Dec 3, 2022, 8:16 AM Inside the battle against bad bots: Why F5’s CEO believes good technology can ultimately prevail For anyone reading the news about Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift, or Twitter and Elon Musk, the problem of malicious bots… Read More
Nov 30, 2022, 11:59 AM What’s wrong with Alexa: Former insider on the challenges facing Amazon’s AI voice assistant Amazon created the initial technical scaffolding for Alexa quickly, jumping out to an early lead in the market for smart… Read More
Nov 26, 2022, 10:10 AM GeekWire Podcast: What we’re thankful for in tech, business, and science in 2022 It doesn’t always come naturally to us, as cynical reporters, but during Thanksgiving week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s our… Read More
Nov 21, 2022, 8:50 AM What are you thankful for in tech? We’re compiling reader and listener submissions this week Thanksgiving week has arrived here in the United States, and given some of the doom and gloom in tech and… Read More
Nov 19, 2022, 6:55 AM GeekWire Podcast: Layoffs land at Amazon HQ; Redfin’s real estate reversal; Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the… Read More
Nov 12, 2022, 7:51 AM When Mark Zuckerberg met Seattle: Facebook, Meta, and a turning point for Silicon Valley The year was 2011, Facebook was serving a mere 600 million users, and Mark Zuckerberg was making his pitch to… Read More
Nov 5, 2022, 6:15 AM Amazon’s new reality: Where the tech giant is doubling down and cutting back in tough times Amazon has grown dramatically over the past decade, surpassing 1.5 million employees and extending its reach into nearly every corner… Read More
Oct 29, 2022, 9:15 AM The road ahead for autonomous vehicles: Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on the future of cars and trucks Fully autonomous vehicles are closer to commonplace than you might expect, as cars and big rigs gain the ability to… Read More
Oct 15, 2022, 10:43 AM GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft cybersecurity leader Charlie Bell on the quest to civilize the digital world Can the online world move from medieval times to a new era of civilization? That was the question on Charlie Bell’s… Read More
Oct 1, 2022, 10:06 AM GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch: Analyzing the four winning pitches in advance of the live finale This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we hear the pitches made by four startup CEOs in the 32 seconds it… Read More
Sep 24, 2022, 6:15 AM GeekWire Podcast: The new world of hybrid work, and the next generation of smartphone users Hybrid work is here to stay, but some big changes are needed to make it work. That was the message… Read More
Sep 17, 2022, 10:28 AM The first sustainable mega-region? Former Gov. Chris Gregoire on Cascadia’s climate quest Business, governmental and environmental leaders from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia met at the U.S.-Canada border this week to plan… Read More
Sep 10, 2022, 9:29 AM Robot law: Public policy, legal liability, and the new world of autonomous systems Algorithmic disgorgement might sound like a phrase from a science-fiction horror film. In fact, it’s a new tool for regulators… Read More
Sep 3, 2022, 9:24 AM Here’s why Major League Baseball’s live digital audio streams aren’t actually live We are now decades into the digital revolution, so why haven’t high-tech audio streams caught up to old-fashioned radio waves?… Read More
Aug 27, 2022, 10:39 AM GeekWire at the Ballpark: AM radio vs. digital audio; robot umpires; and Amazon cuts the line Sitting in the stands down the first base line Thursday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, I was feeling like a… Read More
Aug 20, 2022, 10:37 AM Understanding Amazon: Secrets of the company’s success, and where it’s headed next Amazon is one of the most extraordinary business stories of our time. Many people in the tech industry have a… Read More
Aug 13, 2022, 9:47 AM What we learned from the life of early Amazon investor and Seattle business leader Tom Alberg Seattle-based investor and business leader Tom Alberg, who died last week at the age of 82, was a key figure… Read More
Aug 6, 2022, 10:10 AM The state of the tech economy: Takeaways from Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we play highlights and offer our thoughts on the recent earnings calls of Amazon,… Read More
Jul 30, 2022, 11:38 AM The pioneering spirit and joyful life of late ‘Cranium’ creator Richard Tait, in his own words Growing up as a child in Scotland, one of Richard Tait’s heroes was entrepreneur Richard Branson. After Tait co-founded board… Read More
Jul 23, 2022, 9:49 AM From White House to Amazon and Airbnb: Jay Carney on the intersection of tech and politics Amazon’s head of global corporate affairs Jay Carney, the former White House press secretary under President Obama, made some news… Read More
Jul 16, 2022, 10:31 AM How the ‘7 Forms of Respect’ can change work, with Seattle entrepreneur and author Julie Pham Do people on your team multitask in meetings, or focus on the person speaking? The answer to that question will… Read More
Jul 9, 2022, 11:45 AM ‘We’re in this for good’: Amazon plans more home robots despite early skepticism about Astro Amazon unveiled Astro, its first home robot, in September, after developing the rolling Alexa device in secret for several years.… Read More
Jun 30, 2022, 11:50 AM Interview: Microsoft’s president on turbulent times for the company, country, and world Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader world, thought 2022 might bring a bit of a break. Halfway… Read More
Jun 25, 2022, 10:18 AM Amazon, robots, and diverging views of automation and the future of work LAS VEGAS — What happens to jobs, the economy and business when a company can create the perfect worker out… Read More
Jun 18, 2022, 10:21 AM What the rest of us can learn from Bezos’ big mistake … and other lessons in ‘career self-care’ In many ways, Jeff Bezos would seem to have it all. But when is enough enough? In a new book,… Read More
Jun 11, 2022, 7:09 AM What this software engineering leader learned working peak season at an Amazon warehouse Philip Su, a software engineering leader turned non-profit founder, decided to shake up his life last fall — seeking an… Read More
Jun 7, 2022, 9:29 AM Microsoft’s union pledge, and the new era of organized labor in tech Marcus Courtney was a Microsoft software tester who led a multi-year effort to unionize his fellow contract workers starting in… Read More
Jun 4, 2022, 10:03 AM ‘Wild times’ for tech startups: Making sense of the uncertainty with Madrona’s Tim Porter What the heck is going on in the economy, and how will the market gyrations impact startups and venture capital?… Read More
May 28, 2022, 10:42 AM What Amazon’s plan to improve worker safety reveals about the company’s true nature Addressing the issue of warehouse worker safety in response to a shareholder question this week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy described… Read More
May 21, 2022, 10:36 AM Startup turnaround specialist Matt Hulett on unlocking growth, and surviving turbulent times Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week is Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech community and the author… Read More
