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Redmond

Microsoft to reopen HQ campus to more employees March 29 as focus shifts to hybrid work model

Microsoft is going to start bringing some of its Seattle-area employees back to the office next week, just over a… Read More

Seattle-area gaming studio V1 Interactive, creator of ‘Disintegration,’ is shutting down

V1 Interactive, the independent developer behind the 2020 video game Disintegration, announced on Monday that it’s shutting down. V1, based… Read More

Testing Amazon Kitchen: Here’s our hot take on the tech giant’s first hot food bar at Amazon Go Grocery

Amazon does deliveries, cloud computing, voice technology, and e-readers pretty damn well. The company’s hot food game, though, could use… Read More

Amazon opens new Go Grocery store in Microsoft’s neighborhood, as their retail tech rivalry grows

Amazon is opening its second Amazon Go Grocery store Wednesday, this one in Redmond, Wash., bringing its larger cashierless store… Read More

Drone video: See Microsoft’s sprawling HQ campus — with no workers in sight during COVID-19 crisis

The pathways and parking lots are empty. No one is seated at the outdoor tables or playing on the soccer… Read More

SpaceX employees cheering at Redmond satellite facility

How the Seattle area became a hotspot for satellite builders — and what comes next

Seattle may not be the best place to put a launch pad, but the region is turning into one of… Read More

Watch Microsoft’s original Redmond buildings vanish from above in new time-lapse video

The modernization of Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus might appear to be in the earliest stages when viewed from the ground.… Read More

Gaming vet ready to light up ‘World’s Largest Simon Tournament’ with giant version of iconic game

Matt Wilson has built games his entire career. He’s never built anything quite like this. The longtime digital game developer,… Read More

Microsoft says goodbye to its past as demolition begins on original buildings ahead of big renovation

REDMOND, Wash. — Matthew Whilden has been at Microsoft for 11 years. For about 30 minutes on Tuesday, the senior… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings

SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements… Read More

Hoyer, DelBene and Young

Seattle space leaders make their pitch to lawmakers for a new rocket test facility

REDMOND, Wash. — One of Congress’ leading Democrats, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, met with leaders of the Seattle area’s space… Read More

TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items

Today’s featured stories Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items After getting… Read More

Permit analysis details massive investment by Facebook-owned Oculus in Seattle-area footprint

Facebook is making a massive investment in a Seattle-area campus for its virtual reality company Oculus, and a new report… Read More

Redfin

Redfin ranks most competitive U.S. neighborhoods for homebuyers and Seattle area has 19 of top 25

With the holidays upon us, consider yourself lucky if you’re celebrating in a home you were able to purchase in… Read More

Redmond 2.0: Inside Microsoft’s plan to rebuild its longtime home for a new generation

The land that is now the massive Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. has come a long way in the last… Read More

SpaceX Redmond office

SpaceX seeks FCC approval to test satellite communications system in Seattle area

SpaceX has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to begin ground testing of a satellite communications system between… Read More

Xerox cuts 325 jobs as it shuts down operations at Redmond call center

Xerox has notified all 325 employees at its Redmond, Wash., facility that their jobs will be cut by the beginning of May this… Read More

Video: Watch these pesky thieves steal 16 Apple computers from The Mac Store in 30 seconds

Redmond police are on the hunt for four thieves who broke into the The Mac Store at Redmond Town Center… Read More

IT consultancy Sonata Software expands in Redmond

Sonata Software, a Bangalore, India-based IT software consultancy whose clients include Microsoft, Oracle and HP, has established a new development… Read More

The power of perspective: DigiPen students debut popular mind-bending game

“Perspective,” the latest creation from Redmond’s DigiPen University, is not easy to explain in words. It’s an experimental first person puzzle… Read More

Redmond: Happiest place in U.S. for young professionals

Microsoft is holding a pair of big events this week in Anaheim, Calif., right across the street from the Happiest… Read More

TED for kids: 25 incredible speakers on tap this weekend

An event in Redmond on Saturday will feature an incredible lineup of speakers with unique insights into social issues, global… Read More

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