Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight For 25 years, I’ve been recapping the top stories about space and looking forward to next year’s trends on the… Read More
Megadeals, metaverse, and outer space: Test your tech knowledge with GeekWire’s 2021 news quiz This year was a bit of a blur, fighting through waves of Delta and Omicron. But there was other important… Read More
Good Therapeutics lands $8M to develop protein drugs that work only where needed in the body The news: Seattle startup Good Therapeutics has raised $8 million to advance its therapeutic proteins designed to operate only where… Read More
Univ. of Washington program Nature and Health studies link between environment and well-being It started as an idea between friends over beers. Now, the University of Washington’s Nature and Health initiative is helping… Read More
Curi Bio raises $10M for stem-cell based drug discovery platforms Seattle-based startup Curi Bio has raised $10 million to advance its platforms for drug discovery, based on human stem cells.… Read More
Amazon slips to 4th in global shopping app installs amid rise of international brands Amazon’s leading position in U.S. e-commerce is well-documented, but the latest global rankings for app installs show the potential for… Read More
Space Needle blending live New Year’s fireworks with an augmented reality ‘digital hug’ to Seattle The Space Needle fireworks display has long been considered the iconic New Year’s Eve celebration for the West Coast. After… Read More
‘I won’t throw another Surface’: Tom Brady says NFL will fine him if he tosses Microsoft device again Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is going to keep a better grip on his Microsoft Surface after hearing from… Read More
Christmas was so Meta: Big jump in Oculus app installs signals a tipping point for VR New installations of the Oculus mobile app jumped more than 150% over the Christmas weekend, compared to past years, according… Read More
Bristol Myers Squibb exec on the company’s growth in Seattle and beating cancer with immune cells Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has been quietly growing in the Seattle area. Since acquiring Celgene and its Seattle operations… Read More
Top 10 video game stories of 2021: Successes, surprises, big hits — and what could have been It’s been a strange year in a strange business. The video game industry came into 2021 with a lot of… Read More
Surface Trio? Newly discovered Microsoft patent filing shows hinged device with three displays Microsoft has released two versions of its Surface Duo handheld device, each with two displays. But a newly surfaced patent… Read More
Changing the tune on dating apps: Tech vet wants to connect people through their taste in music Remember making a mix tape for someone you were dating? What if the mix tape — or your musical taste… Read More
Intellectual Ventures spinoff Modern Electron raising cash for heat-to-electricity tech New funding: Modern Electron, a spinoff from Intellectual Ventures, is raising cash. A new filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More
Steam outage in China raises more questions about a potential ban Reports of a Chinese ban on Steam’s international client appear to have been a false alarm, but it’s raised more… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 19, 2021 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 19, 2021. Read More
Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun The most expensive telescope in the known universe has begun its journey to a vantage point a million miles from… Read More
High cost, high risk, high hopes: There’s a lot riding on the $10B James Webb Space Telescope’s launch The launch of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana could mark a triumph in a tale… Read More
‘Go home tech bro’: Sentiment sticks around in Seattle, but pandemic peels back a new perspective Within the span of an hour last weekend, I went from holiday shopping at several small businesses in Seattle’s Capitol… Read More
Labor settlement ends Amazon’s “15-minute rule,” letting workers stay on-site for union organizing A settlement between Amazon and the National Labor Relations Board will end a company policy that prevented workers from remaining… Read More
Omeros sells eye surgery product to Rayner for $126M in cash Seattle biotech Omeros completed a deal Thursday to sell Omidria, a product used in eye surgery, to Rayner Surgical Group.… Read More
Seattle gaming startup FlowPlay acquired by casino and resort operator Wind Creek Hospitality FlowPlay, a Seattle startup behind social games such as Vegas World and Casino World, has been acquired by casino and resort operator Wind… Read More
Biosensor startup Monod lands $6M and spins out of Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design A new biotech startup has hatched from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design with $6 million in funding… Read More
Podcast Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year,… Read More
Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec — Enterprise sales startup Highspot appointed four new executives: Arvind Prakash as VP of product management. Most recently VP of… Read More
Debate: Is Amazon good for small business? Amazon is a seedbed for new small businesses while providing unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs and vital convenience and pricing for… Read More
Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space The winner of June’s $28 million auction for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship revealed himself today — and… Read More
Trulia to drop neighborhood crime data from home listings, after Redfin speaks out against practice Trulia, one of Seattle-based Zillow Group’s real estate brands, says it will phase out the use of neighborhood crime data… Read More
Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES… Read More
First Mode chief scientist Elizabeth Frank spans the spectrum from Earth’s depths to deep space Lots of tech startups have a chief executive officer and a chief technology officer, and some have a chief operating… Read More
