6:02 PM PST Tech6:02 PM PST Super Bowl ad: Amazon reveals first official trailer for ‘Lord of the Rings’ series
8:01 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:01 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 6, 2022
8:43 AM PST Podcast GeekWire Podcast: The realities of Amazon’s pay increase; inside Microsoft’s HoloLens business
5:18 PM PST Bot or Not5:18 PM PST Does ‘Kimi’ deliver the goods? Thriller aims to capitalize on Alexa, Siri … and Seattle’s tech cachet
2:05 PM PST Health/Life Sciences2:05 PM PST Smartphone system developed by Univ. of Washington researchers detects blood clotting
1:26 PM PST Startups1:26 PM PST Tech Moves: Indeed hires Zillow economist; Impinj names COO; Amazon vet joins Fabric; more
12:59 PM PST Amazon12:59 PM PST Former Seattle entrepreneur and her husband to get back most of funds seized by FBI in Amazon case
10:48 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:48 AM PST Vaccine startup Curevo takes on pharma giant GSK, raises $60M for trial of shingles shot
10:32 AM PST Startups10:32 AM PST Amperity’s ex-CEO also left board in abrupt departure from billion-dollar Seattle tech startup
10:08 AM PST Geek Life10:08 AM PST Super Bowl ad roundup: Big stars push a range of tech, from travel to phones to electric vehicles
9:02 AM PST Tech9:02 AM PST Expedia CEO says maybe the metaverse emerges in 100 years, predicts more interest in the ‘real-verse’
5:07 PM PST Civic5:07 PM PST Data linked to professional licenses may be affected by potential Washington state breach
4:28 PM PST Games4:28 PM PST Switch hacker Gary W. Bowser given 40-month sentence, owes Nintendo $14.5M
4:05 PM PST Amazon4:05 PM PST Vaccinated Amazon employees can remove their masks at work as tech giant adjusts COVID policies
2:32 PM PST Tech2:32 PM PST With tech overhaul in place, Expedia Group sees ‘solid return to travel’ as profits top expectations
1:33 PM PST Geek Life1:33 PM PST Univ. of Washington student tests trivia smarts in ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’
1:09 PM PST Real Estate1:09 PM PST Zillow shares up 16% as real estate giant reveals ‘housing super app’ strategy amid iBuying closure
9:27 AM PST Startups9:27 AM PST Perfect pivot: Mystery hits $100M valuation after shift from date facilitator to employee engagement
9:00 AM PST Amazon9:00 AM PST ‘Things could get worse’: Amazon’s salary bump reignites housing concerns in Seattle region
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Seattle startup Yardstick launches app for structured job interviews, better hiring decisions
6:40 AM PST Tech6:40 AM PST Analyst: Zillow must ‘demonstrate core business stability’ following shutdown of Zillow Offers
6:00 AM PST Impact Series6:00 AM PST Carbon Call: Microsoft among organizations joining effort to bolster accounting of CO2 emissions
2:33 PM PST Space2:33 PM PST SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic
12:14 PM PST Tech12:14 PM PST Air Force tech competition gives a lift to concepts for fast and furious ‘flying cars’
9:45 AM PST Games9:45 AM PST Microsoft looks to preempt Activision-Blizzard objections with new app store principles
9:30 AM PST Health/Life Sciences9:30 AM PST Human ‘organoids’ and mysterious class of proteins among topics for new Allen Investigators
9:00 AM PST Amazon9:00 AM PST New ‘Science Hub’ to launch at Univ. of Washington with $1.9M from Amazon
3:18 PM PST Tech3:18 PM PST You’re listening to KUOW … like it or not: Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio
1:31 PM PST Startups1:31 PM PST Funding news: Materials maker lands $14M, cybersecurity startup raises $4.5M, and more
