Nintendo Switch tops 3M units in latest quarter, surpasses GameCube in lifetime sales Nintendo sold 3.19 million Switch consoles worldwide in the September quarter, up from 2.92 million units in the same period… Read More
Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races… Read More
Allen Frontiers Group awards $13.5M for research on cancer, cells, aging and brains It’s notable that the newest class of Allen Distinguished Investigators, announced today by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, includes… Read More
Analysis: Red Hat’s continued independence is key to success of IBM’s $34B acquisition [Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Blair Hanley Frank, principal analyst at global technology research and advisory firm ISG.] IBM’s… Read More
Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —… Read More
Allen Coral Atlas tracks changes in the world’s reefs from space via satellite Even after death, the philanthropic initiatives from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen just keep on coming. Today the Paul G. Allen… Read More
Google kicks off a $25M competition for ideas that promote ‘AI for Social Good’ Google today unveiled a $25 million initiative called the Google AI Impact Challenge, aimed at soliciting and supporting projects that… Read More
SEngine Precision Medicine raises $3M, adds former Fred Hutch president to board SEngine Precision Medicine, a startup working to personalize cancer treatment, has raised $3 million in new funding and added… Read More
Facebook inks two more leases in Bellevue, as tech companies hedge their bets across Seattle region Facebook already has a large presence in Seattle’s urban core, but the company is increasingly expanding its operation to other… Read More
Impinj snaps streak of declining revenue and beats Wall Street expectations in record quarter Impinj, the Seattle maker of high-tech tags for connecting billions of items to the internet, is back on a growth… Read More
Receptor Life Sciences raises $29M, unveils its work on inhaler for medicines based on cannabis Seattle-based biotech company Receptor Life Sciences announced a $29 million series A funding round Monday as it emerged from stealth… Read More
Revenue from Apptio’s SaaS financial management tools jumps 26 percent, beats expectations Companies that move their IT operations to the cloud often find themselves confused by the pricing options they can encounter,… Read More
Seattle is the nation’s fastest growing tech hub, study says, as Bay Area engineering centers continue to expand No city has added more tech jobs in the last two years than Seattle, according to a new report, as… Read More
Molecular analysis turns up an unexpected twist in smoking habits of ancient tribes Tobacco plays a big role in Native American history and culture, predating Christopher Columbus’ arrival by well more than a… Read More
The Riveter goes east: Inside the female-focused co-working company’s newest space The Riveter has opened its largest Seattle-area location, in Bellevue, Wash. The company, which operates a network of female-focused co-working… Read More
Walmart unveils Sam’s Club Now, its answer to Amazon Go, opening soon in Dallas Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will soon open a cashier-free store concept that rivals Amazon Go. Walmart unveiled a new concept called… Read More
GeekWire Podcast: Limited tickets available for this week’s Renton show, featuring Wizards of the Coast Attention, all South King County geeks. We want you to hang out with us! Members of the GeekWire team are… Read More
T-Mobile becomes 1st U.S. wireless company to carry the new 6T ‘superphone’ from China’s OnePlus T-Mobile will carry the new OnePlus 6T, the first time a phone from the popular Chinese manufacturer has been offered… Read More
Amazon hits $100M in donations to more than 1M charities in 5 years through AmazonSmile Amazon has now donated more than $100 million since 2013 to charities chosen by customers through its AmazonSmile program. Amazon… Read More
Climate change initiative’s surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry Initiative 1631 — the measure on Washington state’s Nov. 6 ballot to address climate change — is turning into an… Read More
With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More
First startups, then goblins! Tech CEOs unite around Dungeons & Dragons, embrace their inner geek Intriguing and quirky characters flock to the tech industry. But how many of them would happily classify themselves as a… Read More
Dungeons, dragons and diversity: How the world’s most influential RPG turned the tables on inclusion Dwarven wizards. Dragon-born clerics. Orc wizards. There’s plenty of diversity in the world of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), the oldest… Read More
IBM’s $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat a bet that cloud holdouts want old-school partners IBM announced Sunday that it has agreed to purchase Red Hat, one of the first and most prominent open-source server… Read More
Book review: Reid Hoffman’s ‘Blitzscaling’ is an essential primer for building a bigger, better, faster company In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 21, 2018 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 21, 2018. Read More
Renton’s resurgence: Built on Boeing’s back, this city is poised for a tech boom in Seattle’s shadow RENTON, Wash. ― Manly Grinolds isn’t a fan of change. After all, the retired aerospace contractor has been coming to… Read More
GeekGirlCon kicks off its ninth ‘celebration of the female geek’ It’s another cosplay- and comic-filled weekend for thousands of geeks attending the annual GeekGirlCon in Seattle on Saturday and Sunday.… Read More
A look back to look forward: Why highlighting diverse stories matters Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of opinion pieces in which GeekWire invites members of the tech… Read More
Microsoft becomes 2nd-most valuable U.S. company as Amazon slips in wild week on Wall Street With the dust settled on a wild earnings week, Microsoft has passed Amazon to become the second most valuable U.S.… Read More
