10:16 AM PST Civic10:16 AM PST Bill Gates calls for creation of National Institutes of Energy Innovation to better address climate change
8:55 AM PST Amazon8:55 AM PST After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention
8:30 AM PST Geek Life8:30 AM PST Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’
4:00 AM PST Startups4:00 AM PST PreAct raises $1.6M from Sony, others to help prevent road traffic crashes with vehicle-sensing tech
2:41 PM PST Games2:41 PM PST Microsoft acquires video-game tournament tool Smash.GG as MSN expands esports footprint
2:37 PM PST Cloud Tech2:37 PM PST CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption
10:43 AM PST Startups10:43 AM PST New data shows how much cash Seattle-area tech startups received in PPP loans
10:29 AM PST Amazon10:29 AM PST Amazon’s safety claims fail to convince critics in government amid holiday shopping rush
8:28 AM PST Geek Life8:28 AM PST Why NBA legend Detlef Schrempf joined Cameo, and what it says about the future of fan interaction
7:30 AM PST Startups7:30 AM PST Former Sumo Logic and Auth0 exec raises $2M for stealthy new security startup ZeroWall
6:11 PM PST Space6:11 PM PST Radian Aerospace pursues a stealthy and unorthodox plan for orbital space plane
4:23 PM PST Health/Life Sciences4:23 PM PST COVID-19 exposure notification apps become more widespread — but will they make a difference?
1:55 PM PST Cloud Tech1:55 PM PST Salesforce’s $27.7B Slack deal combines two Amazon allies, creates big new rival for Microsoft
1:13 PM PST Education1:13 PM PST Seattle U names $100M Center for Science and Innovation after Costco co-founder and wife
12:32 PM PST Startups12:32 PM PST Seattle startup Wyze launches another product, unveils $20 smartwatch with oxygen level tracker
10:10 AM PST Startups10:10 AM PST Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO
9:52 AM PST Microsoft9:52 AM PST Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash
7:00 AM PST Startups7:00 AM PST Tech CEO moves $9B cybersecurity company’s HQ to Seattle area, says S.F. is ‘not the city it was’
6:00 AM PST Artificial Intelligence6:00 AM PST Microsoft donates $7.5M to Code.org to help students learn about AI concepts and ethics
5:00 AM PST Startups5:00 AM PST Seattle startup Flexe raises $70M as e-commerce rise fuels demand for flexible warehousing platform
4:00 AM PST Startups4:00 AM PST Startup founded by ‘Love Lab’ experts releases new platform and tech tools to assess relationships
9:34 PM PST Amazon9:34 PM PST Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers
12:54 PM PST Amazon12:54 PM PST Amazon to stream NFL game on Dec. 26 exclusively on Prime Video; playoff game also confirmed
12:10 PM PST Tech12:10 PM PST Goodbye, Android: Why I’m switching to Apple’s iPhone after more than a decade with Google
10:46 AM PST Amazon10:46 AM PST Amazon details cause of AWS outage that hobbled thousands of online sites and services
10:34 AM PST Tech10:34 AM PST WestRiver Group will sell debt investment business to SVB Financial Group
9:47 AM PST Microsoft9:47 AM PST Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint
9:00 AM PST Health/Life Sciences9:00 AM PST Washington state launches COVID-19 exposure notification app using Google and Apple technology
8:19 AM PST Geek Life8:19 AM PST With ability to fly anywhere in the world, ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ players choose this special place
8:10 AM PST Health/Life Sciences8:10 AM PST Seattle biotech firm Silverback Therapeutics sets terms for IPO, looks to raise up to $151M
