Articles from 2021 – Page 55 of 77

GeekWire Awards 2021: Check out the 5 finalists for Workplace of the Year

After a year in which the definition of “workplace” became especially fluid, our understanding of what makes for a great… Read More

Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 4 and Surface Headphones 2+ with a Microsoft Teams button

New Microsoft devices: The tech giant unveiled several new products Tuesday, including the Surface Laptop 4, the company’s “most powerful… Read More

Why Microsoft’s shopping spree and lack of regulatory attention isn’t entirely a coincidence

Microsoft’s pending $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications is the latest in what’s become a shopping spree for the… Read More

Isilon founder lifts the hood on farming startup Carbon Robotics and its weed zapping machine

Carbon Robotics, a Seattle company led by Isilon Systems co-founder Paul Mikesell, is unveiling its self-driving robot that uses artificial… Read More

Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who… Read More

‘Rivals of Aether’ creator unveils ‘genre-defining’ Aether Studios in Seattle

The makers of the hit indie game Rivals of Aether announced Monday that they’ve founded a new studio in Seattle… Read More

Rock fans dig deep for Mudhoney and vote to name Seattle tunnel machine after longtime band

Move aside, earth beneath Seattle. Here comes some hard rock. Seattle Public Utilities has announced that a tunnel boring machine… Read More

Meet Mike Lewis, a longtime Seattle journalist and GeekWire’s newest reporter

You may know him as Seattle’s Storyteller. You may know him as the owner of Streamline Tavern. And now, you’ll… Read More

Why Microsoft’s $19.7B deal to acquire Nuance is a ‘perfect fit’ and ‘trophy’ for Redmond tech giant

Microsoft’s giant purchase: The tech giant announced its second-largest acquisition ever on Monday: a pending $19.7 billion deal to swoop… Read More

Seattle podcast monetization startup Glow, a spinout of PSL, acquired by hosting platform Libsyn

Podcast monetization startup Glow, a spinout of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs, has been acquired by Libsyn, a podcast hosting network. Glow… Read More

The GeekWire Awards return: Finalists announced, voting opens across 13 categories

The GeekWire Awards return on May 20, but before we get there we could use a little help. Today, we’re… Read More

Update: Microsoft will acquire Nuance Communications for $19.7B

UPDATE: Microsoft on Monday confirmed it will buy Nuance for $19.7 billion. Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin will retain his position and… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 4, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of April 4, 2021. Read More

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Day 2: Amazon defeated the union in Alabama, but did it win on the larger stage?

Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala., in a victory for the company and a defeat for organized… Read More

Why Amazon and Jeff Bezos are backing a corporate tax rate hike

Jeff Bezos surprised some Amazon critics and followers this week by throwing his weight behind a federal corporate tax hike… Read More

You got vaccinated. Now what? 7 things to know for your post-COVID vaccine behavior

On April 15, anyone in Washington state who is 16 or older can roll up their sleeve and get a… Read More

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes co-founder resigns; WRF CEO Ron Howell to retire; and more

— Rad Power Bikes co-founder Ty Collins has stepped down from the rapidly growing e-bike startup. Collins, who was chief… Read More

Short-seller hits Porch Group with litany of claims, questions its accounting for Lowe’s stock sale

An investment firm with a short position in Porch Group, standing to benefit if its share price falls, released a… Read More

Take note: Amazon vets raise $2M for Dendron, a tool to manage large amounts of information

New funding: Seattle-based startup Dendron has raised $2 million in seed funding for its open source note-taking tool that helps… Read More

Livestreaming report: The sudden rise of sleep streaming; GTA role-playing; Twitch keeps growing

Twitch hit another viewership record last month, buoyed by hot content like watching people sleep and a roleplaying mod for… Read More

Amazon employees vote against union vote by wide margin; union to file objection

In a public defeat for organized labor, a sizable majority of Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala.… Read More

Photos: Go inside the University of Washington’s new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health

A lot can change in the landscape during a year in which social isolation is the norm. At the University… Read More

Tyler Technologies acquires ReadySub, which makes scheduling software for school districts

ReadySub, a Seattle-based maker of a cloud-based scheduling platform for school districts, has been acquired by Tyler Technologies, a company… Read More

Amazon on verge of thwarting union vote in Alabama; remaining ballots to be counted Friday

Amazon appears well on its way to thwarting an attempt to unionize workers at its Bessemer, Ala. plant with the… Read More

CoinFlip brings cryptocurrency ATMs to Washington state as demand soars for bitcoin-buying machines

CoinFlip, a supplier of cryptocurrency ATM machines, is bringing the ease of bitcoin transactions to locations across Washington state. The… Read More

Vacancy rate hits 11-year high in Seattle area as office space market enters recovery mode

New report: A market analysis for the first quarter of 2021 from the commercial real estate company Broderick Group expresses… Read More

Outreach founders raise $1.7M to build ‘Sims for the enterprise’ with new Seattle startup Spot

New funding: Spot, a year-old company led by the founders of billion-dollar startup Outreach, has raised $1.7 million. Company background: GeekWire… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch updates policies to address ‘severe off-service misconduct’

Twitch users may now face punitive measures by the service for actions that occurred offline, on other platforms, or before… Read More

Univ. of Wash.-spinout Icosavax raises $100M to fund vaccine development technology

New funding: At a moment when vaccines are on everyone’s mind, a Seattle-based biotech company that has an unusual approach… Read More

Expedia adds SoftBank deputy general counsel Patricia Menendez-Cambo to board

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group named Patricia Menendez-Cambo, deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group and general counsel of the SoftBank… Read More