Hotel smart speaker startup Roxy enables custom wake words and enhanced security in new alliance with voice tech company
Shareholders, ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giant’s HQ
President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
Smart commute startup Luum steps out of the shadows with big partnerships and expansion plans
In time for July 4, Oscar Mayer launches Super Hotdogger in a jet pack to help deliver wieners
Washington Post employees call out owner Jeff Bezos over paper’s pay and benefits in open letter
Data platform behind Washington health insurance marketplace acquired by Quest Analytics
‘Thor’ star Chris Hemsworth to miss ACE Comic Con in Seattle; two more Avengers called in
Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing system for doctors
Google to invest $550M in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, which just opened a fully automated warehouse
CityBldr will start buying homes in Seattle — taking on Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor with a twist
Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools
Meet Pulumi, a Seattle-grown cloud startup that wants to be the development platform for the multicloud era
Acumatica lands $25M, plans bigger challenge to SAP, Oracle, other cloud business software rivals
Sensible Object raises $3.2M to develop first Amazon Alexa-powered board game
We tested out a JUMP e-bike as Uber plans Seattle launch of the dockless bike-share service
Amazon Echo Look review and unboxing: What it’s like to use this fashion-focused Alexa device
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 10, 2018
Braking nudes! Seattle’s naked Solstice cyclists use Spin, Ofo and LimeBike in new bike-baring tradition
Amazon ends Mayday live video customer support on Fire tablets, five years after high-profile rollout
Monster catfish pulled from Seattle lake by Microsoft employee turns heads in salmon country
After leading 4,000 job interviews, here’s what Smartsheet’s co-founder loves to ask candidates
Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems, opens new R&D center in Boston area
Artist builds LEGO scene for a modern day Seattle, with iconic buildings — and tents on the streets
Amazon cancels huge summer picnic and post-holiday party as Seattle employee count swells, plans new post-Prime Day concert
Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures places first bets on power storage
T-Mobile promotes Mike Sievert to president as Sprint acquisition process continues
Seattle repeals head tax 7-2 in dramatic reversal that leaves city divided over homeless crisis
Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets
Amazon takes on Google as Ring launches $199 security product for the entire home
Marchex co-founder raises $5.5M from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer, others for new video content startup
Sleuth solves Puget Sound UFO mystery
Braking nudes! Seattle’s naked Solstice cyclists use Spin, Ofo and LimeBike in new bike-baring tradition
Judge approves landmark $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger, paving way for T-Mobile-Sprint deal
Jeremy Wacksman named first Zillow president as three executives take on new roles
NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned
Tech Moves: Tableau adds Microsoft vet as VP of product marketing; New executives at RealNetworks; and more
Death Cab for Cutie sings a familiar tune about Amazon, the tech boom and changing Seattle
Testing Amazon’s new DeepLens camera: Can this $249 device really recognize everyday objects?
SpinLaunch raises $40M from Airbus, Google and others for space catapult
