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Jan 1, 2020, 9:25 AM

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Jan 1, 2020, 9:21 AM

The decade when tech turned dark: Learning from the mistakes of the past 10 years

The arrival of 2020 is a chance to look back on the past decade and what it has meant for… Read More

Nov 11, 2019, 5:44 AM

Facebook’s newest Seattle offices in Amazon’s backyard sell for $415M

Facebook’s newest office complex in Seattle’s bustling South Lake Union neighborhood sold for a whopping $415 million last week. Ponte… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 6:13 PM

Facebook lands another huge office lease in Bellevue as part of Seattle-area expansion

Facebook really likes Seattle. The social media giant just inked another big lease in the region. This time it’s Block… Read More

Oct 18, 2019, 10:17 AM

Should Facebook ban political ads? Here’s what happened when one state tried to force the issue

Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to continue running political ads this week, despite concerns about disinformation, in a passionate speech… Read More

Oct 8, 2019, 10:57 AM

Facebook’s Workplace productivity tool hits 3M paid users, escalating competition with Slack and Microsoft Teams

Workplace by Facebook, the social giant’s productivity tool now has 3 million paid users, an important milestone as the company… Read More

Oct 1, 2019, 9:13 AM

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

Sep 26, 2019, 10:21 AM

Facebook grows to 5,000 employees in Seattle region, opens its 18th office at downtown tower

Facebook’s footprint in the Seattle area continues to grow as the social media giant now employs more than 5,000 people… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 8:36 AM

Platform Power: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the hidden forces driving the world’s top businesses

Amazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big companies have something in common. They’re all platforms, providing underlying technologies… Read More

Jul 28, 2019, 8:34 AM

Can Facebook be fixed? Social media and the unintended consequences of technology in the wild

Sheryl Cababa is a user experience designer with technology and product design firm Artefact in Seattle who studies the impact… Read More

Jul 24, 2019, 1:46 PM

Facebook official: Social media giant confirms antitrust investigation, beats earnings estimates with $16.9B in Q2 revenue

The Federal Trade Commission opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook in June, the company confirmed in its second-quarter earnings report… Read More

Jul 24, 2019, 9:38 AM

What the FTC’s $5B fine against Facebook means for the broader crackdown on Big Tech

The U.S. technology industry, once seen as the darling of the economy, is facing a reckoning as Americans wake up… Read More

Jun 18, 2019, 10:55 AM

‘The potential is huge’: Facebook’s ambitious new Libra project is the buzz of cryptocurrency startups

Facebook unveiled its new blockchain-based digital currency network Libra on Tuesday, drawing a swift response from European regulators, skepticism from… Read More

Jun 15, 2019, 6:12 PM

These are the company t-shirts that tech workers don’t want to wear anymore, 2019 edition

It’s fun to check the thrift store t-shirt aisle in a tech city, perusing the latest castoffs and trying to… Read More

May 21, 2019, 3:10 PM

Brad Smith as Facebook’s next CEO? Former FB exec says Microsoft president should replace Zuck

Here’s one potential solution to help Facebook recover from its recent controversies: hire Brad Smith. That’s the recommendation from Alex… Read More

May 15, 2019, 9:00 AM

Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and other tech giants pledge to crack down on violent extremism in ‘Christchurch call to action’

A who’s who of U.S. tech and social media giants is joining forces with international leaders to fight the violent… Read More

May 13, 2019, 1:05 PM

Photos: Inside Facebook’s newest Seattle office building in the heart of Amazon territory

Facebook’s biggest engineering center outside of its hometown keeps getting bigger. In the last few weeks, employees have started moving… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

May 11, 2019, 8:56 AM

Which tech giant do you trust? How Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are doing privacy

There’s a common theme running through the spring season of developer conferences and tech events: trust and privacy. With the… Read More

May 8, 2019, 10:14 AM

Facebook opens another Seattle building with room for 1,000 people, adding to huge engineering hub

Facebook’s Seattle office was already its largest engineering center outside of the Menlo Park, Calif. homebase, and now the social… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 11:31 AM

Facebook launches redesign, pitches privacy pivot at F8 conference

Facebook is getting a makeover. The new Facebook app and website ditches the signature blue bar in favor of a… Read More

Apr 25, 2019, 10:45 AM

Amazon and Facebook land on ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of dangerous workplaces in America

Labor activists are calling out Amazon and Facebook over their treatment of workers in a new report. The National Coalition… Read More

Apr 18, 2019, 10:56 AM

Facebook invests $4M to expand Northeastern University’s Align computer science master’s program

Facebook has invested $4.2 million to expand Northeastern University’s computer science master’s program that helps people from other fields get… Read More

Apr 17, 2019, 12:03 PM

Facebook building a virtual assistant out of Seattle-area offices to rival Amazon’s Alexa

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Facebook Facebook may be the next tech giant to… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 1:14 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equity

Space has always fascinated us geeks. Thanks to Star Wars, Star Trek and countless other science fiction media, gazing at… Read More

Mar 20, 2019, 3:09 PM

New Oculus VR headset unveiled to tepid reviews, but survey finds optimism for immersive tech

Facebook-owned Oculus today unveiled its next-generation virtual reality headset that will reportedly some day replace its flagship Oculus Rift. The… Read More

Mar 15, 2019, 12:16 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech, history of filmmaking, and a blockchain conference

The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s… Read More

Mar 14, 2019, 2:38 PM

How bad was that Facebook outage? Downdetector ranks it as worst service issue it’s ever tracked

Ookla, the Seattle-based company which counts Downdetector among its stable of properties, had its eye on Facebook all day Wednesday… Read More

Mar 14, 2019, 1:00 PM

Facebook aims to unite 700M gamers on its platform with new gaming section

Facebook says it has more than 700 million gamers and fans of games on its platform, and it wants to… Read More

Mar 13, 2019, 3:48 PM

Facebook and Instagram outage drags on for hours as social media giant denies DDoS attack

You know it’s a rough day when Facebook has to use Twitter to let users know that Facebook and Instagram… Read More

Mar 6, 2019, 9:29 AM

New poll shows Facebook brand reputation plummeting; Amazon, Microsoft top rankings again

It’s been a rough few years for Facebook and the company’s brand reputation has taken a serious beating as a… Read More