Articles from 2021 – Page 6 of 77

StormSensor raises $10M for rain management tech amid severe flooding across the world

Record-setting rains this fall have created disasters around the globe. It drowned thousands of cows and livestock and cut off… Read More

Investor presses Microsoft to release results of Bill Gates investigation after rare shareholder win

After winning support from Microsoft shareholders for more transparency and independence in the company’s handling and disclosure of sexual harassment… Read More

Highlights from comedian Trevor Noah interviewing Fred Hutch COVID-19 researcher Trevor Bedford

Trevor, meet Trevor. Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show” host and South African comedian, came through Seattle last week on tour… Read More

Climate tech funding news: BattGenie works its magic; lithium refining startup gets Gates’ support

Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie The news: BattGenie — a startup… Read More

General Fusion lands $130M from Bezos and others as fusion energy sector keeps heating up

The news: The fusion energy field just keeps getting hotter. British Columbia’s General Fusion on Tuesday said that it has… Read More

Is the internet going to end? Signs around Seattle beg the question ahead of unique date, 12022021

If the internet ends this week, this story and any proof that I bothered to think about this, is going… Read More

Cannabis analytics startup Headset, led by Leafly founders, raises more cash

The news: Cannabis analytics company Headset on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.6 million in funding. That includes $3 million… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Deal mania shakes up rankings of top PNW startups

This year’s “deal mania” shook up the ranks of companies on the GeekWire 200, our index of the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More

Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky sees ‘endless’ opportunities to tailor services to industries

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky echoed his predecessor Andy Jassy in his first AWS re:Invent keynote address Tuesday morning,… Read More

Density dilemma: Bellevue faces housing hurdles with massive tech growth on the horizon

Mayor Lynne Robinson knows it’s coming. So do the developers, the housing advocates, the retirees who don’t want their suburb… Read More

Microsoft shareholders approve resolution calling for new insights into sexual harassment cases

Updated below with vote tallies. Microsoft pledged to release more information about sexual harassment cases after shareholders approved a resolution… Read More

That’s a bomb sweater: Microsoft’s ‘Minesweeper’ soft-wear is a throwback to vintage video game

Just in time for the 2021 holidays, Microsoft is releasing an ugly sweater that throws the style clock back to… Read More

COVID-19 experts answer questions about Omicron — and where the variant may have come from

There’s not a lot known about the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, but what scientists see so far has them on… Read More

Melinda French Gates on the ‘absurdity’ of extreme wealth and what she’s learned about real giving

Melinda French Gates on Tuesday morning reaffirmed her commitment to the Giving Pledge, in which the world’s wealthiest people commit… Read More

Property services platform Lessen opening new Seattle office as it raises $170M in fresh funding

Lessen, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that runs a marketplace platform for property services, is growing in Seattle as it gets… Read More

Chinook Therapeutics helps form China-based biotech venture to treat kidney disease

The news: Chinook Therapeutics on Tuesday announced the formation of SanReno Therapeutics, which will advance therapies for kidney disease in… Read More

Satya Nadella sells half his Microsoft stock, weeks before state implements capital gains tax

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sold half of his stake in the company in a series of transactions last week, divesting… Read More

Amazon preps for a ‘multi-robot’ world: RoboRunner cloud service builds on its own warehouse tech

The concept of “multi-cloud” has become widely accepted in the tech industry, as companies use different cloud vendors for various… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama will redo union vote after NLRB orders new election

The National Labor Relations Board is calling for a new union election at an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.,… Read More

Study: Kids stereotype tech as being for boys and not girls – but not for the reason you might expect

New research from the University of Washington and the University of Houston found that gender stereotypes around computer science and… Read More

Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky hints at new directions for AWS as re:Invent begins

Amazon Web Services this week is holding its first re:Invent conference without Andy Jassy at the helm of the tech… Read More

Rethinking home inspections: Zillow and Flyhomes vets land $8M for Seattle startup Inspectify

The news: Inspectify, a 2-year-old Seattle startup tackling the home inspection process, raised $8 million from several VCs, real estate… Read More

New list highlights 40 top startups solving business problems with artificial intelligence

Four Seattle-area companies made a list of top private companies building business applications with artificial intelligence and machine learning. The… Read More

Teaching artificial intelligence right from wrong: New tool from AI2 aims to model ethical judgments

During the past two decades, machine ethics has gone from being a curiosity to a field of immense importance. Much… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 21, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 21, 2021. Read More

A giant ship from Halo appears at Oregon Ducks football game as part of mixed reality experience

Mixed reality is making its way into the sports marketing world. The latest example was Saturday afternoon at Autzen Stadium… Read More

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What we’re most thankful for in tech, science, business, and innovation

This was a week when many of us in the U.S. paused to reflect and give thanks. We’re keeping the… Read More

GeekWire Gift Guide: 10 gadgets and tools you can actually get this holiday season

This year’s unusual holiday season is all about managing expectations. Most brand-new electronics are in limited supply due to the… Read More

This startup is helping Microsoft and others figure out how to cut their carbon footprint

People can’t see or smell carbon dioxide or methane gas. But saving the Earth from the worst effects of a… Read More

A balloon with Pop! Funko flies high in annual Thanksgiving Parade with Grogu from ‘Mandalorian’

Funko is flying high on Thanksgiving Day. The Everett, Wash.-based pop culture products company played a popular part in the… Read More