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Atlas Air 767 cargo jet, part of Amazon fleet, crashes in Texas; three feared dead
UW researchers and Florida middle school students form unusual bond over cosmic kidney stones
The secret to Seattle’s success in tech, and what needs to happen to spark the next wave of growth
Firefly Aerospace gets a Florida launch site
NASA, SpaceX and a test dummy are ready for Dragon 2’s first trip to space station
Employees call on Microsoft to drop HoloLens-US Army contract: ‘We did not sign up to develop weapons’
Judge allows ex-UnitedHealth exec to join Amazon healthcare joint venture
Trump calls Amazon HQ2 reversal ‘a big loss’ for NYC, blames ‘radical left’
Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman
Amazon’s Alexa Fund joins $28M round for CTRL-labs, makers of neural interface technology
Working Geek: Neal Gottsacker brings Midwest how-to and startup lessons to Nintex
Geek of the Week: An ocean lover on the surface, Parker MacCready’s unique science dives deeper
Amazon-backed smart glasses maker North laying off 150 employees
BMW and Daimler will invest $1B in new joint venture that brings car2go and ReachNow under one roof
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane carries three people for first time
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Singing about Steve Jobs, Ignite’s hot topics, and climate science
‘Circle with Disney’ device maker raises $20M to help parents set screen time limits, block content
Amazon’s future in Seattle uncertain as neighboring city looks more and more like HQ2
Japan’s ispace moon mission brings in new partners — and makes deal for battery test
‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites
Amazon’s future in Seattle uncertain as neighboring city looks more and more like HQ2
The Galaxy S10, $2,000 Galaxy Fold, and everything else Samsung announced today
‘Zillow 2.0:’ Real estate giant embarks on fundamental shift, projecting home sales operation will become a $20B business
AOC clashes with business group over billboard blaming her for Amazon’s NYC withdrawal
Atlas Air 767 cargo jet, part of Amazon fleet, crashes in Texas; three feared dead
How earthquake patterns could let us know when the ‘Really Big One’ is coming
Steve Ballmer’s Los Angeles Clippers sign cloud deal with Microsoft rival Amazon Web Services
Julep customers livid after new owner abruptly shuts down Maven cosmetics subscription program
Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff steps down as co-founder Rich Barton takes over at online real estate giant
Trump calls for ‘5G and even 6G’ wireless tech as T-Mobile and Sprint seek merger approval
Univ. of Washington Medicine exposes information of nearly 1 million patients due to database error
Lime launches new LimePod car-sharing service to all users in Seattle
Microsoft Teams kicks off the week by going down for several hours
Walmart posts $514B in revenue for the year, plans to double down on grocery pickup and delivery
How to create an effective pitch deck: A data-driven analysis of what makes successful slides
Future unicorns: Algorithm predicts the next $1B companies, including one Seattle startup
Howard Schultz calls out ‘far-left activists’ for torpedoing Amazon HQ2 in NY
Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane
Judge allows ex-UnitedHealth exec to join Amazon healthcare joint venture
Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman
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