Articles from 2021 – Page 44 of 77

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation funds $7.2M in grants to shield coral reefs from decline

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation today announced it will fund $7.2 million in research grants to promote the resilience… Read More

Amazon Prime Day set for June 21-22; tech giant turns to actor Kristen Bell to help counter critics

Amazon confirmed Tuesday night that it will hold its annual Prime Day sales event on Monday June 21 and Tuesday… Read More

Amazon backs legal pot, mellows on employee testing and tracking

Amazon is supporting federal legislation that would both legalize marijuana and purge the criminal records of people previously arrested on… Read More

Seattle’s King County becomes first U.S. county to ban government use of facial recognition software

In a unanimous vote, the King County Council approved a ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology, making… Read More

Seattle-area’s Swift HR Solutions acquires Colorado-based Summit HR Solutions

Swift HR Solutions, a 17-year-old Seattle-based company that provides HR services for startups and mid-sized companies, has acquired Colorado-based Summit… Read More

Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for

The plywood is coming down, restaurants that survived are adding hours and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the… Read More

Tony Frego at Spaceflight Inc. clean room

Inside look: Spaceflight ships out Sherpa orbital tugs to give 36 spacecraft a ride

AUBURN, Wash. — A pair of space tugs are beginning their journey from Spaceflight Inc.’s clean room, south of Seattle,… Read More

Former SpaceX employees raise $3M to build battery systems for fast-charging EV stations

New funding: Electric Era, a Seattle startup that is designing and building battery systems for electric vehicle charging stations, has… Read More

Final tally: Amazon shareholders vote down all proposals on pay equity, privacy tech, more

At Amazon’s annual shareholders meeting last week, the company’s shareholders overwhelmingly shot down more than a dozen proposals aimed, proponents… Read More

I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both?

The gift I best remember from my high school graduation was a pale blue stuffed whale. The parents of one… Read More

Seattle-area lighting manufacturer forms new business to build COVID-zapping UV products

A Seattle-area lighting manufacturer has entered the market with a line of UV lighting products that it says can kill… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 23, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 23, 2021. Read More

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With $8.45 billion MGM deal, Amazon scripts its own Hollywood plot twist

Amazon’s agreement to acquire MGM for $8.45 billion has all the makings of a great script, combining a Hollywood icon… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack joins Payability board; Puppet adds execs; LevelTen Energy names CCO

— Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup.… Read More

Funeral planning idea wins $25k top prize at UW student startup competition

A team of University of Washington students whose mission is to simplify planning and transactions related to burial plots, has… Read More

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Day 2: Why Amazon’s union battle isn’t over yet; and the end of Prime Now as we know it

Wait, didn’t Amazon win its battle with the union in Bessemer, Ala.? Yes, the vote came out in the company’s… Read More

Salesforce discloses Tableau results for first time since $15.7B deal, offering new Slack clues

Seattle-based Tableau Software generated $394 million in revenue for Salesforce in its first fiscal quarter, up 38% from a year… Read More

OceanGate gets its Titan sub ready to begin expedition to Titanic shipwreck

OceanGate is finally on the brink of beginning its first deep-sea dives to the Titanic, the world’s most famous shipwreck,… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Madisen Cordell wins Amazon scholarship to pursue computer science

When Madisen Cordell was in elementary school, a teacher used to bring her into the hallway to give her more… Read More

Incoming AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shares leadership lessons from pandemic in first public appearance since leaving Tableau

Adam Selipsky has years of work experience to draw upon, from stints as a vice president at RealNetworks and Amazon,… Read More

MagniX inks deal to retrofit seaplanes with electric motors for Blade flights around NYC and Hamptons

Everett, Wash.-based MagniX will provide electric aircraft motors to power Cessna seaplanes flying between Nantucket, the Hamptons and downtown New… Read More

Report: Amazon, Microsoft and Google vie for billion-dollar Boeing cloud contract

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are involved in a bidding process to provide Boeing with cloud computing services, a contract that’s… Read More

Oisín raises $5M to develop treatments for ‘zombie cells’ associated with age-related diseases

New funding: Seattle biotech startup Oisín Biotechnologies has raised a $5 million seed round. It’s currently developing preclinical therapies that… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Amazon HR leader joins Snap; Tableau CFO departs; and more

— Darcie Henry, a 23-year Amazon veteran, will join Snap Inc. as chief human resources officer in July. She is… Read More

Lawsuit: Investors bet big on Washington firm’s potential COVID-19 treatment as CEO cashed out

Investors in a biotech startup developing a COVID-19 treatment claim the firm’s leaders cashed out as stock prices surged during… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $1.4B fund, one of the largest in Washington state history

New fund: Seattle-based Frazier Healthcare Partners raised $1.4 billion for its tenth Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund. It’s a big jump… Read More

Bezos, Jeff Bezos, strikes again in billion-dollar bid for Bond and MGM – and social media shoots back

Bezos. Jeff Bezos. Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as a certain British secret agent’s introduction. But that’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos to hand over Amazon CEO role to Andy Jassy on July 5, anniversary of company’s creation

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos put an expiration date on his tenure as CEO, saying Wednesday morning that Andy Jassy will… Read More

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The antitrust case against Amazon: Analyzing the D.C. attorney general’s suit against the tech giant

An antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine this week promises to test the evidence… Read More

Tackling homelessness: GeekWire virtual event will examine the ongoing crisis

More than five years after Seattle issued a proclamation declaring a civil emergency related to homelessness, the crisis still reverberates.… Read More