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Articles from 2018

ATLAS event

Physicists at CERN add a new top-quark twist to tangled tale of the Higgs boson

News Brief: Experiments at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider have produced hard-to-come-by evidence of interactions between the Higgs boson and top… Read More

Rep the Squad jersey rental startup shuts down after struggling to land additional funding

Rep the Squad is shutting down. The Seattle-based sports jersey rental service announced its closure on Monday. Rep the Squad… Read More

Developers and cloud rivals will be watching Microsoft’s plans for Azure and GitHub very closely

It’s probably the central question surrounding Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of coding repository GitHub: how will the owner of the… Read More

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Boeing partners with Degreed.com as part of $100M workforce education investment

Boeing is launching new educational initiatives to follow through on its pledge to spend $100 million of its federal tax… Read More

Walmart takes on Amazon in Seattle, starts offering grocery delivery in rival’s backyard

Walmart is set to launch grocery delivery in the Seattle area as it continues to expand the new service across… Read More

Seattle Public Library and UW awarded $353K federal grant to help kids co-design digital activities

The Seattle Public Library and University of Washington Information School will work together to teach other libraries how to create… Read More

Apple introduces iOS 12, with a smarter Siri and more augmented reality features

RELATED: Apple’s new macOS: Dark Mode, a souped up Finder window, additional screenshot effects and more Apple introduced the latest… Read More

Motivate

Report: Lyft to acquire Motivate, which operates bike-share programs in several U.S. cities

It looks like Lyft is getting ready to keep up with Uber when it comes to ride-hailing companies jumping into… Read More

Google to link Meet business video-calling app with Microsoft Skype and other rivals

Google announced Monday morning that its enterprise video calling app, Hangouts Meet, will be capable of connecting directly to competing… Read More

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Alexa is moving even deeper into Microsoft territory. Amazon’s digital brain and the Google Assistant appear bound for Xbox to… Read More

Saffron alert device

Team Saffron enters the home stretch in competition for Women’s Safety XPRIZE

Students representing the Global Innovation Exchange are nearing the finish line in a competition to create wearable sensors that can… Read More

Avalara aims to raise up to $181M in IPO at $19 to $21 per share, updated filing shows

Avalara updated its IPO filing on Monday with new details about its plans to go public. The Seattle tax automation… Read More

Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub for $7.5B, vows to let popular coding site operate independently

Microsoft has agreed to pay $7.5 billion in stock to acquire GitHub, giving the Redmond tech giant new inroads to… Read More

Why would Microsoft want GitHub? Developers, developers, developers ― and the cloud

Post updated on Monday morning, after Microsoft announced its agreement to acquire GitHub. Microsoft has long understood the power that… Read More

Techstars Seattle grad Fig Loans raises $2.6M for payday loan alternative

Fig Loans has just completed a $2.6 million seed round for its service that offers a payday loan alternative. The… Read More

Ad Lightning expands, now helps online publishers block certain ads

Ad Lightning already helps online publishers and advertising exchange platforms spot programmatic ads that slow down sites and disrupt engagement.… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

Night launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends SES-12 telecom satellite into orbit

News Brief: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the SES-12 telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight in a no-drama night launch.… Read More

Microsoft reaches deal to buy GitHub; announcement could come Monday, report says

Update, Monday morning: Microsoft confirmed the deal, announcing an agreement to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. Microsoft has… Read More

The ‘outrage’ of Bitcoin and other quotable gems from Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has made waves in the tech community in recent weeks with a series of statements attempting… Read More

Soyuz touchdown

One trio comes home from the space station just as another gets set to launch

News Brief: The hatch to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module has a lot in common with a revolving door… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 27, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 27, 2018. Read More

Washington Hyperloop pod racer

Washington Hyperloop unveils pod racer with thrusters for SpaceX’s next contest

The Washington Hyperloop team is counting on the third time being the charm. But it’s not just a question of… Read More

Alexa Inside: What it’s really like to use Amazon’s voice assistant on a new Windows 10 laptop

Alexa is all over the place these days, from the fridge to the bathroom mirror, and now on Windows 10… Read More

Microsoft stock closes above $100/share for the 1st time

Microsoft stock crossed the $100 threshold for the first time Friday, closing at $100.79. Microsoft has been in uncharted stock… Read More

‘I’d like to make at least a nickel for our shareholders:’ Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on company’s future goals

There’s a sense of accomplishment that comes with going public, as tech-powered real estate brokerage Redfin did last year. But… Read More

Tableau rival Domo files for $100 million IPO as another enterprise software company goes public

Business data intelligence startup Domo filed for a $100 million IPO on Friday, becoming the latest enterprise software company to… Read More

Redfin CEO challenges Seattle to avoid SF’s pitfalls: ‘If we think we’re smarter than everyone else we should figure it out’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman paints a dystopian picture of San Francisco, where he lived for years before fleeing to Seattle.… Read More

Report: After employee backlash, Google will walk away from Project Maven AI contract with the military after it expires

The employees have spoken. Google has decided that it won’t seek additional business related to a controversial artificial intelligence project… Read More

Amy Lynch

Geek of the Week: Comcast’s Amy Lynch passionate about connecting people to what they enjoy

With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications, media and technology industry, Amy Lynch still gets a kick… Read More

Report: Microsoft has talked with GitHub about possible acquisition

Microsoft and GitHub have talked in recent weeks about a possible acquisition of the popular software development platform by the… Read More

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