Articles from 2021 – Page 57 of 77

Amazon reveals design plans for second skyscraper as part of major campus project in Bellevue

Amazon has revealed its proposed design for a second office tower as part of its Bellevue 600 project, further solidifying… Read More

Tech-savvy dad launches open-source platform to save children with rare diseases – including his son

On a beautiful August day in a Bellevue park, just as he was getting ready to cut the cake for… Read More

Bill Gates says there are too many low-quality SPACs, but he’s firmly focused on the quality ones

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates hinted at a SPAC bubble, noting in an interview with CNBC on Friday that he’ll be… Read More

Domain name registry Donuts acquired again, this time by Ethos Capital

The news: Donuts, a domain name registry based in Bellevue, Wash., has been acquired by Ethos Capital, a private equity… Read More

Seattle’s Technology Matching Fund awards $343k to 15 nonprofits helping to bridge digital divide

The City of Seattle has announced the recipients of the 2021 Technology Matching Fund, which provides aid to community-led projects… Read More

Bill Gates boosts his backing for ZeroAvia hybrid aviation venture — and for Biden’s energy plan

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting his money as well as his mouth behind the push for new energy technologies.… Read More

Tech Moves: Magic Leap adds another Microsoft vet; GameStop hires Amazon and Zulily execs

— Magic Leap continues to hire from the Seattle region. Anuj Gosalia, a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook and Google, joined… Read More

Dish rips T-Mobile for being anti-competitive over plan to shut down network used for Boost Mobile

Dish Network is not happy with T-Mobile over its plans to shut down a network still used by millions of… Read More

Seattle startup Common Room emerges from stealth mode with $52M in funding

The news: Common Room, a year-old startup based in Seattle, is coming out of stealth mode in a big way. The… Read More

Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps

In an effort to overhaul Seattle’s approach to its homeless crisis, a coalition of downtown business leaders and non-profit representatives… Read More

Funko gets into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app

Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. The Everett,… Read More

OceanGate selects its support ship for this summer’s submersible trips to the Titanic

Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate Expeditions has taken one more giant leap toward sending its submersible to the world’s most famous shipwreck,… Read More

Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why remote work hurts innovation: ‘You don’t riff the same way’

As GeekWire reported earlier Wednesday, Amazon is headed back to the office after letting people work from home for the… Read More

‘Second Nature’: How technology is remaking our world, for better or worse

This is a bad time for Mother Nature — but it’s no use trying to turn the clock back. Instead,… Read More

Gov. Inslee says all Washington state adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting April 15

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that all Washington state residents age 16 and up will be eligible for a… Read More

Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal income tax: ‘I’m going to put an end to that’

The debate over how much Amazon pays in federal income tax is heating up yet again. President Joe Biden called… Read More

Microsoft voices concern over new Georgia law’s impact on voting as it plans major growth in state

A month ago, Microsoft was excited to announced its plans to grow its presence in Georgia and eventually turn Atlanta… Read More

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Same as the old boss: How Amazon honed its anti-union bent at a Seattle call center 20 years ago

Among the biggest stories in the country is an effort to unionize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala. The final… Read More

Microsoft awarded $21.8B Army contract to make HoloLens-type mixed reality headset for soldiers

Microsoft has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to produce a mixed reality headset called the Integrated Visual… Read More

Seattle biotech OncoResponse raises $40.6M to create antibody-based treatments for cancer

New funding: OncoResponse raised a $40.6M Series C investment round as it continues to develop antibodies that fight cancer. The… Read More

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Microsoft gives $5M to UW Medicine to use AI to accelerate response to next pandemic

The speed of the creation of vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 was a modern marvel. You might… Read More

Seattle region ranks No. 1 in U.S. for tech office space leases as 14 big deals help eclipse Bay Area

The Seattle region is the leading U.S. market for large tech office space leases, eclipsing the San Francisco Bay Area… Read More

Amazon updates remote work guidance, plans to ‘return to an office-centric culture as our baseline’

The news: Amazon expects most U.S. corporate office workers back in the office by early fall, the company said in… Read More

Former Rover board member and pet-tech veteran Aaron Hirschhorn dies in Miami boating accident

Aaron Hirschhorn, a tech veteran and former board member at Seattle-based Rover, died Sunday in a boating accident near Miami… Read More

Amgen to acquire Seattle biotech company Rodeo Therapeutics for $55M

The news: Pharmaceutical giant Amgen agreed to acquire Rodeo Therapeutics, a Seattle biotech startup creating small-molecule therapies that help repair… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Outpace Bio raises $30M to fight cancer with custom-designed proteins

New funding: Outpace Bio raised a $30 million Series A investment round to design custom cell and gene-based therapies. The… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Top Pacific Northwest tech startups hold their ground atop the list

Companies such as Big Fish Games, Cheezburger Network, and Tableau Software once sat atop the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the… Read More

Amazon donates $1.5M to support Seattle-area hunger relief efforts through four organizations

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is donating more than $1.5 million to a variety of organizations in the Seattle area… Read More

Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space… Read More

Dapper Labs, the Vancouver B.C. startup behind NBA Top Shot NFT craze, raises $305M

New funding: Dapper Labs raised $305 million at a reported $2.6 billion valuation. The Vancouver, B.C., startup powers NBA Top Shot,… Read More