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May 29, 2018, 3:59 PM

Amazon patent covers how to signal a delivery drone (and how it signals back)

For an earlier generation, one of the sweetest sounds of summer was the music coming from an ice-cream truck. For… Read More

May 27, 2018, 11:23 AM

New sign of the times? Imagining a modern version of Seattle’s iconic ‘turn out the lights’ billboard

It was fascinating to read that the creators of the “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights” billboard are… Read More

May 26, 2018, 7:49 AM

As Alexa’s Flash Briefing tops 5,000 skills, content providers learn more about what you want to hear

Smart home hub. Streaming music source. Dad joke repository. But Amazon’s Alexa has one skill that dates back to the… Read More

May 25, 2018, 3:33 PM

Amazon drives another real estate record in Seattle

Five years ago an Amazon-occupied building in Seattle sold for a record price of $749 per square foot. This week,… Read More

May 24, 2018, 11:17 PM

Amazon shuttering Seattle delivery support team, sending jobs to Arizona

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with comments from Amazon Amazon is cutting a team in Seattle that supports… Read More

May 24, 2018, 5:23 PM

Here’s what Amazon had to say after investigating an unusual case of Alexa eavesdropping

Amazon says it is taking steps to make sure that its Alexa-powered Echo home speaker devices do not secretly record… Read More

May 24, 2018, 4:44 PM

TLDR: How Europe’s new privacy law affects U.S. tech companies, Getaround expands to Seattle, ‘float’ above Seattle on the Space Needle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 23, 2018, 1:03 PM

Controversial Seattle ‘head tax’ may head south: Silicon Valley cities weigh tax on tech giants

Seattle is an innovator in a lot of things — from speciality coffee to cloud computing to commercial spacecraft. Could… Read More

May 23, 2018, 11:40 AM

Here’s how much Amazon, Starbucks and Vulcan donated to campaign to repeal Seattle head tax

Amazon and Starbucks have donated $25,000 each to a referendum campaign on Seattle’s divisive new head tax, according to disclosure… Read More

May 23, 2018, 10:38 AM

Google Home overtakes Amazon Echo in smart speaker sales for the first time, study says

Google outsold Amazon in the competitive smart speaker market for the first time ever in the first quarter, a report… Read More

May 22, 2018, 3:43 PM

TLDR: ACLU asks Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to police, Paul Allen’s $1M donation to gun safety initiative, GlimpseCam

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 22, 2018, 8:55 AM

‘Amazon Rekognition is primed for abuse’: ACLU asks Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to local governments

Concerned about the use of facial recognition technology to detect and identify Americans walking down the street, the American Civil… Read More

May 22, 2018, 7:06 AM

Novel Effect raises $3M from Amazon and VCs for voice-enabled children’s storytelling app

Novel Effect is on a roll. After participating in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator, appearing on Shark Tank, and winning a… Read More

May 21, 2018, 1:38 PM

Amazon’s new Marketplace Appstore gives sellers a place to find tech tools

Amazon is building a new app store to connect the millions of sellers on its platform with companies building tools… Read More

May 21, 2018, 10:57 AM

Amazon’s Alexa arrives on Windows 10 laptops for the first time this week via Acer devices

Amazon’s Alexa is live on a Windows 10 laptop for the first time, making its debut on a pair of… Read More

May 20, 2018, 9:28 AM

Trump’s chief economic adviser didn’t want to talk about Amazon’s relationship with the Post Office

President Donald Trump likes to paint Amazon as a negative force for the U.S. Postal Service, even reportedly asking U.S. Postmaster… Read More

May 20, 2018, 9:07 AM

Tacoma courts Seattle tech companies and other businesses with ‘No Head Tax Here’ pitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrixN6_jSA The city of Tacoma, Wash., has long envied the big concentration of tech companies to the north, and Seattle’s… Read More

May 19, 2018, 7:50 AM

Traditional publishers’ ebook sales drop as indie authors and Amazon take off

Ebook sales are dying. Ebooks are insanely popular. If the short definition of cognitive dissonance is holding two contradictory ideas… Read More

May 18, 2018, 1:18 PM

Trump reportedly lobbied postmaster general to double USPS package delivery rates on Amazon and others

President Donald Trump personally urged U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double how much the U.S. Postal Service charges Amazon… Read More

May 17, 2018, 1:50 PM

If Amazon puts HQ2 in D.C. area, employees leaving Seattle would feel some gain, but plenty of pain

If Amazon chooses Washington, D.C., or its Virginia or Maryland suburbs for its second headquarters, Amazon employees transferring to the… Read More

May 17, 2018, 10:59 AM

Amazon Alexa VP departs as companies continue to target tech giant’s executives

Amazon Alexa Vice President Jim Freeman left the company for the second time to rejoin German e-commerce company Zalando. Freeman spent… Read More

May 16, 2018, 4:32 PM

TLDR: MLB’s streaming deal with Facebook, diversity on Amazon’s board, PicoBrew

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 16, 2018, 5:00 AM

After the tax: What happens if Amazon puts the brakes on its Seattle growth?

A standoff between Amazon and the city of Seattle ended this week when the City Council passed a pared-down version… Read More

May 15, 2018, 9:01 PM

Amazon Prime members to get 10% off many Whole Foods items nationwide starting this summer

Amazon is taking the next step in its integration with Whole Foods Market, confirming that it will offer 10 percent… Read More

May 15, 2018, 4:26 PM

TLDR: Starbucks & Amazon respond to Seattle tax vote, Surface Hub 2, new Star Wars movie

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 15, 2018, 4:04 PM

Amazon board diversity in the spotlight as tech giant agrees to officially adopt ‘Rooney Rule’

Amazon says it is simply formalizing a practice that was already in place, but the company’s new policy pledging to… Read More

May 15, 2018, 11:39 AM

Amazon shipping ‘SmileCodes’ on some boxes to give customers creative cardboard projects

Depending on how much stuff you order from Amazon, there’s probably a fair amount of cardboard coming into your house… Read More

May 15, 2018, 11:00 AM

Amazon Sumerian, the AWS tool for building AR/VR applications, is now generally available

Amazon Web Services is ready to let all of its customers start playing with Amazon Sumerian, a tool that helps… Read More

May 14, 2018, 5:40 PM

TLDR: Seattle Passes Smaller ‘Amazon Tax’

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

May 14, 2018, 5:30 PM

Amazon responds to tax vote: Seattle’s ‘hostile approach and rhetoric … forces us to question our growth here’

Amazon will resume construction on a Seattle skyscraper in the wake of the City Council’s decision to tax its top-grossing… Read More