VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018 In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments… Read More
Trump thanks Apple’s Tim Cook for jobs expansion, but where’s the love for Jeff Bezos and HQ2? It’s a lot to ask to expect praise from President Donald Trump on Twitter. But the president did manage to… Read More
What’s next for commercial spaceflight? Passengers will soon get their turn MOJAVE, Calif. — The first suborbital space passenger is less likely to be a billionaire like Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson… Read More
The team behind Bezos-backed 10,000 Year Clock is looking forward to visitors With $42 million in funding from Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, the Long Now Foundation can afford to take the long… Read More
Stop the presses! WaPo employees tell HuffPo what they think of Amazon, that other Bezos company Getting Amazon employees to talk candidly about their company isn’t the easiest assignment in journalism. But what if you technically… Read More
Analysis: Amazon reaches $1 trillion in cumulative revenue at record pace for tech industry Add this to the list of things Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: $1 trillion… Read More
Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the… Read More
Steve Carell as Jeff Bezos on ‘Saturday Night Live’ trolls Trump just days after Amazon picks HQ2 sites Amazon announced its intentions this week to go live from New York with one of its new headquarters locations. On… Read More
‘I predict one day Amazon will fail’: Jeff Bezos offers sobering message amid tech giant’s growth As competitors crumble under the pressure to keep up in the age of online retail, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had… Read More
Dan Primack is right: Amazon has not sparked a startup wave in Seattle Dan Primack is one of my favorite journalists on the startup and venture capital beat, and his Pro Rata newsletter… Read More
Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as extraordinary contest concludes ARLINGTON, Va. — After more than a year of reconnaissance, frenzied speculation, and non-stop media coverage, Amazon’s remarkable “HQ2” search… Read More
Jeff Bezos unveils Amazon Prime Air’s flying tribute to veterans: Valor Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is big on veterans, and in honor of Veterans Day, he presided over the vet-friendly christening… Read More
Amazon’s second home? GeekWire treks from Seattle to Virginia for new insights into HQ2 search ARLINGTON, Va. — Why not? What if? It’s hard not to read those words, emblazoned on a piece of street… Read More
Dual Amazon HQ2s would depart from original promise of ‘full equal’ second headquarters When Jeff Bezos revealed his plans to open a second Amazon headquarters last September, he said, “we expect HQ2 to… Read More
With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post plans greater push into tech reporting — including Amazon The Washington Post is expanding its coverage of the technology industry, including a focus on Jeff Bezos’ other company. The… Read More
Bezos and other Amazon execs back Colorado Republican’s Senate re-election campaign Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other executives donated thousands of dollars to the re-election campaign of Sen. Cory Gardner, a… Read More
Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More
‘You Are Jeff Bezos’ game lets you spend the Amazon CEO’s billions — and it’s not that easy The current Mega Millions frenzy that has everyone running around buying lottery tickets and dreaming of what they’d do with… Read More
Dallas Cowboys owner would carry Jeff Bezos ‘piggyback’ to get him to buy Seattle Seahawks In the wake of Paul Allen’s death last week, it’s too early to know much about the fate of the… Read More
Attention, Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet Jeff Bezos loves to talk about space. And in a talk about just that on Monday, he encouraged anyone who… Read More
Jeff Bezos defends big tech working with Department of Defense, one week after Google drops out of Pentagon contract Don’t expect Amazon to follow Google’s lead when it comes to working with the U.S. Department of Defense. Amazon CEO… Read More
Philanthropy advice from Gates Foundation CEO to Jeff Bezos: ‘There’s no bad generosity’ Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, and now he’s facing a puzzling question:… Read More
Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour, vows to lead push for higher U.S. minimum wage “We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead.” With… Read More
Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine wins United Launch Alliance’s key multibillion-dollar backing After years of development and months of suspense, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a high-stakes… Read More
Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke today at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, his head… Read More
Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services Billionaire Jeff Bezos made a subtle sales pitch for Amazon Web Services as well as the New Glenn rockets being… Read More
Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues For hundreds of Amazon employees, blue isn’t just the color of the signature staff badges they wear to work. It’s… Read More
Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff to buy Time magazine for $190M The venerable newsmagazine Time, a nearly 100-year-old media institution, is about to have new owners — Marc Benioff, Salesforce chairman… Read More
Jeff Bezos on new foundation, Amazon HQ2 status, Trump media criticism, and why he was fine being second-richest person Jeff Bezos was drawn to focus a large portion of his new $2 billion philanthropic foundation on preschool education because… Read More
