9:02 PM PDT Tech9:02 PM PDT Agtech startup Dewey Scientific raises $3.2M to further advance cannabis industry innovations
4:37 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences4:37 PM PDT Athira Pharma extends Alzheimer’s clinical trial, adds new execs after CEO placed on leave
3:00 PM PDT Real Estate3:00 PM PDT Porch makes $35M acquisition; reshuffles board; revenue up 200%; loss grows; PPP loan forgiven
2:35 PM PDT Amazon2:35 PM PDT Amazon exec Wei Gao, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, latest to leave tech giant
11:35 AM PDT Startups11:35 AM PDT Seattle fintech startup Allio raises $5M for robo-advisor investment tool
10:04 AM PDT Space10:04 AM PDT Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA for giving Musk’s SpaceX sole contract to return astronauts to moon
8:07 AM PDT Tech8:07 AM PDT T-Mobile confirms data breach, but unclear if hackers accessed customer info
9:00 PM PDT Impact Series9:00 PM PDT Are we just ants in a death spiral? Researchers call for scientific studies of social media networks
11:12 AM PDT Amazon11:12 AM PDT Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 8, 2021
6:30 AM PDT Podcast Wall Street goes to pot, and to the dogs — and that’s a good thing for Seattle’s startup scene
12:30 PM PDT Space12:30 PM PDT How I got this photo of the Perseids meteor shower over Mount Rainier — and tips for watching more
11:44 AM PDT Civic11:44 AM PDT Zillow Group faces antitrust scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over $500M ShowingTime acquisition
10:39 AM PDT Amazon10:39 AM PDT U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data
8:57 AM PDT Startups8:57 AM PDT Intrado acquires Hubb, which builds software for in-person and virtual events
8:09 AM PDT Amazon8:09 AM PDT Census data shows Seattle’s population surge over last decade, fueled in part by tech job growth
6:14 AM PDT Amazon6:14 AM PDT Ranked: The states where Amazon has invested most in jobs and infrastructure in the past decade
10:50 PM PDT Amazon10:50 PM PDT Livestreaming report: Amazon’s ‘New World’ gains attention as gamers flock to closed beta
3:14 PM PDT Science3:14 PM PDT First ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 spotted in Washington state, 2 miles from where old nest was eradicated
2:42 PM PDT Facebook2:42 PM PDT Facebook focuses on ‘data, not dates’ as it, too, pushes office return to January 2022
12:36 PM PDT Startups12:36 PM PDT Online gambling giant Entain to acquire Seattle esports betting startup Unikrn
10:57 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:57 AM PDT Visus Therapeutics lands $20M to develop eye drop that corrects vision loss
10:07 AM PDT Tech10:07 AM PDT Gates offers $1.5B for carbon-cutting innovation if lawmakers enact public-private program
9:00 AM PDT Startups9:00 AM PDT Convoy inks 123,000 square-foot lease in downtown Seattle and reveals return-to-office plan
8:38 AM PDT Startups8:38 AM PDT Cryptocurrency startup TaxBit, which just opened a new HQ in Seattle, lands $130M at $1.33B valuation
8:34 AM PDT Civic8:34 AM PDT How Washington state’s potential federal infrastructure largess could spark a broadband fight
7:31 AM PDT Games7:31 AM PDT Z2 vets raise $5M to grow Seattle studio Starform and launch social games
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Ex-Amazon chief Jeff Wilke invests in new digital ad targeting company that uses first-party data
1:43 PM PDT Startups1:43 PM PDT Former Amazon exec aims to close the gender gap in STEM fields with new guidance startup Gotara
