Author: Starla Sampaco

Starla Sampaco is a host and video producer at GeekWire. She previously covered state legislation as the host of “Capitol Headlines” on TVW (Washington state’s public affairs network). Starla graduated from the University of Washington, where she double-majored in journalism and law, societies and justice. You can reach her at starla@geekwire.com.

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TLDR: New study says Uber drivers are earning less
Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’
TLDR: How WNBA Star Sue Bird uses tech to beat her competition at 37 years old

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TLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience

by Starla Sampaco on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 at 6:02 pm1 Comment

Thanks to ReachNow, this show was shot on location at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. Today’s featured stories Future of sports viewing?… Read More

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TLDR: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $25M in 2018

by Starla Sampaco on October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 at 4:28 pm1 Comment

Today’s featured stories Microsoft’s record year helps CEO Satya Nadella earn more than $25M in 2018 compensation Seattle startup vets takes on Google with Helm, a new $499 personal email… Read More

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TLDR: Remembering Paul Allen

by Starla Sampaco on October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 at 5:03 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Bill Gates pays tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: ‘Personal computing would not have existed without him’ Peanut, a matchmaking app for moms led by former Bumble… Read More

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TLDR: Paul Allen at the University of Washington

by Starla Sampaco on October 15, 2018October 17, 2018 at 7:04 amComment

GeekWire is sad to report that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died from cancer at the age of 65. Instead of the usual show format, we’re going to feature highlights… Read More

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TLDR: Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend on smart bat

by Starla Sampaco on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 at 4:23 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend to develop a smart bat that tracks live analytics Alexa and Cortana can now control Xbox devices as new ‘skill’ for… Read More

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TLDR: IRL Glasses block out TV & computer screens

by Starla Sampaco on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 at 5:55 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Want to live ‘in real life’ and block out screens? These glasses on Kickstarter may do the trick Washington Gov. Inslee says state is ready for Trump… Read More

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TLDR: Microsoft unveils Project xCloud game streaming service

by Starla Sampaco on October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 at 4:33 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Microsoft will launch Project xCloud game streaming service in 2019, powered by custom servers built from Xbox components Facebook debuts new video chatting device Portal amid privacy… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon ends warehouse worker bonuses & stock awards

by Starla Sampaco on October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 at 3:47 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Nintendo plans new Switch hardware for 2019 release, report says Silicon Valley VC… Read More

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TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing

by Starla Sampaco on October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 at 10:19 pmComment

Today’s featured stories How Nintendo learned from a Wii U disappointment to create the popular Switch console eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I… Read More

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TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring

by Starla Sampaco on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 at 5:29 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty Philanthropy advice from Gates Foundation CEO to Jeff Bezos: ‘There’s no bad generosity’… Read More

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TLDR: Digitizing movies before they vanish

by Starla Sampaco on October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 at 4:08 pmComment

Today’s featured stories A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish Seattle police try new tactic to give game streamers and others defense against… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items

by Starla Sampaco on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 at 3:27 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items After getting $1B from Amazon, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gets another knock… Read More

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TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name

by Starla Sampaco on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 at 4:41 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Green Bay Packers and Microsoft win domain name fight after family sought cash, tickets and tablets Amazon sues over malicious ads, alleging a ‘sophisticated and widespread’ scheme… Read More

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TLDR: Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the company

by Starla Sampaco on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 at 3:30 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Instagram Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announces plans to leave LinkedIn aims to share its trove of intel on companies and workers through new Talent Insights too… Read More

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TLDR: New study says Uber drivers are earning less

by Starla Sampaco on September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 at 6:30 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Uber drivers are earning less, Airbnb hosts are making more, and other insights from a new study on the gig economy Microsoft teams up with Adobe and… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon unveils Alexa-enabled microwave

by Starla Sampaco on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 at 4:19 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Here’s everything Amazon announced today, from a microwave to a subwoofer to new Alexa capabilities ‘Alexa, cook my potato’: Amazon unveils $60 WiFi-connected microwave Commentary: Alexa, stop!… Read More

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Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

by Starla Sampaco on September 19, 2018September 20, 2018 at 3:38 am 5 Comments

Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger among conservatives and provoke reactions from journalists and the tech… Read More

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TLDR: Nest secretly buys digital health startup

by Starla Sampaco on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 at 4:47 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Backed by Seattle firm, Canadian pot company Tilray sees value soar to $20… Read More

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TLDR: SpaceX’s first customer for a flight around the moon

by Starla Sampaco on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 at 6:10 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Japan’s Yusaku Maezawa revealed as first customer for SpaceX trip around the moon After helping defeat a tax for affordable housing, Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos step… Read More

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TLDR: Are third-party sellers paying Amazon employees to delete negative reviews?

by Starla Sampaco on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 at 5:11 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon reportedly investigating alleged incidents of third-party sellers paying employees to delete reviews and share secret sales data Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff… Read More

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TLDR: How WNBA Star Sue Bird uses tech to beat her competition at 37 years old

by Starla Sampaco on September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 at 4:34 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Sue Bird’s secrets: How the WNBA star uses tech to beat her competition — at 37 years old Power struggle: How a bitcoin mining boom is transforming… Read More

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TLDR: Why Amazon wanted to put workers in cage-like devices + GIVEAWAY

by Starla Sampaco on September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 at 4:21 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea Updated: Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma plans to retire after building… Read More

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Cirque du Soleil, behind the scenes: How tech powers the show ‘Volta’

by Starla Sampaco on September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 at 4:06 pmComment

Cirque du Soleil is known for amazing acrobatics and incredible performers on stage, but the technical gymnastics behind-the-scenes are just as impressive. “Everything is pre-programmed,” explained Craig Price, head of… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

by Starla Sampaco on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 at 3:58 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One… Read More

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TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

by Starla Sampaco on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 at 5:36 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media Fresh patents served up for the smart shelf technologies seen in Amazon Go stores… Read More

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TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

by Starla Sampaco on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 at 5:48 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon briefly tops $1T market cap, joining Apple among most valuable… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

by Starla Sampaco on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 at 3:42 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5 trillion valuation Microsoft contractors to get 12 weeks of paid… Read More

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TLDR: Bernie Sanders targets Amazon, Uber & Lyft want to offer dockless bikes, WeWork Labs startup incubator to open in Seattle

by Starla Sampaco on August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 at 4:11 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon calls Bernie Sanders’ crusade for warehouse workers ‘inaccurate and misleading’ Seattle could greenlight 3 bikeshare services as early as next week, weighing applications from Uber, Lyft… Read More

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TLDR: Trump vs. Google, minority students in AP computer science, rare computer headed to auction

by Starla Sampaco on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 at 4:02 pm1 Comment

Today’s featured stories President Trump wakes up, Googles himself and threatens to look into search giant’s ‘rigged’ results Women and minorities make one more giant leap for AP computer science… Read More

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Lime previews shared e-scooters in Seattle, seeking public support to end the city’s ban

Latest from Starla Sampaco

TLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience

TLDR: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $25M in 2018

TLDR: Paul Allen at the University of Washington

TLDR: Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend on smart bat

TLDR: IRL Glasses block out TV & computer screens

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Project xCloud game streaming service

TLDR: Amazon ends warehouse worker bonuses & stock awards

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring

TLDR: Digitizing movies before they vanish

TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items

TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name

TLDR: Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the company

TLDR: New study says Uber drivers are earning less

TLDR: Amazon unveils Alexa-enabled microwave

Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

TLDR: Nest secretly buys digital health startup

TLDR: SpaceX’s first customer for a flight around the moon

TLDR: Are third-party sellers paying Amazon employees to delete negative reviews?

TLDR: How WNBA Star Sue Bird uses tech to beat her competition at 37 years old

TLDR: Why Amazon wanted to put workers in cage-like devices + GIVEAWAY

Cirque du Soleil, behind the scenes: How tech powers the show ‘Volta’

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

TLDR: Bernie Sanders targets Amazon, Uber & Lyft want to offer dockless bikes, WeWork Labs startup incubator to open in Seattle

TLDR: Trump vs. Google, minority students in AP computer science, rare computer headed to auction

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