10:13 AM PDT Amazon10:13 AM PDT Filings reveal Amazon’s plan to use radar for ‘sleep tracing’ and touchless device control
6:27 AM PDT Microsoft6:27 AM PDT Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others
8:34 PM PDT Amazon8:34 PM PDT Nordstrom buys stake in Topshop and Topman fashion brands in deal with UK online giant Asos
7:51 PM PDT Microsoft7:51 PM PDT Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity startup RiskIQ; reports peg deal at more than $500M
10:35 AM PDT Space10:35 AM PDT Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson takes suborbital space trip, stealing the spotlight from Jeff Bezos
9:00 AM PDT Tech9:00 AM PDT Tech helps reduce overcrowding at Washington state trails via new recommendation feature
8:01 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:01 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 4, 2021
7:23 AM PDT Geek Life7:23 AM PDT Couple finally catches a surf break in dream to bring man-made wave facility to Seattle area
6:30 AM PDT Podcast After helping Amazon reinvent commerce, Jeff Wilke turns attention to reviving U.S. manufacturing
1:13 PM PDT Space1:13 PM PDT Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin fuels feud with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic over suborbital space trips
10:30 AM PDT Amazon10:30 AM PDT New presidential order will push for net neutrality, limit large mergers, restrict non-compete clauses
10:20 AM PDT Amazon10:20 AM PDT Amazon’s BigCommerce deal seen as ‘important signal’ of tech giant’s broader shipping ambitions
10:01 AM PDT Geek Life10:01 AM PDT Trip down Microsoft memory lane leads to Clippy and more nostalgic images as Teams backgrounds
8:41 AM PDT Civic8:41 AM PDT Seattle set to add fourth scooter option as Spin offers high-tech model to improve rider habits
7:00 AM PDT Startups7:00 AM PDT Puppet founder Luke Kanies wants to help leaders remember conversations with new startup Clickety
6:00 AM PDT Impact Series6:00 AM PDT Wildfire forecast: How to stay safe and what to expect this summer in the Pacific Northwest
7:57 PM PDT Geek Life7:57 PM PDT No pie in the sky: Portland pizza is best in U.S., Nathan Myhrvold says in latest epic cookbook
4:25 PM PDT Games4:25 PM PDT Seattle studio Polyarc reveals ‘Moss: Book II,’ a sequel to its award-winning 2018 VR adventure
2:11 PM PDT Tech2:11 PM PDT How Bumble BFF helped this Kentucky transplant find friends and break The Seattle Freeze
10:47 AM PDT Microsoft10:47 AM PDT Microsoft giving employees $1,500 bonus in recognition of challenging pandemic year
9:44 AM PDT Startups9:44 AM PDT Relish launches subscriber plan Relish+ with access to more online recipes and meal-planning help
8:00 AM PDT Startups8:00 AM PDT Utah-based crypto tax software startup TaxBit opening second HQ in Seattle
7:46 AM PDT Tech7:46 AM PDT Connected car company Xevo, owned by Lear, hit with layoffs in Seattle area
7:42 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:42 AM PDT Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome splits into consumer and research divisions
7:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:00 AM PDT Absci’s IPO reflects booming biotech market and growing PNW life sciences industry
5:00 AM PDT Startups5:00 AM PDT Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more
7:30 PM PDT Civic7:30 PM PDT Washington state joins antitrust suit against Google over app store management, commission fees
10:57 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:57 AM PDT Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch
10:52 AM PDT Tech10:52 AM PDT Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy
10:38 AM PDT Civic10:38 AM PDT Can ride-sharing technology change local transit? Seattle-area county testing app-based bus system
