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 June 28, 2020.
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Microsoft unveils sweeping job training initiative to teach digital skills to 25M impacted by pandemic
Microsoft plans to provide digital skills training for 25 million people this year under a new, multi-million dollar initiative that will bring together multiple branches of the company, including LinkedIn and GitHub. … Read More
COVID-19 cases soar again in Wash. state; Inslee accuses Trump and Pence of ignoring U.S. crisis
A total of 3,180 cases of COVID-19 were reported across Washington state in the past seven days, approaching the weekly totals seen at the previous height of the outbreak in the state nearly three months ago. … Read More
Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020
Health benefits platform Accolade made its initial public offering Thursday morning, pricing its stock at $22/share, above the expected range of $19 to $21, and raising $220 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion in its debut on the Nasdaq stock market. … Read More
Bill Gates says pandemic could get ‘worse than I would have expected’ — and calls for leadership
Tech leaders typically use their TED talks to sketch out an optimistic vision of the future, but today Bill Gates used his to warn about a rough autumn ahead due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. … Read More
Public health officials do a reality check on Elon Musk’s tweets about COVID-19 tests
Billionaire Elon Musk knows his stuff when it comes to rockets or electric cars. … Read More
Washington state reports 700+ new COVID-19 cases, highest daily total since outbreak began
Washington state is seeing a continued resurgence of COVID-19, reporting a record 728 confirmed cases on Thursday, the highest daily total yet in the state that was the first known U.S. … Read More
Professor tackles one more mystery about quantum mechanics and time’s flow
The University of Washington physicist who once ran a crowdfunded experiment on backward causation is now weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics. … Read More
Alice Jolla to take over as Microsoft’s chief accounting officer following Frank Brod’s retirement
Microsoft corporate controller Alice Jolla will take over as chief accounting officer following the retirement of Frank Brod. … Read More
Seattle startup Integris acquired by data privacy giant OneTrust
OneTrust, an Atlanta-based privacy software company valued at nearly $3 billion, has acquired Seattle startup Integris Software. … Read More
Gates Foundation CEO on COVID vaccines and the pandemic’s potential silver linings
The head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says he’s hopeful that a COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the end of this year — if all goes well. … Read More