8:00 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 3, 2021
9:00 AM PST Geek of the Week9:00 AM PST He always wanted in the game, and now Shotcall’s Gordon Li is helping fans play alongside creators
7:50 AM PST Podcast ‘This has not happened before’: Tech historian on Trump, social media, and an unprecedented moment in American history
11:34 PM PST Games11:34 PM PST Top mobile apps of 2020: TikTok, Fitbit, ‘Roblox’ and ‘Among Us’ lead the way
5:35 PM PST Geek Life5:35 PM PST Is Microsoft tweeting shade at Trump? Probably not, but many followers feel like they’re in on a joke
12:41 PM PST Tech12:41 PM PST DoubleDown Interactive lays off 55 employees at Seattle office following delayed IPO
11:57 AM PST Geek Life11:57 AM PST FOX Sports bringing popular camera tech to NFL Playoffs, kicking off with game in Seattle
8:09 AM PST Startups8:09 AM PST How Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs spun out 25 ideas in 5 years — with more on the way
3:59 PM PST Science3:59 PM PST Boeing agrees to pay $2.5B to resolve criminal fraud case in 737 MAX crisis
2:55 PM PST Tech2:55 PM PST F5 Networks will buy Volterra cloud computing startup for $500M in latest major acquisition
10:51 AM PST Tech10:51 AM PST Portland online banking service Simple shutting down ahead of parent company’s acquisition
10:29 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:29 AM PST Allen Institute leader Allan Jones to step down after nearly 18 years at Seattle research organization
9:40 AM PST Startups9:40 AM PST Seattle startup Syndio raises $17.1M as demand spikes for HR software that helps identify pay gaps
8:36 AM PST Tech8:36 AM PST Tesla stock surge helps power Elon Musk past Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world
8:19 AM PST Startups8:19 AM PST Spectrum Effect raises $9.5M for machine learning tech that helps mobile operators avoid interference
7:44 AM PST Science7:44 AM PST Fraud allegations fly in dispute over brain-scanning tech made famous on Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’
7:18 AM PST Tech Moves7:18 AM PST Tech Moves: Starbucks names new CFO as pandemic fuels mobile ordering; Panopto adds IBM exec; F5’s new security leader; and more
3:45 PM PST Tech3:45 PM PST Days after mob overruns U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently suspends account of President Trump
12:23 PM PST Amazon12:23 PM PST Amazon tops 75,000 employees in Seattle area as company looks elsewhere in region for growth
10:29 AM PST Amazon10:29 AM PST Report: Amazon working on Alexa-enabled device to track and measure sleep disorder
8:51 AM PST Amazon8:51 AM PST Amazon’s new $2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington, Nashville and Seattle areas
8:04 AM PST Startups8:04 AM PST Data compliance startup Hyperproof raises $4M as pandemic puts spotlight on security and privacy
9:11 PM PST Science9:11 PM PST Boeing says its composites R&D center will be turned to other purposes, ending an era
5:30 PM PST Games5:30 PM PST Nintendo makes a rare acquisition, scoops up ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ maker Next Level Games
3:44 PM PST Games3:44 PM PST Microsoft-owned Mojang Studios shutting down AR-powered ‘Minecraft Earth’ game in June
1:22 PM PST Startups1:22 PM PST Omnivor raises $2.7M as pandemic spurs interest in holographic media from Nike, T-Mobile, others
10:10 AM PST Amazon10:10 AM PST Amazon Air makes first outright purchase of planes, buying 11 Boeing jets to expand cargo fleet
9:57 AM PST Health/Life Sciences9:57 AM PST What you need to know about the newly detected, more contagious COVID-19 variant
