Tenta, the Seattle company behind an Android browser aimed at guarding the privacy of mobile web users, has built what it calls one of the first public DNS resolvers to… Read More
[Spoiler Alert] We’re about to dive deep into Mr. Robot episode 8 (eps3.7dont-delete-me.ko). While this series focuses on technical elements in the show, at times, it can’t help but spoil… Read More
When Sidewalk Labs announced plans to create a high-tech innovation district in Toronto, some privacy advocates heard alarm bells go off. After all, Sidewalk is under the Alphabet umbrella and its… Read More
Seattle is experiencing some serious growing pains, and many longtime residents blame Amazon for forcing their town to grow up too fast. The company has become emblematic of the challenges… Read More
It’s that time of the year. Thanksgiving is officially over, fall is giving way to winter and, like it or not, it’s time to hit the stores — physical or… Read More
Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John Ruhl struck down the law, ruling that it violates Washington… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent AT&T from gobbling up Time Warner for $85.4 billion, claiming the deal would “substantially lessen competition, resulting in higher… Read More
Well, color us flattered. We were overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of submissions from cities all over the country, eager to land GeekWire HQ2 for the month of February 2018.… Read More
The tech industry is breathing a sigh of relief this morning because the U.S. Senate has ditched its plan to tax stock options and restricted stock units when they vest… Read More
A proposal that would have taxed Seattle businesses earning more than $10 million in gross annual receipts was narrowly voted down by the City Council Tuesday. The HOMES tax was defeated… Read More
Political skills are becoming a hot commodity on the tech talent market. That’s according to LinkedIn’s monthly workforce report for October. The business-oriented social network says tech companies and NGOs… Read More
Some of the leading voices in the Seattle technology community have signed their names to a letter endorsing Jenny Durkan for mayor. The letter compares Seattle’s top executive office to… Read More
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes the deluge of sexual harassment stories making daily headlines can be harnessed for reform in Congress and more broadly. “Maybe this is the tipping… Read More
Tech-focused real estate brokerage FlyHomes is officially launching a new product today designed to help clients compete with the all-cash offers that have become typical in hot housing markets, like… Read More
In an industrial Seattle warehouse with plywood walls and exposed pipes, a group of about 60 people gathered Wednesday to mark a breakthrough that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee believes “we… Read More
More than 200 metro areas entered to win Amazon’s massive HQ2 contest before the Oct. 19 deadline — 238 to be exact. Those proposals came from 54 states, provinces, districts,… Read More
[Spoiler Alert] Yarr, me matey. There be spoilers ahead! Consider yourself warned. Seriously though, this article describes the latest Mr. Robot episode (Eps3.1_undo.gz) in deep technical detail. If you haven’t… Read More
City leaders across the continent are thinking about how they can best pitch their communities to Amazon as the Thursday deadline for HQ2 pitches approaches. They’ve been combing through criteria… Read More
Cary Moon, one of two finalists in Seattle’s tumultuous mayoral race, will push for city-owned internet if she is elected in November. RELATED STORY: Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says… Read More
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is calling BS on tech industry leaders who avoid hiring female candidates because they don’t want to “lower the bar.” In an on-stage interview at the GeekWire… Read More
Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history textbooks. Margaret O’Mara, a history professor at the University of Washington, says… Read More
Update Oct 11, 2 p.m: Amazon sent GeekWire this statement regarding its HQ2 search: “We will give serious consideration to every HQ2 proposal we receive from across North America, including from communities… Read More
Insurance and machine learning are hot, virtual reality is not, and cryptocurrency is complicated. Those are a few takeaways from “The VC View” — a panel of venture capitalists featuring… Read More
In its first year, real estate startup FlyHomes avoided raising outside capital by attracting a customer base of homebuyers with perks like super speedy closing dates and airline miles. But now the… Read More
Voice-controlled devices, like the Amazon Echo, are driving what Abhishek Suthan calls a “tectonic shift” in computing — and he wants to take advantage of it. That’s why he and… Read More
Fast-growing Element Data has acquired the technology assets and patent of BehaviorMatrix, a Philadelphia startup that specializes in understanding the emotional responses audiences have to brands. The “emotional analytics platform”… Read More
Slack, Evernote, Microsoft Office, Google Suite. Those are a few of the most popular apps that the busy executives featured in our Working Geek series use to stay organized. With… Read More
A cloud hung over the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s 135th meeting on an otherwise unseasonably sunny Thursday in Seattle — a cloud by the name of Amazon. Nearly every… Read More
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Todd Schulte believes, to his core, that the immigration system can be fixed “with one turn of the key” — but even if the solution is simple, it’s… Read More
From outdated party decorations to that iTunes single you didn’t really mean to buy, Amazon has been behind every unintentional, one-click purchase on the internet. Until now. READ THE PATENT:… Read More