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Articles from 2018

Joby Aviation flying car concept

Joby Aviation wins a $100M investment boost to get its flying cars off the ground

California-based Joby Aviation says it has secured $100 million in Series B financing to take its all-electric passenger aircraft into… Read More

Watch: GeekWire talks Amazon HQ2, Steel City tech and more on ‘Pittsburgh Today Live’

PITTSBURGH — Everywhere we go in Steel City, curious Pittsburghers have asked us some variety of the question: What do… Read More

Techstars Seattle unveils next cohort of 10 startups, calls it ‘our most diverse mix of founders ever’

Techstars Seattle has unveiled the ninth class of startups to go through its three-month accelerator program, a group the organization… Read More

Bones of the past, capacity for the future: Pittsburgh has room to grow, but is it ready?

PITTSBURGH — This is a city of steel bridges, mighty rivers, steep hills and classic architecture. It’s a place where… Read More

Zipcar, Uber and 13 other transportation tech companies establish vision for future cities with Pittsburgh and Paris

Back in June, Pittsburgh and Paris were unwittingly connected by a comment from President Donald Trump defending his decision to… Read More

Pulse Labs raises $2.5M from Madrona, Jeff Bezos, Techstars for voice app testing platform

As voice-enabled applications continue to proliferate everyday life, developers need a robust user testing platform — and Pulse Labs has… Read More

Elon Musk sells 20,000 Boring Company flamethrowers, plus free fire extinguishers

Even if billionaire Elon Musk ever decides to pack it in as CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, he can point… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains why he’s not worried about Alexa on Windows PCs

Alexa’s impending arrival on several Windows PCs looks like it could be trouble for Microsoft’s Cortana, but its CEO Satya… Read More

Solar Impulse 2 and pilots

‘Impossible Flight’ reveals the turmoil and technology of a solar plane’s global trek

From the outside, it looked as if the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project smoothly soldiered through adversity as its solar-powered plane… Read More

Uber partners with JUMP on electric bike share pilot in San Francisco

Uber is getting into the bike-sharing game. The transportation network is partnering with electric bike-share company JUMP on a limited… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Number of daily Facebook users drops for first time in N. America as Zuckerberg calls 2017 a hard year

Lingering bad feelings toward Facebook’s response to Russian-linked accounts spreading “fake news” during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign could be… Read More

Blink

Two Seattle UX design companies join forces as Blink acquires Tectonic

The Seattle-based user-experience research and design company Blink has acquired a little help in the design department by purchasing Tectonic,… Read More

SpaceX GovSat-1 launch

SpaceX launches GovSat-1 satellite, clearing the way for Falcon Heavy’s debut

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a telecommunications satellite into orbit today for Luxembourg’s government and the SES satellite venture, setting… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: A smart bike, an Alexa giveaway and is Apple cancelling the iPhone X?

Rumors abounded this week that Apple is canceling the iPhone X. So are they? Well, not exactly. We explain on… Read More

Microsoft revenue climbs to $28.9B, besting Wall Street expectations once again

Microsoft topped Wall Street expectations again in the second quarter of its fiscal year, as the cloud continues to drive… Read More

Scott Guthrie

Microsoft’s cloud business still growing strong in its fiscal Q2, led by Office 365 and Azure

After officially crossing its cloud revenue goal set in 2015 last quarter, Microsoft’s cloud businesses showed strong gains during its… Read More

Seattle Chamber of Commerce names former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland as CEO

Former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland is taking the helm as President and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.… Read More

Congressional Democrats not impressed by Facebook and Twitter answers about whether Russians helped spread #ReleaseTheMemo

In a letter sent Wednesday, Congressional Democrats scolded the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter for failing to adequately investigate whether… Read More

Boeing logo

Boeing outperforms expectations in 2017 and delivers sunny outlook for 2018

The Boeing Co. today reported better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter of 2017 and a rosier-than-expected outlook for the… Read More

Tech Moves: Heyou Media appoints Mary Jesse as CEO; TraceMe adds to leadership team; and more

Heyou Media, the Seattle-based mobile media platform founded by actor and filmmaker Tom Skerritt, unveiled its new CEO Wednesday: Former… Read More

Lunar eclipse

Moonless in Seattle? Feast your eyes on global views of the total lunar eclipse

Cloudy weather blocked Seattle’s view of last night’s “super blue blood moon” — but as a consolation, skywatchers from Vancouver to… Read More

Microsoft’s skyrocketing stock closing in on $100/share thanks to cloud emphasis

In October 2016, Microsoft stock hit a then all-time high of $59.66, eclipsing a milestone set 17 years prior. Fifteen… Read More

Pittsburgh’s mayor says Amazon HQ2 could boost his city more than any other contender — if tech giant can learn from Seattle’s problems

PITTSBURGH — In his 53 years on this planet and in this city, Bill Peduto has never seen a real… Read More

Seattle Genetics to acquire Cascadian Therapeutics for $614M to further bolster its cancer fight

Seattle Genetics, a biotechnology company that develops antibody-based cancer treatments, announced Wednesday that it will acquire Cascadian Therapeutics and the… Read More

Dog

Wag raises $300M round from SoftBank as dog walking service takes on Rover

SoftBank is betting big on Wag. The Japanese tech giant this week announced a $300 million investment in the Los Angeles-based dog… Read More

Amazon releases full Super Bowl ad, with celebrity cameos and a mysterious Alexa headset — but company says it’s just a prop

After offering a teaser last week, Amazon released its full Super Bowl ad this morning in advance of this weekend’s… Read More

Trump at State of the Union

What Donald Trump said (and didn’t say) about tech in State of the Union

Immigration, tax cuts and crime loomed large in President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, but technology and… Read More

Accenture and Avanade ink lease for big new downtown Seattle office space

Seattle tech consulting firm Avanade and its parent company Accenture are getting new digs. The companies said Tuesday they will… Read More

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Brouhaha builds over Bill Nye the Science Guy’s date for State of the Union Address

Bill Nye the Science Guy is going to the State of the Union Address, but as a guest of President… Read More

Alex Polvi, CEO, CoreOS

Red Hat snaps up CoreOS for $250M, adding a big piece to its container strategy

One of the more prominent startups on the cloud-native computing scene, San Francisco’s CoreOS, was acquired by Red Hat Tuesday… Read More

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