entrepreneurs and companies eager to go green
Watch: Cooking a potato in Amazon’s microwave, plus Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff on new Stick Up Cam
Geek of the Week: Yi Yang’s love for video games taught him English, so he wrote a book about it
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie
LeadScorz raises cash to help marketers analyze sales leads with AI
Lime launching scooter and e-bike pilot in Tacoma, while scooter share is still banned in nearby Seattle
Watch: Google Doodle celebrates Mister Rogers with a touching, stop-motion animated video
Amazon takes stake in major Indian grocery chain, signaling worldwide brick-and-mortar ambitions
Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm
Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes
TLDR: Amazon unveils Alexa-enabled microwave
Officials explain why they closed Sunspot Solar Observatory (and it wasn’t aliens)
Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid
Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis
Bill and Melinda Gates warn ‘stunning progress’ toward reducing global poverty could stall for first time in decades
Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears
Financial analyst renews call for Amazon to spin off Amazon Web Services
Microsoft launches ‘groundbreaking’ Flagship School initiative with 17 schools globally
Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm
Here are more than 50 women VCs and angel investors backing startups in Seattle and Portland
Here’s everything Amazon announced Thursday, from microwave to subwoofer to Alexa capabilities
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie
Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips
Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services
Amazon reveals flurry of new devices as tech giant aims to get Alexa inside homes and cars
Dolly expands moving app across U.S., hits $1M in monthly revenue and 100K customers
Steve Ballmer sticks to the USAFacts and wins fans in interview on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’
Nintex founder launches firm to invest in golf-related startups, acquires indoor simulator maker
Microsoft tops Seattle-area tech companies in ranking of ’employer brand’ by job seekers
Lessons from Amazon: How working at the tech giant helped this founder shape his new company
Tech Moves: OfferUp hires its first CFO from eBay Americas; Porch adds CMO and two VPs; and more
Lots of GeekWire readers checked out our behind-the-scenes tour of the fireworks barge on Lake Union. In case you missed the show, here is the 4th of July fireworks extravaganza from a front-row seat at Gas Works Park
Happy Independence Day!
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