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Articles from 2024

Walmart lays off 62 people in Seattle area as part of innovation unit shutdown

Walmart is laying off 62 corporate workers in Washington state as part of the closure of Store No8, its innovation-related… Read More

New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development

Software development is one of the early use cases for generative AI. Thousands of companies big and small are already… Read More

Tech Moves: Nintex founder named CEO at WellSaid Labs; F5 hires CISO; Slalom appoints execs

— Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup… Read More

Startup founder returns to take aim at the endless pile of goods that shoppers send back

While e-commerce has made it beyond easy to get virtually anything delivered to your doorstep, a new startup is wading… Read More

Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market: Visitors flock to the house ‘where it all started’

BELLEVUE, Wash. — With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St. is… Read More

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This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we consider Microsoft’s latest AI product, the $20/month Copilot Pro subscription service, compare it… Read More

High school basketball referees in Washington are using body cameras to capture unruly behavior

Instant replay has changed the landscape of professional sports and added more eyes to what officials and referees see in… Read More

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Microsoft says exec emails accessed in hack by Russian group

Microsoft revealed Friday that a Russian state-sponsored actor known as Nobelium accessed its internal systems and executive email accounts.

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Astrobotic’s lunar lander falls into South Pacific after missing out on moon landing

Ten days after its launch, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander fell back to Earth, ending a trip to the moon’s orbital… Read More

Amazon not planning to add delivery fees in Seattle as new minimum wage law impacts Flex drivers

Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash made it known last week that they were adding new delivery fees for Seattle customers as… Read More

Washington issues tech roadmap for educators: ‘AI is here and slowing down isn’t an option’

Washington this week became the fifth state to issue a roadmap to guide educators, students and families in using artificial… Read More

Founded by a former high school counselor, EdXeno aims to connect students with their future colleges

As a high school counselor for more than a decade, Jason Booker witnessed the challenges that students face when applying… Read More

Can AI and a chatbot help smokers quit? New app from Fred Hutch offers personal coaching

Just in time for new year’s resolutions, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is releasing a free app that employs an… Read More

Amazon logistics leader John Felton takes new role as CFO of Amazon Web Services

John Felton, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team who most recently helped lead the company’s logistics operations, took a… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity startup Oleria raises $33M

Oleria, a Seattle startup helping companies manage employee access to applications and data, raised $33.1 million in a Series A… Read More

The most promising pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day 2024

The 2011 cohort of Techstars Seattle will be hard to beat. Three of the ten startups in the accelerator that… Read More

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Three Pacific Northwest space companies win awards from Space Force venture fund

SpaceWERX, which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as… Read More

Scanning against scammers: Costco testing membership card readers at store entrances

Membership has its privileges at Costco, and in a bid to keep it that way, the retail giant is piloting… Read More

Amazon Business leader taking leave of absence; Devices exec will step in to fill role

Alex Gagnon, vice president of Amazon Business and a 21-year veteran of the tech giant, is taking a leave of… Read More

Scientists are using AI to study bee behavior, zebra movement, and insects on treadmills

The halls at a recent meeting of biologists in Seattle were buzzing with more than just the usual excitement about… Read More

Tech vets acquire Fullcast and move sales operations startup from Seattle to Salt Lake City

Fullcast, a software startup that helps companies manage and automate their revenue-generating operations, is changing hands and its headquarters location… Read More

Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft CVP joins Builder.ai as president; Moonbeam hires Seattle marketing vet

— Vahé Torossian, a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined software development startup Builder.ai as president and chief partner… Read More

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First Mode reduces workforce as it revises its vision for lower-emission heavy trucks

Editor’s note: This story and GeekWire’s Layoff Tracker were updated to reflect that 42 U.S.-based employees were laid off. Seattle-based… Read More

Copilot Pro vs. ChatGPT Plus: Microsoft’s new paid service offers alternative to OpenAI subscription

Microsoft’s new $20/month AI chatbot subscription, Copilot Pro, promises to give individual users priority access to the latest AI models,… Read More

Washington state’s capital gains tax stands as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of law

The U.S. Supreme Court today decided not to hear an appeal of a Washington state Supreme Court ruling from March… Read More

Seattle startup Parse Biosciences acquires data analysis software company Biomage

Parse Biosciences. a Seattle biotech startup developing single-cell sequencing products, announced the acquisition of Biomage, a Scotland-based software developer for… Read More

Blackstone’s $2.3B acquisition of Rover clears regulatory hurdle

Seattle-based publicly traded pet sitting giant Rover announced that its $2.3 billion acquisition to Blackstone took a key step toward… Read More

Zulily’s downfall: How the high-flying online retailer soared, sank, and shut down

For hundreds of people once associated with Zulily, their time at the Seattle-based online retailer was meaningful and formidable —… Read More

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