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Articles from 2018

AdSwerve acquires Seattle-based Analytics Pros for $24M, creating Google marketing powerhouse

Seattle startup Analytics Pros has been acquired by Denver-based AdSwerve, creating a combined 120-person marketing and analytics company that expects… Read More

Breaking News founders launch Factal, delivering real-time news and incident alerts to companies

When NBC News shut down its popular Breaking News website and app in late 2016, the team heard not just from… Read More

Tech Moves: NFL tight end joins Amperity; Vision Critical founder launches Rival Technologies; and more

Amperity, the Seattle-based customer data platform, has hired a sports star for its sales team. NFL tight end Cooper Helfet has… Read More

TLDR: Inside Horizon Air’s stolen plane, Saudi Arabia wants Elon Musk to take Tesla private, Russell Wilson nerds out on real estate

Today’s featured stories Inside the stolen passenger plane: ‘I played video games before, so I know what I’m doing, a… Read More

Port of Seattle Commissioner Courtney Gregoire

Port of Seattle steps up Sea-Tac airport security presence after fatal airplane theft

Security measures have been stepped up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including the maintenance area where a ground support worker commandeered… Read More

Impinj misses earnings deadline amid an audit investigation and Nasdaq responds with ‘notice of deficiency’

Nasdaq has hit Impinj with a “notice of deficiency” for failing to report its quarterly earnings on time, after the… Read More

Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities — does that give them an edge?

In its hometown, Seattle, Amazon benefits from a well-educated, tech-savvy pool of talent. The company is looking for another city… Read More

Ofo confirms Seattle departure date, promises refunds to riders

Seattle Ofo customers who prepaid for rides will be refunded according to an email the bikesharing company sent this week.… Read More

Microsoft touts Xbox gaming subscription service with new Sounders FC jersey design

Microsoft’s increasing focus on its cloud-based gaming services will be front-and-center at the Seattle Sounders FC match this Saturday. As… Read More

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson reveals roots as a real estate nerd in Zillow appearance

Long before he was an NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson was a real estate scout. Growing up in Richmond, Va., he… Read More

Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has been known for making some strong statements about the housing market, and last week he… Read More

Elon Musk, Semi and Roadster

Elon Musk names Saudis as principal funders for Tesla stock privatization plan

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he had “funding secured” for a plan to take the company private, he was… Read More

Use McDonald’s app for chance to win ‘McGold Card’ and free food for life — just like Bill Gates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Iv0vPxuE6SM No one knows for sure whether Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates even eats at McDonald’s these days, but we do… Read More

With Pentagon cloud contract in the balance, Microsoft’s hybrid-cloud product, Azure Stack, now certified for government use

As the federal government reviews submissions from cloud computing companies for the $10 billion Department of Defense cloud contract, Microsoft… Read More

Homelessness and jobs: What the numbers say

Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s… Read More

Stratolaunch airplane

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch venture rolls out world’s biggest airplane for weekend tests

Stratolaunch, the launch venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, took the world’s biggest airplane out of its hangar this… Read More

Inside the stolen passenger plane: ‘I played video games before, so I know what I’m doing, a little bit’

Audio and video from the fatal flight of a stolen Horizon Air passenger plane are providing a fuller picture of… Read More

How Amazon’s internal healthcare clinics could save money and make its employees healthier

Amazon has disrupted everything from bookstores to internet infrastructure — and made a lot of money along the way. But… Read More

Q&A: tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik on the ideas that ‘curl up on you and manifest into game design’

I met Alex Nichiporchik, co-founder and CEO of tinyBuild, in the lobby of the Marriott hotel near the Staples Center… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 5, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 5, 2018. Read More

Parker Solar Probe launch

Fastest, closest, hottest: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasts off to ‘touch the sun’

NASA today sent a super-shielded spacecraft known as the Parker Solar Probe on a mission that will take it closer… Read More

Rogue plane

Horizon Air employee’s fatal joyride points to gaps in airport security, and we’re lucky it wasn’t worse

The day after a Horizon Air employee stole an airplane, flew aerial stunts and crashed into a sparsely inhabited island… Read More

Teaching the ghost in the machine: How cloud tech experts are managing the rise of AI

When it comes to the breakthroughs that brilliant scientists and engineers are working on in 2018, artificial intelligence technology somehow… Read More

Listen up: Digital audiobooks now the ‘fastest growing format’ as tech and titles improve

If your idea of a good time reading is to do it with your ears, you’re in good company. Digital… Read More

Airline employee steals plane from Sea-Tac, does aerial tricks with F-15s in pursuit before crashing on island south of Seattle

A distressed Horizon Air employee stole one of the airline’s planes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night and roamed… Read More

BE-3U rocket engine

Blue Origin shows off BE-3U upper-stage rocket engine as its many efforts ramp up

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is sharing a short video clip featuring the lesser-known… Read More

Satya Nadella offloads $36M in Microsoft stock in biggest sale in his tenure as CEO

Satya Nadella sold $36 million in Microsoft stock, his biggest sell off since becoming CEO in 2014. Nadella sold 328,000… Read More

‘Magic: The Gathering’ returns with a new comic book in celebration of 25th anniversary

Wizards of the Coast and IDW Publishing announced this week that, as part of the ongoing festivities surrounding the 25th… Read More

Geek of the Week: After years as Navy nuke officer, RealWear CEO Andy Lowery finds a new connection

Relying on hands-free or voice-enabled tech in your kitchen or in front of your TV may be a modern convenience… Read More

The stars align for a near-perfect Perseid meteor shower: Here’s how to catch it

The outlook for this year’s Perseid meteor shower is checking all the boxes. Up to a meteor a minute? Check.… Read More

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