10:43 AM PDT Games10:43 AM PDT Report: Microsoft exploring ways to bring ads to free-to-play Xbox games
9:08 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences9:08 AM PDT This women-led VC firm wants to address ‘a huge gap’ in funding for women’s health startups
9:00 AM PDT Sports Tech9:00 AM PDT Marshawn Lynch and Macklemore join Kraken investment group – see Beast Mode drive Zamboni
8:39 AM PDT Startups8:39 AM PDT Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO; Stripe hires a Microsoft president; Providence names chief digital officer; and more
8:01 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:01 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 10, 2022
8:55 AM PDT Games8:55 AM PDT ‘Second Life’ creator shares lessons learned from one of the world’s first metaverses
8:53 AM PDT Podcast The new frontiers of AI and robotics, with CMU computer science dean Martial Hebert
8:25 AM PDT Bot or Not8:25 AM PDT New AI model shows how machines can learn from vision, language and sound together
10:56 AM PDT Tech Moves10:56 AM PDT Tech Moves: Gopuff hires Bezos’ former technical advisor; Meta engineering leader joins DoorDash
8:28 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences8:28 AM PDT Latest life sciences news: COVID-19 nasal spray; disease reversal; Amazon’s healthcare priorities
7:57 AM PDT Civic7:57 AM PDT New salary disclosure law in Washington state could spell big changes for tech companies
7:00 AM PDT Civic7:00 AM PDT Seattle’s big business tax, 1 year later: Controversial policy generates unexpected surplus
5:33 PM PDT Startups5:33 PM PDT VC funding to Seattle-area startups cools in Q1 as part of larger U.S. slowdown
8:00 AM PDT Startups8:00 AM PDT Designed for success: Vote for UX Design of the Year at the GeekWire Awards
8:00 AM PDT Startups8:00 AM PDT Solving the ‘Prime problem’: Shipium lands $27M to help online retailers compete with Amazon
7:23 AM PDT Amazon7:23 AM PDT Amazon CEO says company is addressing ‘top 100 employee experience pain points’
6:45 AM PDT Civic6:45 AM PDT How Seattle’s new waterfront could boost a battered downtown and impact tech companies
4:06 PM PDT Startups4:06 PM PDT Funding news: Fintech startup for freelancers lands $8M; electric car data platform raises $4.5M
1:30 PM PDT Civic1:30 PM PDT Washington state universities get funding to create cybersecurity programs as industry demand grows
10:51 AM PDT Tech10:51 AM PDT Google now employs more than 7,200 in Washington state — up from 4,500 workers just prior to the pandemic
10:07 AM PDT Games10:07 AM PDT D&D Beyond will officially join Wizards of the Coast in $146.3M acquisition
9:00 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence9:00 AM PDT Yoodli opens up its free website to improve public speaking — and adds in some games
8:30 AM PDT Startups8:30 AM PDT Tech with a touch: Vote for Hardware/Gadget of the Year at the GeekWire Awards
8:10 AM PDT Startups8:10 AM PDT What this Seattle tech CEO learned after moving to a fully remote workforce early in the pandemic
2:46 PM PDT Space2:46 PM PDT Activate the ion drive! LeoStella will buy Astra’s electric propulsion systems for small satellites
11:16 AM PDT Startups11:16 AM PDT Rad Power Bikes lays off 100 employees, about 14% of staff, after raising $304M last year
10:52 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:52 AM PDT Cell therapy biotech raises $120M to advance therapy to treat common cornea condition
