Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 31, 2020.
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Closer than humanly possible: New launch pad photos capture historic SpaceX liftoff in all its glory
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are now safely aboard the International Space Station after yesterday’s historic launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. … Read More
Gates Foundation pledges $1.6B for vaccines; Bill Gates addresses ‘bizarre’ conspiracy theories
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging an additional $1.6 billion to the Gavi vaccine alliance for the next five years, plus an additional $100 million specifically for COVID-19 vaccines, preparing to fight the pandemic in low-income countries. … Read More
Amazon, Microsoft, other tech leaders sound off amid protests over death of George Floyd
Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage and protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. … Read More
LinkedIn CEO apologizes after employees make ‘appalling’ comments during virtual town hall
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky — just days into his new role — apologized to staff after employees made offensive comments during a town hall event. … Read More
Seattle-area teen who built website to track coronavirus launches new effort on U.S. protests
Avi Schiffmann, the Mercer Island, Wash., high school student who gained an international following with a website he built to track the coronavirus pandemic, has launched a new site with information about protests currently happening across the United States. … Read More
Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic
With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. … Read More
Elon Musk tweets, ‘Time to break up Amazon’ as he defends author in dispute over COVID-19 book
Elon Musk jumped to the defense of an author on Twitter on Thursday who was claiming that his book submission was “censored” by Amazon. … Read More
After sparking consternation at NASA, Trump campaign pulls ad featuring SpaceX launch
An online advertisement that plays off last weekend’s historic crewed SpaceX launch to boost President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign drew a protest from the wife of one of the astronauts today — and soon afterward, the campaign deleted its version of the ad. … Read More
NASA’s Dragon riders capture the flag, nine years after it was left on the space station
A day after arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken laid claim to a U.S. … Read More
‘Dragon arriving’: For first time, astronauts reach the space station in SpaceX capsule
For the first time in nearly nine years, astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station in a spaceship that was made in the USA. … Read More