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3:08 PM PST Meta3:08 PM PST Meta laying off 331 workers in Washington state as part of broader cuts to Reality Labs division
2:28 PM PST Civic2:28 PM PST Bill to tax short-term rentals returns in Washington state — along with Airbnb opposition
1:25 PM PST Startups1:25 PM PST Seattle startup that brings hedge fund investing capabilities to anyone raises $1.2M
11:54 AM PST Startups11:54 AM PST Fire at Rad Power Bikes retail facility in California is latest trouble for Seattle startup
10:51 AM PST Artificial Intelligence10:51 AM PST The Microsoft-OpenAI Files: Internal documents reveal the realities of AI’s defining alliance
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9:34 AM PST Real Estate9:34 AM PST Pioneer Collective expanding its co-working space in downtown Seattle
8:15 AM PST Civic8:15 AM PST Engineers in the field: Washington state bets on AI to help save the future of farming
9:32 AM PST Tech9:32 AM PST Washington lawmakers target ‘addictive’ social media feeds in revived push for youth safeguards
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Travel startup founder trades banking for basecamps, and makes bucket-list treks more inclusive
3:02 PM PST Cloud Tech3:02 PM PST Vega Cloud enters receivership, with millions in debt, in surprise turn for Spokane tech standout
8:00 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 11, 2026
4:26 PM PST Space4:26 PM PST ‘The start of a very long journey’: NASA’s Artemis moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad
7:37 AM PST Podcast Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan
4:29 PM PST Civic4:29 PM PST AI research boost: University of Washington expands infrastructure with $10M in federal funding
12:30 PM PST Space12:30 PM PST Rocketdyne redux: Seattle area’s oldest rocket factory to get new ownership under old name
10:32 AM PST Startups10:32 AM PST Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP jumps to Google; Seattle engineers launch new startup; GitHub names VP
10:27 AM PST Civic10:27 AM PST What Microsoft has learned about housing, and why it’s urging the state to unlock commercial land
7:00 AM PST Artificial Intelligence7:00 AM PST ‘A new era of software development’: Claude Code has Seattle engineers buzzing as AI coding hits new phase
1:35 PM PST Microsoft1:35 PM PST Microsoft campus library closes in broader shift to AI-powered ‘digital learning experiences’
11:57 AM PST Games11:57 AM PST Meta layoffs hit Seattle-area VR studio Camouflaj, developer behind ‘Batman’ game
9:02 AM PST Startups9:02 AM PST Seattle-area startup MontyCloud raises Series B round to boost cloud operations software
