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Articles from 2018

Why someone needs to step up and challenge Intel in the data center chip market

For all the discussion of the higher-level technologies that power the modern data center, the processor remains the most fundamental… Read More

FAQ: Everything you need to know about Seattle’s proposed ‘Amazon tax’

UPDATE, Monday afternoon: Seattle passes smaller ‘head tax’ on big companies, but will compromise appease Amazon? The full Seattle City… Read More

Baby

Amazon’s Alexa is everywhere — but the name is dropping in popularity for actual human babies

Don’t ask Alexa about recent trends around the most popular baby names in the United States — Amazon’s virtual assistant… Read More

Researchers say new ‘Efail’ security risk undermines encrypted e-mail

Hackers have a better chance of getting into encrypted email than previously thought, according to a new paper released Monday… Read More

Supreme Court ruling overturns sports betting ban in U.S., creates new opportunity for startups

Get ready for legalized sports betting. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a federal ban enacted in 1992 on… Read More

Raspberry Pi Foundation picks Seattle’s Living Computers Museum + Labs as one of four US sites for ‘Picademy’

The value of Pi will be unusually high this summer at Living Computers: Museum + Labs in Seattle. The Raspberry… Read More

Munchery chops meal delivery service in Seattle, New York and L.A., cuts staff in what CEO dubs ‘hard decision’

Munchery appears to have made its last meal delivery in Seattle, and two other major cities. The online meal delivery… Read More

How Puppet’s chief product officer is navigating the rapidly changing world of modern software development

Nobody ever believes me when I say this, but the world of enterprise technology has actually been pretty exciting over… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 6, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 6, 2018. Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mom starts education company with sons to spark next-generation of entrepreneurs

Soojung Smith thought entrepreneurship was a grownup pursuit. Then her sons schooled her. The up-and-coming Generation Z-cohort that includes her… Read More

March on Amazon HQ: Seattle housing activists demand ‘head tax’ on big business

Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood — a.k.a. Amazonia — is typically sleepy on the weekends without thousands of Amazon employees buzzing… Read More

SpotMini and Marc Raib

Boston Dynamics gears up to sell robot dogs and improves android’s running game

Cue the “Black Mirror” theme music: Boston Dynamics says it’s putting its scary SpotMini robotic dog on sale next year.… Read More

Why Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had to work to improve his rider rating

What’s your Uber rider rating? That was one of the questions that Uber’s board asked Dara Khosrowshahi during the interview process,… Read More

How I got caught up in a Presidential barring of ‘media,’ but not the media that now matters

As the arm reached across to block my entry, I looked up, surprised. “I have a conference badge,” I recall… Read More

A perfect pump? This high-tech sports ball inflator finds early traction with MLS teams

TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: Inflating a soccer ball or football with the exact amount of air doesn’t… Read More

Boring Company tunnel

Elon Musk says Boring Company could soon give ‘free rides’ through L.A. tunnel

The details may be fuzzy, but billionaire Elon Musk says he’s aiming to open the Boring Company’s first test tunnel… Read More

Mars Helicopter

NASA adds a drone to its 2020 Mars rover

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has given the thumbs-up to putting a helicopter on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, which is actually… Read More

Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 debuts with launch for Bangladesh (and rocket landing)

SpaceX sent a Bangladeshi telecommunications satellite into orbit today atop what CEO Elon Musk calls the “last major version” of… Read More

Shut up and listen: T-Mobile’s John Legere shares leadership tips after GeekWire readers crown him CEO of the Year

T-Mobile CEO John Legere capped off a crazy couple weeks that included the announcement of the long-anticipated merger with Sprint by taking… Read More

How Amazon could end its Seattle tax battle and tackle one of the world’s biggest problems

COMMENTARY: Amazon’s showdown with elected officials in its hometown has been fascinating to cover, disappointing to watch, and ultimately not… Read More

Seattle mayor’s compromise voted down as original ‘Amazon tax’ on big business moves forward

The Seattle City Council rejected a compromise version of the so-called “head tax” proposed by Mayor Jenny Durkan late Thursday… Read More

Seattle’s landmark Uber unionization law dealt a blow by appeals court, continuing legal saga

The legal battle over the city of Seattle’s landmark law that lets drivers for services like Uber and Lyft unionize will… Read More

Dow Constantine

Geek of the Week: County Exec Dow Constantine’s passion? Preserving place where he has deep roots

In a city where it’s easy to meet a newcomer at practically every turn — folks who are drawn to… Read More

RL-10 engine test

United Launch Alliance picks Aerojet’s RL10 rocket engine for Vulcan upper stage

United Launch Alliance has chosen Aerojet Rocketdyne over Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to provide the upper-stage… Read More

Tech vets launch MultiScale Health, aiming to ‘liberate’ healthcare data with real-time platform

Data is transforming every industry under the sun. Mountains of data let companies sell toothpaste, manage international logistics and support… Read More

Fast-growing sales tax automation company Avalara files for $150 million IPO

Avalara is looking to bring its beach motif and signature orange to the New York Stock Exchange. The Seattle company,… Read More

Revealed: Winners of the 2018 GeekWire Awards

There was singing; there was cheering; there was laughing; there was crying. The 2018 GeekWire Awards had it all on Thursday… Read More

Amazon would resume Seattle construction if mayor’s ‘head tax’ alternative passes

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is proposing a smaller “head tax” on the city’s largest businesses instead of controversial legislation currently… Read More

LIVE: 2018 GeekWire Awards

We’re on the scene at MoPOP in Seattle for the 10th anniversary of the GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business,… Read More

Falcon 9 Block 5

Computer aborts milestone SpaceX rocket launch at last minute, forcing a day’s delay

News Brief: The anxiously awaited launch of the first of SpaceX’s “last” Falcon 9 rockets will have to wait at… Read More

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