Articles from 2021 – Page 22 of 77

Microsoft names Brad Smith vice chair, plans $60B share buyback, sets Nov. 30 annual meeting

Brad Smith, the Microsoft president who oversees the company’s government, legal and public affairs operations, has been named vice chair… Read More

Illustration: Astronaut stepping onto moon

Blue Origin and four other companies win millions to keep lunar lander dreams alive

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar… Read More

Microsoft remote work study: Average length of workweek has increased 10% during pandemic

A Microsoft study examining technology usage by its employees has revealed a decrease in cross-company communication, and sparked a lively… Read More

Predicting weight loss: Study suggests gut bacteria may influence ability to shed pounds

A study led by Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology suggests that the composition of the bacteria in the gut may… Read More

Amazon’s smile logo and Climate Pledge decal to appear on Seattle Kraken hockey helmets

Amazon is adding a little promotional branding on the helmets of the Seattle Kraken, the city’s new NHL team set… Read More

Seattle-area startup Zenoti acquires salon management software maker SuperSalon

Seattle-area startup Zenoti has acquired SuperSalon, another company that builds software for salons and spas. Terms of the deal were… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it’s ‘hard to argue’ its retail business is a monopoly

Facing a new slate of regulators and legislators calling for new principles of antitrust scrutiny, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made… Read More

Bill Gates backs Cipher, a new online climate news source produced by his Breakthrough Energy

Bill Gates is backing a new online climate news publication called Cipher that is slated to start publishing on Sept.… Read More

Remitly aims to raise up to $332M at $6.5B valuation in IPO for Seattle fintech giant

Remitly set terms for its IPO on Tuesday. The fintech company expects to raise $284.6 million, or $332.6 million if… Read More

Cloud automation provider SkyKick lands $130M, riding pandemic tailwinds from digital acceleration

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for companies across various industries. That’s good news for SkyKick, a Seattle startup that… Read More

Seattle compliance automation startup Strike Graph raises $8M to fuel growth and expand services

Seattle compliance automation startup Strike Graph has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Tuesday.… Read More

After milestone flight, Blue Origin SVP Stephen Bennett will join Kepler Communications as COO

The changing of the guard is continuing at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture with the departure of Stephen Bennett,… Read More

Spaceflight Inc. unveils a new breed of orbital tug that’s built for far-out missions

When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a robotic lander to the moon’s south pole, perhaps as early as next… Read More

Former Zillow execs raise cash from SoftBank for vacation home startup Pacaso amid controversy in Wine Country

It’s been less than a year since Pacaso officially launched. But the fast-growing real estate startup has already hit a… Read More

Bill Gates calls inequitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines a ‘public health tragedy’

As people in the United States debate COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a new report from the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Alexa, please! Study suggests kids know how to talk differently to virtual assistants and humans

Kids taught to say “Bungo” to get a smart assistant to speed up know they are talking to a robot… Read More

Health software company Edifecs acquires Talix in deal to boost value-based care

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs has acquired Talix, a San-Francisco based startup that mines language in health data to… Read More

Second ‘murder hornet’ nest eradicated and a third nest has been located in Washington state

The Washington State Department of Agriculture eradicated another Asian giant hornet nest over the weekend and said it located the… Read More

Beyond satellites: Now that it’s gone public, BlackSky will boldly go into new markets

As a private venture, BlackSky made a name for itself providing satellite imagery and data analysis primarily for military and… Read More

T-Mobile inks deal with Walmart to sell products at 2,300 stores

T-Mobile is expanding its retail footprint through a new deal with Walmart that doubles its presence in large national retailers.… Read More

PAX in Seattle: A rundown of games developed in the Pacific Northwest at this year’s show

The indies ran the floor at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, showing off everything from classic role-playing experiences… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 5, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 5, 2021. Read More

Seattle startup Lalo is latest ‘death tech’ innovator, with an app to share and collect stories and more

Juan Medina first considered the idea for his new startup back in 2003, after the death of his father, when… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Pandemic takes a toll on collaboration; How ML is changing the NFL

Remote work is putting productivity and innovation at risk. That was one of the conclusions of a peer-reviewed study of… Read More

Seattle-area psychedelics startup CaaMTech raises $22M to advance to human testing

CaaMTech, a Seattle-area startup developing new psychedelic agents, has raised $22 million in funding, the company announced this week. The… Read More

Seattle startup RareCyte raises $24M to advance new high-speed cell imaging platform

Seattle-based startup RareCyte announced $24 million in new funding on Thursday to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.… Read More

Both sides win and lose in judge’s Epic Games vs. Apple ruling around App Store payments

A federal judge ruled Friday that Apple can no longer prohibit individual developers from offering their own independent payment options… Read More

Washington state tracks down another Asian giant hornet nest, with plans to eradicate it soon

The Washington State Department of Agriculture said Friday that it has located a new Asian giant hornet nest — the… Read More

PAX in a pandemic: Why I liked this year’s subdued gaming expo better, even with the COVID-19 rules

A week out from the return of the Penny Arcade Expo, I’m still sorting out how I felt about it.… Read More

GeekWire’s rooftop BBQ and Sounders Day returns next week: Last chance to grab tickets

One of our favorite GeekWire events — our annual summer rooftop BBQ and Sounders Day party — makes its return… Read More