Articles from 2021 – Page 37 of 77

Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon bolstered its senior leadership team in the final days of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO last week, making a… Read More

Can ride-sharing technology change local transit? Seattle-area county testing app-based bus system

Can civic mass transit operate as a ride-sharing service? The Routing Company aims to find out on Bainbridge Island near… Read More

Bill and Melinda French Gates to take two years after divorce to assess partnership at foundation

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will still be led by its namesakes after their divorce, but the foundation announced… Read More

WellSaid Labs raises $10M to boost its synthetic voice business, fueled by AI

WellSaid Labs will have a lot more to say in the years ahead, thanks to $10 million in new investment… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Zeitworks raises $2M, taps Seattle tech vet Jay Bartot as new CEO

New funding: Zeitworks, a Seattle startup that helps companies improve business operations, has raised an additional $2 million and added… Read More

Analysis: Nintendo is running its new Switch console business by an old set of rules

What isn’t in the new Nintendo Switch model is as interesting as what is, and it tells you a lot… Read More

The push for corporate board diversity is growing. How do Pacific NW tech companies stack up?

Former drugstore.com CEO and board chair Dawn Lepore doesn’t need to be convinced that it’s important to have diversity on… Read More

Amazon launches at-home COVID-19 test kit for $39.99

Amazon has launched an at-home COVID-19 test kit for U.S. customers, the company announced today. Customers receive the nasal-swab kit… Read More

Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract after long feud between Amazon and Microsoft

JEDI is canceled. The Pentagon said today it will nix the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, a… Read More

Nintendo unveils Switch OLED model for $350, debuting Oct. 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mHq6Y7JSmg Nintendo’s new Switch: The gaming giant Tuesday showed off the Switch OLED model, the latest version of its popular… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture approaches period of maximum dynamic pressure

Jeff Bezos may be easing back from his CEO role at Amazon, but now he’s due to feel the heat… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 27, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 27, 2021. Read More

Astronomy professor Emily Levesque looks out at massive stars and back at history of her profession

When Emily Levesque was 2 years old, Halley’s Comet made its most recent close pass to Earth. Her older brother… Read More

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LEGO secrets from a ‘LEGO Masters’ star: How Boone Langston built a new career, brick by brick

Boone Langston is an accomplished LEGO builder from the Portland, Ore., area who shares his creations with the world at… Read More

Andy Jassy will join Amazon’s board of directors as he replaces Jeff Bezos as CEO of tech giant

Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will join the company’s board of directors as he takes over for Jeff Bezos… Read More

Seattle startup Intentionalist partners with Apple to point customers to LGBTQ businesses on Maps app

Intentionalist, a Seattle-based startup that promotes small companies, has partnered with Apple to connect users with LGBTQ-owned businesses via its… Read More

Seattle’s HDT Bio to start U.S. clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate

An experimental COVID-19 vaccine in development by Seattle-based HDT Bio will enter early-stage clinical trials in the U.S., the company… Read More

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of… Read More

GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

The beginning of summer this year feels unlike any other. After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening,… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip

The billionaire space race is on: Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is on the crew for the next test flight… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft presidents to depart; Boeing names new CFO; and more

— Microsoft’s U.S. President Kate Johnson and U.S. Government & Regulated Industries President Toni Townes-Whitley are leaving the company. The… Read More

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm

Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based startup Vera Whole Health, the companies… Read More

Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill Gates

A California-based space venture called Astra marked its first day as a publicly traded company today, completing a financial transition… Read More

‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has rounded out the foursome for its first crewed suborbital spaceflight with… Read More

Portland Trail Blazers ink NBA jersey sponsorship deal with Seattle crypto startup StormX

Seattle cryptocurrency startup StormX is making a big marketing splash in the corner of an NBA jersey. StormX just inked… Read More

Cheap, tech friendly BoltBus is rolled into Greyhound during ‘service renovations’

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Greyhound and clarification about the future of the BoltBus service.… Read More

Amazon adds two new leadership principles just days before Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO

Amazon is adding two new leadership principles that reflect how the company is evolving as the tech behemoth faces increasing… Read More

‘This is real’: Electric aircraft maker Eviation set to fly battery-powered plane this year

Seattle-area electric aircraft builder Eviation revealed Thursday that it has begun assembling the first production of Alice, its nine-passenger, battery-powered… Read More

Amazon offering new $170 monthly benefit to employees who commute to work by bike

When Amazon workers return to office buildings in the Seattle area, doing so by bicycle could pay off as the… Read More

Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink and improve meetings

Nobody really likes work meetings. Pete Christothoulou thinks they’re such a problem that he’s launching a new startup to rethink… Read More