Articles from 2021 – Page 75 of 77

PATH releases new dashboard to help health officials make sense of COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Say you’re a health ministry staffer for a small country in the developing world or a health department leader in… Read More

Watch Blue Origin fly its first capsule that’s designed to send people to space and back

Update: The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m.… Read More

Working backwards from the customer: Inside Amazon’s strategy to launch new products

If you follow Amazon, you know the company operates not just with a customer focus, but with a customer obsession.… Read More

Costco closing photo centers at all store locations citing rise of camera phones and social media

Costco announced Wednesday that it will no longer operate photo departments at its stores, bowing to the rise of smartphones,… Read More

Seattle startup CEO coins ‘authentech’ to capture an emerging community-focused business model

The world of tech loves innovation and thinking outside of the box. Except, perhaps, when it comes to fundraising. As… Read More

Sana Biotechnology files to go public, looks to cure disease by modifying genes in the body

Less than three years after it was founded and with no revenue on the books, Sana Biotechnology filed to go… Read More

Back to the ‘Future Innovators’: 5 years later, kids adjust to an evolving and turbulent world

Five years ago, budding 11-year-old Seattle scientist Rebecca Yeung was launching a homemade spacecraft high above Earth. The exploits with… Read More

Seattle fintech startup Secure, which helps enable emergency savings accounts, raises $3.5M

Investors are betting on Secure, a new Seattle-area startup riding a trend of increased interest in emergency savings accounts amid… Read More

Amazon responds to Parler’s lawsuit, calls it ‘meritless’ and cites content advocating violence

Update: Parler on Wednesday filed its response to Amazon’s brief. The company claims it was blindsided by Amazon’s suspension and asks… Read More

Training angels: Fledge accelerator founder leads new courses for budding startup investors

Folks curious about making angel investments in promising startups can sign up for online training through the new Angel Accelerator… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

— George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined… Read More

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary to pay $25M to settle whistleblower complaint about used drone parts

Bingen, Wash.-based Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it used recycled parts… Read More

Seattle researchers find clues for treatments that could eliminate HIV in infected patients

In the nearly four decades since HIV was discovered, only two people have been cured of the virus that has… Read More

U.S. patent rankings: Amazon moves up list as effects from pandemic on innovation still unknown

Despite a global pandemic, U.S. patent grants were down less than 1% year-over-year, and patent applications were up nearly 5%.… Read More

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How the pandemic is shaping the future workplace: Distributed offices, 4-day work weeks, and more

Has the workplace changed forever? That question has bubbled up countless times since COVID-19 forced businesses to close their doors,… Read More

Planview to acquire Seattle-based portfolio management software startup Changepoint

Planview, the enterprise software company recently acquired for $1.6 billion by TPG and TA Associates, is making an acquisition of… Read More

AbSci acquires AI startup Denovium to boost synthetic biology platform

AbSci has acquired Denovium, a 6-person bootstrapped startup out of San Diego that uses deep learning to analyze the function… Read More

UW spinout Opticyte lands $4.6M to test device that quickly detects early signs of organ failure

University of Washington biotech spinout Opticyte has landed $2.9 million in federal grants and $1.7 million in seed funding. The… Read More

Amazon stops giving money to lawmakers who voted to override results of presidential election

Amazon is the latest corporation to pause political contributions following the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. The Seattle… Read More

Outspoken climate researcher dishes out some advice for Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos

If billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos really want to maximize their efforts to solve the global climate crisis,… Read More

Parler files lawsuit against Amazon after getting kicked off Amazon Web Services

Editor’s note: Story updated with comment from Amazon. Social media company Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday after… Read More

Two Amazon Fresh grocery stores opening in Seattle region in latest brick-and-mortar expansion

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery footprint is expanding in the Seattle area as the tech giant confirmed it is opening two new… Read More

Microsoft suspends political spending to ‘assess implications’ of violence at US Capitol

Microsoft has halted its political contributions in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. The move… Read More

Mailchimp acquires Chatitive, a B2B messaging startup and Madrona Venture Labs spinout

Marketing giant Mailchimp has acquired Chatitive, a Seattle startup that helps businesses communicate with customers via text messaging. Terms of… Read More

Analysis: The potentially serious cybersecurity ramifications from the US Capitol riots

The overrunning of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday may be one of the most serious cybersecurity events ever, potentially on… Read More

Former Zulily execs raise $150M for new firm that buys and supercharges e-commerce businesses

Two former Zulily executives have landed more than $150 million to fuel a new venture that seeks to buy profitable… Read More

Domain and hosting services company Epik has not had contact with Parler following AWS boot

Seattle-area web services company Epik said it has not had communications with Parler, the social media platform in the spotlight… Read More

2nd Watch CEO Doug Schneider on the art of building company culture while working apart

Over his career, Doug Schneider has held leadership roles for companies in telecommunications, web hosting and cloud services. He has… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 3, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 3, 2021. Read More

Amazon will cut off Parler from AWS for violating terms of service

Amazon’s cloud unit will no longer provide services to Parler, the social media platform popular with conservatives and extremists. BuzzFeed… Read More