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Articles from 2021

Alaska Airlines launches investment arm to support goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040

Alaska Airlines on Monday announced the launch of Alaska Star Ventures to invest in new aviation technologies as part of… Read More

Report: Microsoft knew in ’08 about ‘inappropriate’ messages from Bill Gates to female employee

Messages from Bill Gates to a female Microsoft employee were deemed “inappropriate” by the company in 2008, prompting two executives… Read More

Valve unveils Deck Verified, so users can see which games run on new portable Steam Deck device

Valve Software will introduce a new system for games on its digital storefront Steam. With Deck Verified, users can tell… Read More

Amazon’s Zoox will test its autonomous driving technology in Seattle’s ‘different driving culture’

Zoox, the robotaxi company acquired by Amazon last year, will start testing its autonomous driving technology in Seattle for the… Read More

Amazon fulfillment

Amazon adding 150k seasonal workers as massive hiring push continues across operations network

Amazon said Monday that it is adding 150,000 seasonal jobs to bolster the ranks of its operations network during the… Read More

View of Titanic's bow

The disappearing bathtub and OceanGate’s other tales of the Titanic’s rapid decay

For evidence that the wreck of the Titanic is rapidly deteriorating, you need look no further than Captain Edward Smith’s… Read More

Startup fundings: Dance Church lands $4.7M to fuel online fitness platform, and other recent PNW deals

Here’s our latest rundown on recent funding rounds raised by Pacific Northwest companies. — Dance Church, the Seattle-based creators of… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 10, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 10, 2021. Read More

Steam quietly bans games that feature crypto/NFT exchanges

Games and other applications that involve minting or trading cryptocurrency or non-fungible tokens are no longer allowed on Steam. The… Read More

Tackling the climate crisis: 3 optimistic takeaways from climate tech experts at the GeekWire Summit

The climate crisis is a big, scary challenge. But people are working hard to deploy technologies and policies to pull… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The shared orbits of Microsoft and Amazon, and the tech industry’s future in space

Plenty of well-known tech leaders have jumped from Microsoft to Amazon over the years. So what does it say about… Read More

The future of work: HR leaders from Zillow, Expedia on the pandemic-driven changes to the workplace

The future of how we work, where we work, how that work is measured and even how we get to… Read More

This is actually happening: Microsoft’s Xbox Series X Mini Fridge is coming in December

Paying off on a running joke from last summer, Microsoft’s Xbox-themed mini-refrigerator is coming to retail in December. Pre-orders open… Read More

Report card: Microsoft’s board boosts CEO Satya Nadella’s annual compensation to nearly $50M

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s total compensation rose more than 12% to $49.9 million in fiscal year 2021, ended June 30,… Read More

Seattle Seahawks launch ‘Sandbox’ gaming platform to engage with fans in esports and more

While the Seattle Seahawks work out some of the kinks in their on-field game play this season, the team announced… Read More

Interview with creative director at Tencent subsidiary TiMi’s new Seattle studio, ‘Team Kaiju’

TiMi Studio Group has announced that its Seattle-area subsidiary is now officially named “Team Kaiju.” First announced back in June,… Read More

Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements inspired many companies over the past year to pledge their commitment to fighting inequities.… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidates debate city’s future, talk Amazon, taxes and corporate responsibility

In the first live Seattle mayoral debate of the election season, the two candidates — current council president Lorena Gonzalez… Read More

Cell therapy startup Immusoft lands deal with Takeda worth potentially more than $900M

Seattle-based cell therapy startup Immusoft will collaborate with pharma giant Takeda to develop treatments targeted to the central nervous system… Read More

Microsoft nominates ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez to board, reports Satya Nadella’s 2021 compensation

Carlos Rodriguez, the CEO of payroll services giant ADP, has been nominated to Microsoft’s board of directors. Microsoft’s board would… Read More

New Seattle VC firm raises $10M fund to back women-led startups

Female Founders Alliance launched in 2017 out of a group of women who wanted to help female entrepreneurs grow companies… Read More

Downtown Seattle in mayoral debate spotlight as candidates likely to sound off on tech hub’s future

The future of downtown Seattle could be in the spotlight tonight — alongside Bruce Harrell and Lorena Gonzalez — as… Read More

Execs from GitHub and Microsoft Azure invest in new AI startup that helps devs build intelligent apps

The news: Spice AI, a new Seattle startup that aims to help developers quickly build AI-powered software applications, raised a $1… Read More

Microsoft will shut down local version of LinkedIn in China

Microsoft said Thursday that it will pull LinkedIn from China later this year as it faces a “significantly more challenging… Read More

Cannabis tech startup Dutchie raises $350M to double valuation to $3.75B in less than a year

Dutchie is rolling in the green. The Bend, Ore.-based creators of technology to help facilitate legal cannabis orders has raised… Read More

Washington Attorney General says Facebook knowingly lied in lawsuit testimony

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson accused a Facebook employee of knowingly providing false information during testimony over the company’s purported… Read More

Amazon opening new Fresh grocery location in North Seattle plaza; another planned south of city

An Amazon Fresh grocery store will anchor a refresh of a sprawling shopping plaza along heavily traveled Aurora Avenue North… Read More

Microsoft will put government and police contracts through independent human rights review

Microsoft will commission an independent human-rights review of its technology contracts with government and law enforcement agencies, seeking to address… Read More

New Shepard launch

‘The most profound experience’: Blue Origin sends Star Trek’s William Shatner to the final frontier

Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed… Read More

Small businesses try to survive around Amazon in Seattle as company shifts remote work policy again

While Amazon’s latest shift in its return-to-office policy is likely welcome news for Seattle-based employees who have grown accustomed to… Read More

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