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Articles from 2018

AR-22 rocket engine firing

Rocket engine scores ‘perfect 10’ in 10-day test for Phantom Express space plane

A rocket engine built from spare space shuttle parts — and the team behind the engine — passed a grueling 10-day,… Read More

Can you live to 200? New podcast from Seattle entrepreneur T.A. McCann wants to find out

Life expectancy worldwide has more than doubled since the year 1900. Thanks to remarkable scientific breakthroughs, people today are living… Read More

Tim Durkan homeless

You asked, we’ll answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate

Over the past week, readers from GeekWire and The Evergrey have shared their genuine curiosities and questions about one of… Read More

Slack addresses one of its major weaknesses with search improvements

Workplace collaboration app Slack is great for chatting with co-workers and discussing project plans in the moment, but if you… Read More

Austin

Heads up Amazon: Texas tops new ranking of best states for business, edging out Washington

Texas is open for business, according to a new report from CNBC evaluating the economic climate of each state in… Read More

Moment app

After success with mobile photography hardware, Moment turns focus to Pro Camera app and more

Moment has made a business out of creating hardware such as attachable lenses and cases meant to transform the way… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ Peter DeSantis sheds more light on the cloud giant’s custom chip strategy

Evolving cloud workloads are going to require evolving hardware strategies to anticipate those future demands, and Amazon Web Services continues… Read More

Toast raises $115M for restaurant management platform, opens Portland office

Restaurant management platform developer Toast today announced a $115 million investment that values the company at $1.4 billion. T. Rowe… Read More

Tech Moves: D-Wave sets up shop in Seattle with new VP; BuildDirect adds Amazon and Microsoft vets; and more

Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems, which claims to be the first company with a commercially available quantum computing system, has… Read More

Prime takeover: Amazon goes on a marketing blitz inside Whole Foods stores as Prime Day nears

Amazon really wants you to know about how Prime members can save money at its Whole Foods grocery stores. If you’ve… Read More

With $57.5B invested so far in 2018, VC funding for U.S. startups reaching ‘unprecedented levels’

The amount of venture capital funding pouring into U.S. startups is on pace to reach levels unseen since the early… Read More

Russian cargo ship sets a new record for same-day delivery to space station

News Brief: A robotic Russian Progress cargo craft today was sent on a “fast-track” trajectory that got it to the… Read More

Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and Google Chromebooks

Microsoft Surface devices primarily target high-powered creative types at a substantial price point, but the tech giant is looking to… Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise selected to support supercomputer brain simulation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it’s been selected to build a supercomputer designed to simulate the inner workings of the mouse… Read More

TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults

Today’s featured stories Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda With $335M in… Read More

High-tech agriculture startup Phytelligence raises another $10M, doubles employee count

Agriculture startup Phytelligence is getting another infusion of cash as it continues to grow. The company raised an additional $9.85… Read More

Seattle’s Integrated Diagnostics acquired by lung cancer technology company Biodesix

Colorado-based Biodesix, a company that creates technology around lung cancer, announced that it has acquired Seattle’s Integrated Diagnostics for an… Read More

Atul Gawande starts first day as CEO of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan health venture

After months of anticipation and fanfare, Dr. Atul Gawande is starting his new job Monday as the CEO of the… Read More

With $335M in fresh cash, Lime is rolling out electric scooters in the Uber app

Soon many commuters have the ability to book a Lime electric scooter using the Uber app. Despite a rivalry between… Read More

Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda

There’s still a rabid community of Windows Phone fanatics out there, and they really want to see a new smartphone… Read More

Co-living startup Common moves into Seattle with dorm-style housing for adults

Cities across the country are contending with housing affordability issues, especially in regions with booming tech economies where high-paid newcomers… Read More

Escape pod testing

Tested for Thailand, SpaceX’s makeshift mini-sub could serve as space escape pod

The mini-submarine created by SpaceX engineers may not play a role in the crisis it was designed for — the Thai… Read More

5 steps for consumer adoption of blockchain

With all the hype and money pouring into the blockchain and cryptocurrency market, it’s important to recognize how young the… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 1, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 1, 2018. Read More

A longtime Windows Phone fan tries out the Microsoft Launcher app for Android

I’m still sad Windows Phone isn’t really a thing anymore, and I imagine Microsoft is, too. After largely retreating from… Read More

Geek of the Week: Creative energy burns bright in Miguel Edwards, sculptor who made Special Olympics cauldron

Miguel Edwards spent 20 years as an artist working in Seattle. After relocating to Bend, Ore., Edwards’ first project was… Read More

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson visits Amazon rival Alibaba, promising ‘ground breaking things’ with Chinese e-commerce giant

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson appears to be planning something with China e-commerce giant Alibaba, chief rival to Amazon, the… Read More

Donald Trump at Miramar

President Trump says Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post will be out of business in 7 years, calls it a ‘propaganda machine’ for Amazon

President Donald Trump is taking on Amazon and the news media once again, writing in a Tweet Saturday morning that… Read More

PSLV rocket

How a snafu over swarming satellites led Spaceflight to sharpen its launch policy

When India’s PSLV rocket launched a host of satellites into orbit in January, one big piece was missing: the Federal… Read More

Game developer ArenaNet fires two employees following Twitter exchange, spurring controversy

Two narrative designers for Guild Wars 2, developed and published by the Bellevue, Wash.-based studio ArenaNet, were fired on July 5,… Read More

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