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Articles from 2020

Podcast

How this Seattle tech CEO ended up in the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame

Rob Glaser is best known as the founder and CEO of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based company that specializes in digital media,… Read More

Seattle startup promoting women entrepreneurs is puzzled by Facebook’s ban of its ads

The TheWMarketplace, a Seattle-based platform promoting women and diverse entrepreneurs, was excited to feature Askanya Chocolates and its Haitian founder… Read More

How the SolarWinds hackers are targeting cloud services in unprecedented cyberattack

[Editor’s Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] Analysis: To understand where… Read More

Holiday parties in a pandemic: Tableau orders 3,500 meals to go; Smartsheet serenaded virtually; more

Looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with employees while also injecting some much-needed support into the Seattle restaurant… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Theo Monnin’s ‘aerial activism’ pairs drone photography and conservation

For as long as he could remember, Theo Monnin had a poster of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft hanging on his… Read More

Another Seattle power couple commits to giving away their fortune as part of the Giving Pledge

Seattle philanthropists Sarah and Rich Barton have signed the Giving Pledge, joining more than 200 billionaires and ultra-wealthy people around… Read More

Can vaccinated people still transmit COVID-19? The answer is key for herd immunity, research finds

As coronavirus vaccines are distributed throughout the country, a big question remains: Even though the vaccines reduce symptomatic COVID-19, can… Read More

Electric aircraft motor company MagniX lands deal to power UK startup’s planned 300-plane fleet

A Seattle-area company has been picked to provide the electric motors for a proposed fleet of 300 aircraft to be… Read More

Bill Gates caps tough year on upbeat note: When he thinks life will be ‘much closer to normal’ again

Bill Gates was in the news this year almost as much as when he was running Microsoft, as an advocate… Read More

They make a good Teams: Slack CEO’s virtual wedding could take place on rival Microsoft tool

Three weeks into his $27.7 billion honeymoon phase with Salesforce, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield’s real wedding could have an unwelcome… Read More

Podcast

Feast or famine: How restaurants and grocery stores will evolve in the years ahead

Cashierless checkout. Ghost kitchens. And robotic pizza makers. Those are just a few of the trends we’ll tackle in this… Read More

How the COVID-19 relief bill could change the future of game livestreaming in the U.S.

U.S. livestreamers may see major changes to their business model as a result of legislation in Congress’s latest COVID-19 relief… Read More

Microsoft files amicus brief with other tech giants in case against ‘dangerous’ NSO Group

A group of tech companies including Microsoft today filed an amicus brief in a case brought by WhatsApp against NSO… Read More

Peloton to pay $420M for Precor, longtime Seattle-area maker of commercial fitness equipment

Peloton announced Monday that it is acquiring Precor, the longtime Woodinville, Wash,-based makers of commercial fitness equipment, in a deal… Read More

Seattle-based Bloccelerate raises $12M for first fund to invest in blockchain startups

Bloccelerate VC just raised $12 million for its first fund that will back startups selling blockchain technology to enterprise customers.… Read More

Jeff Bezos pledges $25M more to All in WA to help group provide COVID-19 relief across state

Jeff Bezos is doubling his contribution to All in Washington, a statewide effort to provide COVID-19 relief funds. The Amazon… Read More

Seattle-area startup Group14 raises $17M to charge up battery-enhancing tech

Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $17 million to expand development and sales of its silicon-carbon composite material that can… Read More

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Lockheed Martin announces a deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion

Lockheed Martin has struck a deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.4 billion, the… Read More

Poetry vs. programming: Wandering the city, a writer finds the intersection of literature and code

[Editor’s Note: Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House, and a teaching professor… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 13, 2020

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 13, 2020. Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: What Seattle’s billion-dollar startups say about the region’s tech industry

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Seattle’s tech community just reached a new milestone: 10… Read More

Rooted in Tacoma, cloudPWR’s Shadrach White delivers tech solutions for governments everywhere

Throughout his career, Shadrach White has participated in hundreds of successful government IT projects. While more often than not we hear… Read More

Xbox users who bought ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ can get a full refund after disastrous launch for popular game

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action… Read More

‘The week has literally exploded’: Tech security startups grapple with SolarWinds fallout

Ah, the week before the holidays. A great moment to take a breather after a difficult year, cut out early,… Read More

SolarWinds hack: What we know, and don’t know, so far

I keep hearing this from people I respect: It’s hard to overstate how serious the SolarWinds hack is. So, yes,… Read More

Amazon donating 2,000 tropical plants like those in Spheres for sale to benefit Seattle zoo

If you want your home office to look a little more like Amazon’s tropical office setting, here’s a chance to… Read More

Commentary: How the distributed workforce of tomorrow can leave behind the racism of the past

We will soon turn the page on a pandemic that has consumed the conversation in boardrooms across America. Along with… Read More

Meet the startups that just pitched at a virtual Demo Night hosted by Female Founders Alliance

Entrepreneurs selling everything from STI screening kits to skincare products to software tools pitched their ideas at the third annual… Read More

After huge growth in 2020, Seattle startup Rec Room raises $20M to expand virtual hangout game

Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture… Read More

Microsoft says internal probe finds malicious SolarWinds code, no sign of further impact yet

Microsoft says an investigation of its internal systems has found evidence of malicious SolarWinds software code, indicating that the tech… Read More

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