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Interview: Bill Gates on his early years, key influences, and outlook on the world today

In advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for… Read More

Bill Gates’ book ‘Source Code’ is a surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years

Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected takeaways from Bill… Read More

Microsoft’s startup story: How the company became a tech giant, and what we can learn from it today

For this second chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent the past month revisiting Microsoft’s early years, from its founding in 1975 to its IPO in 1986, looking for a new understanding and enduring lessons from its startup story. Read More

Paul Allen Foundation giving $9M to boost arts and culture initiatives in downtown Seattle

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is getting in on continued efforts to reenergize downtown Seattle, announcing Tuesday that it… Read More

New species of hammerhead shark named after Paul Allen, who funded critical research

Nine years after throwing his support behind an initiative aimed at protecting sharks and their habitats, Paul Allen has a… Read More

GeekWire tried to win a piece of Microsoft and Paul Allen history at auction — here’s why we lost

There’s probably a magazine article out there somewhere about how to successfully bid on something at auction and come away… Read More

Paul Allen estate sells remaining Living Computers artifacts and systems to museum near Atlanta

Living Computers: Museum + Labs will live on, in spirit, far from Seattle. The Paul Allen estate announced Thursday that… Read More

Auction of Paul Allen items, including vintage computers, Einstein letter and more, brings in $10M

Rare computing artifacts, space-related objects, documents, letters and more from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen reeled… Read More

Go back inside Seattle’s Living Computers, virtually, via 3D tour updated with links to auction items

Following the June announcement that Living Computers: Museum + Labs would stay closed for good, fans of the Seattle institution… Read More

Computer shoes, Pac-Man, a rock from space and more gems in the upcoming Paul Allen auction

Imagine playing a vintage Pac-Man arcade game while wearing Puma’s RS-Computer sneakers and pondering what to order for lunch off… Read More

Key artifacts from Microsoft and Apple history to be sold by Christie’s from Paul Allen’s collection

Christie’s announced the items that will be auctioned in three sales from the Paul G. Allen Collection, including historic computers… Read More

They gave machines to Living Computers for preservation, but museum’s closure is a bitter end

Computer enthusiasts who sold or donated vintage items to Paul Allen and Seattle’s Living Computers Museum + Labs are concerned… Read More

Fans upset by closure of Living Computers question why Seattle museum couldn’t be saved

Fans of the Living Computers Museum + Labs in Seattle reacted with disappointment to the news Tuesday that Paul Allen’s… Read More

Legislation would honor Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture as a national museum ‘of great importance’

Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is seeking a national designation through a bill introduced in Congress that would honor… Read More

Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items

Living Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation gives $10M to 811 arts and culture organizations in Washington state

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Seattle-based nonprofit ArtsFund announced $10 million in funding Tuesday to benefit 811 arts… Read More

Longtime CEO to leave Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s holding company

Bill Hilf, the veteran tech executive and longtime CEO of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s holding company, formerly known as… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation giving another $10M to support arts and culture groups in Washington state

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving another $10 million to support arts and culture in Washington state, building… Read More

SIFF Cinema Downtown — Seattle’s former Cinerama — sets opening date and first movie

SIFF Cinema Downtown, the new name on the onetime Cinerama movie theater in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, has set Dec. 14… Read More

Allen Institute hits 20 years on the frontier of bioscience, and Seattle will be all aglow

Twenty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen created the bioscience research center that bears his name, Seattle’s Allen Institute is… Read More

Seattle and King County councilmembers want to help reopen Cinerama theater with $2M in grants

Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott are proposing legislation to provide a financial boost to… Read More

Paul Allen estate donates thousands of rare music, film and sci-fi artifacts to Seattle’s MoPOP

Thousands of one-of-a-kind artifacts from Paul Allen’s collection, spanning decades of cultural relevance, are headed to Seattle’s Museum of Pop… Read More

Cinerama is saved! Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate

Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate… Read More

Flying Heritage museum, sold last year by Paul Allen’s estate, sets reopening date

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum — started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2004, closed during the pandemic in 2020… Read More

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GeekWire’s 2022 News Quiz: Challenge yourself with our annual test of tech news knowledge

How closely were you reading GeekWire this year? Here’s your chance to put that accumulated knowledge to the test. It’s… Read More

Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction

The sale of the private art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shattered auction records on Wednesday night,… Read More

Tatoosh, a superyacht owned by Paul Allen, is sold after being listed for $90M

Another of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s personal properties has been sold off. M/Y Tatoosh, a luxury superyacht that… Read More

Paul Allen’s $1B private art collection to be auctioned by Christie’s in ‘unprecedented’ sale

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s extensive private collection of art, valued at more than $1 billion, will be sold by Christie’s… Read More

Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage museum sold to Walton family aviation enthusiast and will reopen

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, an extensive collection of aviation and military artifacts started by Paul Allen in… Read More

Jody Allen says Seahawks and Trail Blazers not for sale yet, but that time will come

The Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers are not for sale and no discussions are currently happening to sell either… Read More