How this healthcare outsider solved an industry blind spot, with a healthy dose of perseverance
Industrial augmented reality smart headwear maker RealWear raises another $5M
Howard Schultz calls out ‘far-left activists’ for torpedoing Amazon HQ2 in NY
Tech Moves: Apple taps ex-Microsoft exec to lead smart home initiatives; former senator Joe Fain to lead Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
After paying out $250,000 in 2018, GitHub plans to boost bug bounty bonuses
Walmart posts $514B in revenue for the year, plans to double down on grocery pickup and delivery
How the Internet of Things could bring hackers into your kitchen (or bedroom)
After new licensing sparked a huge open-source debate, database vendor Redis Labs raises $60M
Microsoft’s investment arm M12 leads $15M funding round for corporate payments startup nsKnox
Worth seeing? We get fitted for Alexa-enabled smart glasses in a mobile showroom in Seattle
Startup backed by ex-NBA players raises cash to build software for high school athletic programs
Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane
Amazon to share its carbon footprint for 1st time as part of new ‘Shipment Zero’ sustainability initiative
Microsoft Teams kicks off the week by going down for several hours
Univ. of Washington CoMotion innovation center chief Vikram Jandhyala to step down in June
Meet Derek Kilmer, the rep from Washington state in charge of modernizing Congress
Plug and play after 30 years: Man finds Apple IIe in parents’ attic and goes on computer nostalgia trip
Seattle-area Earth observation satellite factory LeoStella is open for business
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 10, 2019
Turning Steve Jobs’ life into opera: Balancing man, myth and the technology that changed everything
Steve Ballmer’s Los Angeles Clippers sign cloud deal with Microsoft rival Amazon Web Services
Future unicorns: Algorithm predicts the next $1B companies, including one Seattle startup
Demolition set to begin on Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct — watch it fall with web cams and more
How earthquake patterns could let us know when the ‘Really Big One’ is coming
Pop culture toymaker Funko expands into board games with acquisition of Seattle studio
In stunning reversal, Amazon drops plans for HQ2 in New York City in the face of growing backlash
‘It’s up to you, New York’ … actually, it was up to Amazon, and don’t say you were never warned
Activision Blizzard subsidiary Z2 shuts down Seattle game studio amid larger layoffs
Startup tech exec and former pro hockey player joins new Seattle NHL franchise to lead tech efforts
Will Amazon buy Etsy, Kohl’s, or the Seahawks? GeekWire predicts the tech giant’s next big deals
Full interview: Bill Gates on climate change, Paul Allen, nationalism and, of course, hamburgers
Amazon won’t reopen search for new HQ2 location after ditching New York City
GeekWire grills Bill Gates on a meaty issue for Seattle fast food lovers: Dick’s or Burgermaster?
Bill Gates patched things up with Paul Allen, hoped to travel the world with Microsoft co-founder
Bill and Melinda Gates take to late-night TV to weigh in on 70% marginal tax rate floated by AOC
Tech Moves: Snap! Raise, Aduro and Flyhomes scoop up CFOs; Outreach adds revenue chief; and more
Amazon names Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer as director, diversifying previously all-white board
Boom, bust and blockchain: RChain Cooperative’s cryptocurrency dreams dissolve into controversy
Microsoft Teams kicks off the week by going down for several hours
Silicon Valley investment firm Alpine SG acquires 6 startups, forms new Seattle-area marketing company
