Gates Foundation’s new research institute officially opens, targeting malaria and other global diseases The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the top forces in global health philanthropy, is embarking on a new… Read More
Seattle IoT startup Resin.io gets $5 million in new funding from Soracom, a division of KDDI There’s a land grab underway as the industrial internet of things continues to shift from thought experiment to technology deployment,… Read More
Toughest job interview ever? How Buffett, Dimon and Bezos vet CEO hopefuls for new health venture The new joint health venture by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway may be the most challenging project in the… Read More
Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More
As net neutrality officially ends, here’s what you need to know about what’s next Obama-era regulations known as net neutrality officially end Monday. The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the rules back in… Read More
StormSensor raises cash to help cities track stormwater data and prevent pollution or flooding StormSensor has raised more cash to help expand its high-tech stormwater monitoring system. The Seattle startup just reeled in $1.2… Read More
The state of virtual and augmented reality: Industry sees new reasons for hope amid the hype Tim Harader has seen this story before. When the digital media entrepreneur arrived in Seattle two decades ago, he was recruited… Read More
Fred Hutch takes over historic Lake Union Steam Plant building, adding significant wet lab space The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is expanding its South Lake Union campus with a notable Seattle landmark. The Hutch… Read More
Amazon Prime’s new Whole Foods discounts roll out Wednesday in 10 more states, including Washington Amazon continues to bring its new Whole Foods discounts across the nation. Starting this Wednesday, June 13, Whole Foods stores… Read More
Microsoft’s game streaming service Mixer reaches 20M users, doubling in six months News Brief: Mixer, Microsoft’s live game streaming service, has reached 20 million monthly active users. That’s up from 10 million six… Read More
Azure chief Jason Zander, a Microsoft lifer, is a link between the company’s past and future Microsoft Azure Executive Vice President Jason Zander has worked for many different companies, despite the fact that he’s worked at… Read More
Microsoft reveals it’s working on new Xbox consoles, doubling down on game hardware Engineers at Microsoft are currently working the next version of the company’s Xbox console. Speaking on stage during Microsoft’s keynote… Read More
Microsoft acquires four game studios, including Forza maker Playground Games, and creates ‘The Initiative’ Microsoft announced four new acquisitions and the creation of a new studio during the company’s keynote at E3, bolstering its… Read More
Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote Master Chief is back. Microsoft teased a new Halo game at the beginning of its keynote at E3, the big… Read More
We sent GeekWire’s summer intern on an Amazon HQ tour, and it was an eye-opening experience In downtown Seattle, the land known as “Amazonia” is dense. And I didn’t know I was walking into it until… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 3, 2018 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 3, 2018. Read More
Disneyland plans? How we rode 17 attractions in one day, with time to spare, using apps as our guide Apologies to Walt, but Disneyland might now be described as, “The app-iest place on Earth.” Or it should be if… Read More
Flame on! Elon Musk says Boring Company delivers its first ‘Not-a-Flamethrower’ Billionaire tech guru Elon Musk showed off pictures of the Boring Company’s first commercial flamethrowers being distributed to lines of… Read More
Podcast Week In Geek Podcast: Why Redfin and Zillow might want to buy your home Right now, plenty of people use Redfin and Zillow, two of Seattle’s more prominent tech companies, to find homes. But… Read More
This dad left Amazon to launch a startup, and along the way his daughter, 5, became a YouTube star Like any proud dad, Dave Crosby thought his daughter was a pretty good little singer. So he pointed a camera… Read More
Life lessons from artificial intelligence: What Microsoft’s AI chief wants computer science grads to know about the future Artificial intelligence has exploded, and perhaps no one knows it more than Harry Shum, the executive vice president in charge… Read More
‘New magic’ at Disneyland: How the iconic theme park is enhancing its content with digital touches ANAHEIM, Calif. — What is “content?,” I mused while my stomach rose and fell in jerky counterpoint to the Big… Read More
GeekWork Picks: Hiya needs a Sr. Software Engineer for technical guidance, architecture design and implementation Hi, Hey, Hello, Hiya. As one of the fastest growing mobile startups in the world, Hiya is changing the way… Read More
U.S. makes its pitch to wrest the world’s supercomputer top spot from China The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory staked its claim to retake the lead from China in the… Read More
Expedia CTO Tony Donohoe is leaving in another big executive departure from travel giant Tony Donohoe, Expedia Inc.’s chief technology officer, is leaving the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel giant after seven years as one… Read More
Geek of the Week: Simon Chavez uses VR and AR to offer a better look at architectural designs In his job as a visualization designer with the global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, Simon Chavez uses virtual and… Read More
One man’s vision for an innovative hub serving tech workers and entrepreneurs of African descent The event was Amazon’s AWS re:Invent conference last November and the hall was packed. Yet Arif Gürsel felt isolated. “I… Read More
Space station veterans give Pope Francis his own flight suit (with cape) Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world. During a visit to the… Read More
AT&T customers complain of outages in Seattle UPDATE, 1 p.m.: AT&T representatives tell GeekWire the company has restored service in Seattle. The outage was a result of a… Read More
Aloha! Three new crewmates welcomed aboard space station, Hawaiian-style News Brief: The orbital welcoming committee wore Hawaiian shirts when three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station… Read More
