Articles from 2021 – Page 51 of 77

CDC’s new mask rules: Health experts differ on implications of updated guidelines

In the U.S., some 43% of the population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose. And as these numbers… Read More

Amazon to spend $1B to boost pay for 500k operations workers by as much as $3 an hour

Amazon announced Wednesday that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in wage increases for its operations workers, promising… Read More

JEDI news: Judge won’t dismiss Amazon’s claim that Trump interfered with $10B cloud contract

The news: A federal judge on the Court of Federal Claims declined to dismiss allegations that former President Trump interfered with… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

— Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as its first-ever chief technology officer. The Seattle startup… Read More

Investors hooked on Minnow: Seattle startup raises $3M for its contactless food ‘Pickup Pods’

New funding: Seattle-based startup Minnow, makers of a contactless food delivery and pickup pod, has raised $3 million in seed… Read More

Can machine learning help save the whales? How PNW researchers use tech tools to monitor orcas

Being an orca isn’t easy. Despite a lack of natural predators, these amazing mammals face many serious threats – most… Read More

More than a quarter of all Starbucks orders in the U.S. are now paid for with a smartphone

The news: As part of its fiscal second quarter earnings report, Starbucks said that mobile order transactions now make up… Read More

Writing is on the wall for Calibri: Microsoft to replace its default font and offers up 5 new choices

It’s the letter no font wants to receive. After 14 years, Microsoft is ready for a change and it has… Read More

Freight forwarding software startup Logixboard lands $13M

New funding: Logixboard, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage and control their freight operations, raised a $13 million Series… Read More

Former Washington Post editor writing ‘Collision of Power,’ touching on Trump, Bezos and newspaper

Marty Baron, who retired as executive editor of The Washington Post earlier this year, is writing a book about his… Read More

Fuse raises more than $100M, adds Bay Area tech vet Brendan Wales as third founding partner

The news: Brendan Wales, a longtime Bay Area tech startup investor, has joined Seattle-based venture capital firm Fuse as its… Read More

How this Techstars alum used a new crowdfunding law to raise nearly $1M for remote work platform

With a mission to bring its remote career platform to more people, Arc is also bringing the chance to invest… Read More

Microsoft’s accessibility chief on the benefits of closing the ‘disability divide’

Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie is thinking about disabilities in ways that many others are not. Or at least,… Read More

F5 Networks beats quarterly expectations as revenue up 11% to $645M, but stock dips 5%

F5 Networks earnings: The Seattle-based company reported $645 million in revenue, up 11% year-over-year, for its fiscal second quarter. Non-GAAP earnings… Read More

Microsoft Teams hits 145M daily active users, up from 115M in October and 75M a year ago

The news: Microsoft said there are now 145 million daily active users on Microsoft Teams, its fast-growing collaboration software. That’s up… Read More

Despite Xbox shortages, Microsoft reports $3.6B in Q3 gaming revenue, 232% growth in hardware sales

As per the company’s fiscal third quarter earnings report, Microsoft’s Xbox division posted $3.6 billion in revenue, up 50% year-over-year.… Read More

Report: Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe among group of female sports stars launching NFT trading cards

Seattle Storm star Sue Bird and U.S. Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe are among the female athletes getting in… Read More

Microsoft beats earnings estimates with $41.7B in revenue, up 19%, and $15.5B in profit, up 44%

Microsoft beats earnings estimates: The Redmond, Wash., tech giant reported $41.7 billion in revenue for the March quarter, up 19%… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Cast your ballot for the top CEO

CEOs did not have an easy task running their companies over the past 12 months — navigating a series of… Read More

Amazon sees ‘positive outcome’ after FCC puts conditions on a shift in SpaceX Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to modify the planned orbits for future satellites in its… Read More

Elon Musk taunts Jeff Bezos over Blue Origin’s challenge to SpaceX’s contract for lunar lander

The billionaire space battle just got kicked up a notch, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture challenging… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Which company will be the Next Tech Titan to emerge from the PNW?

Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, T-Mobile, Zillow, Redfin, Smartsheet, Avalara. The list of tech giants from the Pacific Northwest continues to grow… Read More

BitTitan acquires Perspectium to bolster IT service management software

The news: BitTitan, a Seattle-area cloud services provider, announced the pending acquisition of Perspectium, a 75-person company that helps companies manage… Read More

Profitable and growing, international shipping startup FlavorCloud raises $6.3M

New funding: FlavorCloud, a Seattle startup that helps e-commerce companies ship products around the globe, raised $6.3 million. The business:… Read More

Legal tech startup Clio valued at $1.6B after raising $110M

New funding: Online legal giant Clio raised $110 million, boosting its valuation to $1.6 billion. The business: Founded in 2008 and… Read More

Amazon upgrades Fire HD 10 lineup as remote work and school led to renewed interest in tablets

Amazon announced the next generation of Fire HD 10 tablets on Tuesday, improving the biggest in its line of devices… Read More

Amazon expands service that delivers groceries inside your garage

The news: Amazon is expanding its Key In-Garage Grocery Delivery service to more than 5,000 U.S. cities and towns. It… Read More

Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated — remotely — from Y Combinator

Five Seattle-area startups just graduated from Y Combinator’s remote accelerator with new ideas on software containers, note-taking, reusable rockets and… Read More

Microsoft on verge of reaching $2 trillion market cap milestone following this week’s earnings report

The $2 trillion club: Microsoft may soon join Apple and Saudi Aramco among companies valued at more than $2 trillion.… Read More

Bill Gates predicts ‘very small numbers’ of COVID by end of 2022, takes heat for vaccine patent defense

Bill Gates predicts “the end will come” for the COVID-19 pandemic, saying in an interview on Sunday that a return… Read More