Articles from 2025 – Page 15 of 58

Thruster glows during test in a vacuum chamber

Portal Space Systems brings its solar thermal propulsion system up to full power during test

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system at operational temperatures inside a… Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa and AI features will play doorman, recap Kindle books, and find lost dogs

Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo, Kindle, Ring, Fire TV and Blink devices, with artificial intelligence as the common thread. Highlights include Kindle recaps, Ring’s lost-dog “Search Party,” and Alexa+ features that turn the voice assistant into a virtual doorman and entertainment guide. Read More

Seattle Police Dept. launches new registry to pull private camera footage for investigations

Seattle wants to tap into residential security camera footage to aid police investigations. The Seattle Police Department recently launched Connect… Read More

Software vet Kevin Marcus’ family joins in his latest startup adventure with new indie game studio

Kevin Marcus has always had fun building and innovating with the enterprise startups he helped launch. That feeling is intact… Read More

Amazon’s ‘NBA on Prime’ streams will include FanDuel bet tracking, shopping integration, and more

Amazon is planning a number of interactive features and personalization for fans when it begins airing NBA games on Prime… Read More

Inside Zap: Fusion pioneer tries to build ‘a star in a jar’ to unlock abundant clean energy

Zap Energy is trying to replicate on Earth the reactions that power the sun and the stars in pursuit of clean, nearly limitless electricity. Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard rocket ship lifts off

Blue Origin reportedly plans to expand New Shepard suborbital space fleet and launch facilities

The executive in charge of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space program has laid out plans to scale up the… Read More

Sen. Maria Cantwell at congressional hearing

Sen. Maria Cantwell releases report citing NASA whistleblowers’ concerns about budget cuts

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today released a report that quotes NASA whistleblowers as saying they’ve “already seen safety impacts”… Read More

Paid, a new AI agent billing startup led by Manny Medina, raises $21M seed from Lightspeed, FUSE, others

Manny Medina, co-founder and former CEO of Seattle sales company Outreach, is off and running on his new startup adventure… Read More

Seattle startup Actual AI raises $3.2M to build AI agents for engineering managers

AI coding tools are redefining software development and speeding up code generation. They are also creating new management hurdles. Actual… Read More

What is ‘vibe working’? Microsoft brings agent-powered AI to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Microsoft is rolling out new AI features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of what it calls “vibe working.” The updates introduce Agent Mode and Office Agent, tools designed to handle multi-step tasks and generate documents, spreadsheets, and presentations through Copilot. Read More

Starbucks CTO resigns amid layoffs and broader tech shakeup at Seattle coffee giant

Starbucks CTO Deb Hall Lefevre has resigned, according to a report from Reuters, as the Seattle-based company navigates layoffs and… Read More

Meet the key players in the Pacific Northwest’s fusion energy hub

The Pacific Northwest — a hub for the fusion energy sector — has kicked off its annual Seattle Fusion Week. Here are the region’s key players. Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 21, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 21, 2025. Read More

Out of Office: The bugs are a feature in this tech worker’s ‘beautiful and spooky’ artwork

A technical program manager at Oracle in Seattle, Bergen McMurray has an extensive background in tech and science. On the side, she creates unique wall art using butterflies, spiders, animal skulls and more. Read More

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A $100k wall for talent: Tech leader and author Shirish Nadkarni on the H-1B fee and impact of immigrants

A surprise $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas has rattled the tech industry and reignited the debate over the role of skilled immigrants in U.S. innovation. In a new book, entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni documents the impact of Indian immigrants on the tech ecosystem. Read More

Seattle Mariners shutting down ROOT Sports, shifting TV and streaming to MLB in 2026

The Seattle Mariners announced Friday that they will shut down Root Sports Northwest at the end of the 2025 season,… Read More

End of the EV credit: How the last-minute rush could ironically accelerate long-term electric adoption

Tuesday marks the last day U.S. shoppers can take advantage of tax credits of up to $7,500 for the purchase or lease of a new EV, spurring a sales rush. Read More

New TiE Seattle president on how the $100K H-1B fee could snuff out entrepreneurial flame

Sonu Aggarwal is one of countless entrepreneurs and tech leaders who grew up abroad and immigrated to the U.S. to… Read More

Blended image of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos celebrating

The space race is tightening up for Blue Origin and SpaceX, and for America and China

A newly published book focuses on parallel space races involving Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, and America and China. Read More

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser will retire in December

Nintendo of America announced that Doug Bowser, president and chief operating officer of the video game giant, plans to retire… Read More

Robotics pioneer Sidd Srinivasa on the ‘last mile problem,’ humanoid hype, and why he’s joining Madrona

GeekWire caught up with Srinivasa for a conversation about the state of robotics, opportunities for entrepreneurs, and why he believes Seattle can become a global leader in AI and robotics. Read More

Microsoft cuts off Israeli military’s access to tech that was reportedly used in Palestinian surveillance

The move by the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is in response to an Aug. 6 report by The Guardian, which revealed how Microsoft Azure was being used to store and process millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank. Read More

FTC, Amazon agree to record-setting $2.5B settlement over alleged Prime ‘subscription traps’

The deal includes a $1 billion civil penalty — the largest ever in an FTC case involving a rule violation — and $1.5 billion in refunds for consumers who the agency says were harmed by deceptive Prime enrollment and cancellation practices. Read More

Starbucks closes tech-infused flagship roastery in Seattle as part of broader shake-up at coffee giant

Starbucks closed its flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, nearly 11 years after the location opened as an… Read More

Inside Recompose, where the human composting startup is ready to grow its formula beyond Seattle

Five years after Washington became the first state to legalize natural organic reduction, 13 more states have approved the death care process. Recompose founder and CEO Katrina Spade is eyeing the chance to expand to other parts of the country and world. Read More

Tech Moves: Yoodli, A-Alpha Bio, MoxiWorks add execs, TiE Seattle names president

Seattle startups Yoodli, A-Alpha Bio and MoxiWorks add to their C-suites, TiE Seattle names a president, and other Seattle-area tech moves. Read More

Sirens, startups, and storytelling: My summer at GeekWire

From protests at Microsoft’s campus to interviews with startup founders and AI innovators, Maddie Stoll’s GeekWire internship was a crash course in Seattle’s tech scene — and a study in contrasts with her time in Chicago and London. Read More

From energy efficiency to green design, Seattle floating homes embrace innovation on the water

In the heart of the city, sustainable technology is making waves. Seattle’s vibrant community of floating homes is establishing itself… Read More

Microsoft adds Anthropic’s Claude AI models to 365 Copilot as OpenAI relationship evolves

Microsoft is adding Anthropic’s Claude models to Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving business users a choice beyond OpenAI’s GPT technology. The rollout starts with the Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, reflecting Microsoft’s broader push to work with multiple AI providers. Read More