Moving app Dolly sues WA state over shutdown order and $69k fine in pivotal gig economy dispute
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Gates Foundation teams with Oxitec on new breed of malaria-blocking mosquito
Starbucks’ recipe for global coffee domination: ‘Time lapse’ speed in some places, ‘slow motion’ in others
GameStop in talks for potential buyout as video game sales move to digital
This is sweet: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett get nostalgic in stroll through old candy store
AI experts from Apple, Microsoft, VMware and more to give GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit tech talks
With Microsoft deal pending, GitHub launches new educational package for students
Owl Insights raises cash for mental health treatment software platform
Amazon’s ‘Hub’ apartment delivery lockers now available to 500K residents across U.S.
T-Mobile and Sprint plead their case as FCC considers landmark merger
Memoirs, thrillers and more page turners: Amazon editors select the 20 best books of the year so far
Google’s new Podcasts app syncs with Home speakers via Assistant, one-upping Amazon Alexa
Commercial IoT provider Rigado raises $15M to roll out ‘edge-as-a-service’ tech
Former Amazon devices executive Ian Freed launches Bamboo Music skill for Alexa
Seattle Children’s aims to cure terminal brain cancer using immunotherapy with new BrainChild initiative
Data privacy startup Prifender raises $5M to help companies stay compliant
Amazon targets hotels with new ‘Alexa for Hospitality’ voice service, inks Marriott deal
Qumulo adds another hardware storage product that runs its hybrid cloud storage software
Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions
Monster catfish pulled from Seattle lake by Microsoft employee turns heads in salmon country
After leading 4,000 job interviews, here’s what Smartsheet’s co-founder loves to ask candidates
Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems, opens new R&D center in Boston area
Amazon cancels huge summer picnic and post-holiday party as Seattle employee count swells, plans new post-Prime Day concert
T-Mobile promotes Mike Sievert to president as Sprint acquisition process continues
Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets
Amazon takes on Google as Ring launches $199 security product for the entire home
Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures places first bets on power storage
CityBldr will start buying homes in Seattle — taking on Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor with a twist
Marchex co-founder raises $5.5M from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer, others for new video content startup
Sleuth solves Puget Sound UFO mystery
Braking nudes! Seattle’s naked Solstice cyclists use Spin, Ofo and LimeBike in new bike-baring tradition
Meet Pulumi, a Seattle-grown cloud startup that wants to be the development platform for the multicloud era
President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
Artist builds LEGO scene for a modern day Seattle, with iconic buildings — and tents on the streets
NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned
Death Cab for Cutie sings a familiar tune about Amazon, the tech boom and changing Seattle
Testing Amazon’s new DeepLens camera: Can this $249 device really recognize everyday objects?
SpinLaunch raises $40M from Airbus, Google and others for space catapult
Ex-Microsoft employees reunite, raise $2.75M for Fullcast.io to cover back-end work so sales reps can sell more