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Articles from 2021

Washington state lawmakers target Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires with wealth tax

A new proposed wealth tax in Washington state would impose a 1% tax on billionaires, affecting Seattle-area tech and business… Read More

Amazon to host another pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at its Seattle HQ campus on Sunday

Amazon is hosting another COVID-19 vaccination clinic on its Seattle headquarters campus on Sunday, a week after the tech giant’s… Read More

BE-4 engine test

Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas

If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test… Read More

Snow-ridden Ohio plays off Seattle’s rainy weather in clever ad campaign to attract jobs

Hey, Seattle: The Buckeye state is coming for your jobs. JobsOhio, the economic development agency of the midwestern state, is… Read More

Robert Downey Jr. backing Seattle bamboo toilet paper maker Cloud Paper as part of new VC effort

Iron Man is a softy for sustainable toilet paper. Actor Robert Downey Jr. launched two venture funds on Wednesday focused… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime exec Kurt DelBene to retire from Microsoft; Hiya promotes Kush Parikh to president; and more

— Kurt DelBene‘s second stint at Microsoft will end later this year. The former Microsoft Office president, whose recent role… Read More

Valve’s Gabe Newell on new games, brain-machine interfaces, and moving employees to New Zealand

In a couple of recent interviews with New Zealand’s 1 NEWS, Valve Software’s Gabe Newell has offered a few insights… Read More

Bill Gates calls for ‘mega testing’ and global disease alert system to prevent the next pandemic

Bill and Melinda Gates express ongoing concern about the current pandemic in their annual letter, while also looking ahead to… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: A UW student at 16, Merrill Keating leads other girls along STEM path

At the ages of 11 and 12, Merrill Keating wrote and published three books. It turns out her story was… Read More

Madrona puts Create33 on pause as pandemic upends startup community and co-working space

Create33, the Seattle-based “founder center” established by Madrona Venture Group, is no longer operating a co-working space and is revamping… Read More

F5 Networks posts 10% revenue increase, completes $500M Volterra acquisition

F5 Networks, the Seattle-based application security and delivery company, posted revenue of $626 million for the December quarter, up 10%,… Read More

Starbucks COO and Amazon board member Roz Brewer will be new Walgreens CEO

Starbucks COO Roz Brewer will be the new CEO of drugstore giant Walgreens, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Brewer… Read More

Musk and Bezos

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More

Xbox Series X/S launch and Game Pass push Microsoft’s quarterly gaming revenue past $5 billion

The latest Xbox console release helped Microsoft hit a new mark for gaming revenue, topping $5 billion during the December… Read More

Microsoft profits jump 33% as CEO Satya Nadella cites a ‘second wave of digital transformation’

Microsoft’s revenue climbed 17% to more than $43 billion for the December quarter, and profits rose 33% to $15.5 billion,… Read More

Elevate Capital raises $26M for second fund to invest more dollars into minority-led startups

Portland, Ore.-based firm Elevate Capital has raised $26 million as part of its $40 million Fund II. Elevate focuses on… Read More

Amazon invests in startup producing ‘net-zero carbon fuels’ for transportation

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it was investing in Infinium, a Sacramento, Calif.-based startup that is developing what it describes… Read More

Amazon adding 3,000 new tech and corporate jobs in Boston with lease of new 17-story office tower

Amazon plans to add 3,000 jobs in Boston over the next several years, leasing a new 17-story office tower in… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Split Biosciences raises $7M, changes name to Parse Biosciences

Parse Biosciences today announced a $7 million investment round to support growth of its single cell sequencing technology. The biotech… Read More

Why Washington state could finally pass data privacy laws with a bill backed by the tech industry

Washington state will once again try to pass data privacy regulations akin to Europe and California’s laws this year —… Read More

Kevala raises $4M to address healthcare labor shortage with software for long-term care facilities

The pandemic has exposed the U.S. healthcare labor shortage. Now a Seattle startup is aiming to help fill the gap.… Read More

Usermind raises $14M as Seattle marketing startup bounces back with digital acceleration shift

Usermind cut 25% of its staff in March, preparing for the worst at the outset of the pandemic. But then… Read More

‘Huge milestone’ for HaptX as startup releases its gloves for true-contact VR and robotics experiences

After years of research, development, prototyping and pilot projects, HaptX can finally touch its first commercial product. The startup said… Read More

Sub Pop Records opens new retail shop in Seattle — at the base of an Amazon headquarters tower

Sub Pop Records, the longtime independent Seattle record label, is setting up shop in the base of an Amazon headquarters… Read More

Dustup over Microsoft PAC’s contributions brings calls for company to lead political reform

[Editor’s Note: Microsoft underwrites GeekWire’s independent coverage of civic issues. Read more about underwriting on GeekWire here.] Advocates urged Microsoft… Read More

i2H makes another acquisition, buying Ambassador from Intrado

i2 Holdings, a holding company that helps brands improve their personalized customer loyalty technology, has made another acquisition. The Seattle… Read More

More-transmissible COVID-19 variant confirmed in Washington state as vaccinations ramp up

The new, more-transmissible variant of COVID-19 is now confirmed in Washington state. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Medicine Virology… Read More

Techstars Seattle reveals latest class — here are the pros and cons of a virtual startup accelerator

Part of the appeal of a startup accelerator is being able to interact with fellow startups and founders; meet investors… Read More

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation giving $1.4M in COVID-19 relief aimed at underserved communities

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving an additional $1.4 million in relief funds to aid underserved populations across Washington state… Read More

Photos: Inside Amazon’s pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at its Seattle headquarters

During normal times, the Amazon Meeting Center is bustling with Amazon workers and others attending various tech-related events. Amid a… Read More

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