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SpaceX leapfrogs Amazon and briefly tops Microsoft in market value on Cursor acquisition news

Shares of SpaceX surged Tuesday, pushing the Elon Musk-led company above Amazon and into a neck-and-neck race with Microsoft for the title of the world’s fourth-most valuable public company less than a week after its blockbuster $75 billion IPO. Read More

Podcast

The Idea Man’s Last Big Idea: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in his own words

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: In light of his estate’s launch of the new $3.1 billion Fund for Science… Read More

Illustration: Zeva's Argon VTOL aircraft in flight

Zeva Aero pivots from its flying saucer to an airplane with a vertical-takeoff twist

Zeva Aero, the Tacoma, Wash.-based personal aviation startup that’s been testing flying saucers, is shifting its focus to a more… Read More

Seattle and Comcast launch $100,000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers

The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and… Read More

Portland healthtech startup raises cash from top VCs to rethink the urgent care experience for kids

Darius Monsef first met Dr. Corey Fish after taking his son into an urgent care clinic following a bike accident.… Read More

Will technology save us? Debate fuels pessimism among audience in Seattle

Will technology save us? That was the opening question Sunday at the latest “That’s Debatable” event in Seattle, hosted by… Read More

Podcast

Can you live without a smartphone? This flip phone fan has done it for 13 years and will teach you how

When I first sat down with Michael Valeri, a Seattle data analyst who has been using a flip phone for… Read More

Podcast

Doctors Without Data: Why one MD founded a startup just to get metrics on his own patients

Dr. Dan Low loves his job. It shows in almost everything he does. Low is a pediatric anesthesiologist — he’s in… Read More

Microsoft and Apple collaborate to help visually impaired people use braille displays across operating systems

Microsoft, Apple, and other tech companies are working together to make it easier for people with impaired vision to use… Read More

United Nations CITO believes tech can solve some of the world’s biggest challenges if the private sector steps up

To hear the United Nations Chief Information Technology Officer tell it, the world is a scary place. 1.2 million people… Read More

TLDR: Parallel reality display tech, drone-delivered medical supplies, WA governor defends Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Margaret OMara

Technology, a president and Russia: Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Moscow microchip speech

As an American historian, University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara says she’s particularly interested in understanding “how did we get… Read More

Technology’s frantic speed will create ‘digital refugees’ with no clear fix, Salesforce’s Benioff warns at Davos

“This year, my heart has been with so many migrants and refugees, 65 million refugees across the world, and thinking… Read More

Seattle area unemployment rate falls below 4%, propelled by a strong tech economy

Unemployment rates in the Seattle metro area fell to 3.9 percent during September, down from 4.1 percent in August and… Read More

That’s one smooth-talking robot: Google’s WaveNet AI program produces human-like speech

Text-to-speech technology isn’t great. I’ve always found the robotic drone of computerized voices a bit grating — a sentiment that… Read More

Study: Tech-savvy millennials are more likely to unplug on vacation

Millennials are often called the digital generation, but perhaps a lifetime online has taught them the importance of unplugging from… Read More

Guest commentary: The real threat of artificial intelligence

Many people find recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) quite alarming. Indeed, luminaries, ranging from Nobel laureate Stephen Hawking to… Read More

University of Washington will host first-ever White House workshop on artificial intelligence

Between the University of Washington, a thriving tech community, and strong research institutions, like the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence… Read More

Seattle

Despite booming tech industry, Seattle falls short on list of cities most prepared for a ‘technological revolution’

You might think that a vibrant startup ecosystem, industry titans Microsoft and Amazon, and a top international research university make Seattle… Read More

Generation App: How Tinder is redefining romance and shaking up the dating world

Tinder is spreading like wildfire, facilitating more than 26 million matches and 1.4 billion swipes per day. The swiping model it… Read More

Almost science fiction: How Emerald City Comicon uses technology to create an epic show

Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) once again invaded downtown Seattle for the weekend. To the dismay of many attendees, the… Read More

Here are the 9 startups in the Techstars Seattle 2016 class

Over the next three months, nine early-stage startups will hone their solutions under the mentorship of the Techstars Seattle accelerator. At… Read More

6 degrees of separation is so last century: Facebook says it’s actually 3.57 degrees now

Technology is making the world smaller. Geographic boundaries no longer keep people with similar interests, mutual acquaintances or common causes from… Read More

Guest commentary: Why the startup model is best for innovation

“Clockspeed” is a term of art from the computer industry; it means the operating speed of a microprocessor, the rate… Read More

New series ‘Dark Net’ raises questions about tech’s hidden side

Many of us have a love/hate relationship with the role technology plays in our lives. We adore our mobile devices,… Read More

What China’s president told Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and other top tech execs

Some of the biggest names in technology met inside the Seattle Westin on Wednesday morning, coming together with China President Xi Jinping to… Read More

Anxiety high as technology stocks take another tumble to start the week

Anyone counting on a Monday morning rebound for technology stocks woke up disappointed today, as last week’s struggles continued with only a… Read More

Is Amazon poised to help the environment? Photo: Shutterstock

Amazon: The makings of an environmental hero?

Before Amazon moved into South Lake Union, who would have believed it possible for such a large company with such… Read More

Seattle tech leaders tackle voter apathy, offer council endorsements for politicians who don’t ‘punish’ tech sector

Seattle’s tech industry often gets slapped with an apathetic label when it comes to local politics. Fast-moving tech CEOs and… Read More

A capital gains tax in Washington state? This VC and tech CEO say heck no

There was a lot of chatter at the Technology Alliance’s luncheon today about the sorry state of education in Washington… Read More

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