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Oct 17, 2017, 2:41 PM

Uber Seattle GM talks about lessons learned from hectic growth period at ride-hailing giant

Brooke Steger has been through a lot since she became Uber’s Seattle general manager in 2013. Back then, the ride-hailing… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 1:36 PM

Netflix adds another 5.3M subscribers as stock price reaches all-time high after Q3 earnings

Netflix shares were up more than 2 percent in after-hours trading as the streaming giant beat expectations for both revenue… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 10:54 AM

The KRACK attack: Is all WiFi unsafe now? No, not really. But you’d better patch

Belgian researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced some rather brilliant research on Monday which demonstrates that nearly all WiFi in use today can be… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 8:46 AM

Gates Foundation’s new open-source software helps impoverished communities around the world access financial services 

For the billions of people living without access to a bank account, simple transactions, like paying rent electronically or registering… Read More

Oct 15, 2017, 7:00 PM

‘The pipeline’ isn’t causing tech’s diversity problem: The workplace is, and here are 3 ways to fix it

For tech organizations trying to diversify, there’s an obvious go-to: invest in a more diverse pipeline. “For me, and I… Read More

Oct 15, 2017, 1:55 PM

‘Dear Jeff’: Boston Globe shows how Amazon HQ2 can ‘help make our city better’

Amazon has an opportunity to redefine how a corporation can help shape a city. That’s the message from The Boston Globe,… Read More

Oct 14, 2017, 7:00 PM

Relive the 2017 GeekWire Summit: Our annual tech conference offers a glimpse into the future

CEOs and executives shared their best practices. Professors and researchers offered their expert opinions. Inventors and entrepreneurs demonstrated their latest… Read More

Oct 13, 2017, 2:00 PM

Why Stripe co-founder John Collison thinks his company is the Amazon Web Services of payments

There’s not a lot of regular folks who realize that mobile payments processor Stripe is one of the most influential… Read More

Oct 13, 2017, 10:43 AM

Stripe co-founder John Collison explains why online payments powerhouse opened an office in Seattle

Online payment powerhouse Stripe just opened an office in Seattle, its first engineering outpost outside of Silicon Valley, and it’s… Read More

Oct 13, 2017, 10:27 AM

Glowforge delays shipment of 3D printers again as buyers express frustration with Seattle startup

It’s been two years since Glowforge set a crowdfunding record for its innovative 3D printer and the company is still… Read More

Oct 12, 2017, 12:23 PM

Univ. of Washington names new computer science building after Bill & Melinda Gates

Before they launched Microsoft and changed the personal computing world forever, Bill Gates and Paul Allen spent their teenage years… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 3:26 PM

Real talk about fake news: How the Information Age became the Disinformation Age

Technology has changed just about everything it has touched, and that is especially true when it comes to the distribution… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 3:03 PM

Inventions We Love: Smart lighting, a smart ball and a DIY pancreas system that is … well, really smart

You can never have too many inventions worth loving. And in Seattle’s bustling tech scene, startups continue to wow us… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 1:10 PM

GeekWire Summit Live: theBoardlist Founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff

This session isn’t just a talk — it’s also live recording of Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff’s Office Hours podcast. Rascoff will… Read More

Oculus Go
Oct 11, 2017, 12:10 PM

Oculus shows off its first standalone VR headset, $199 Oculus Go, and other treats

Oculus is filling the virtual-reality niche between smartphones and its high-end, wired-up Oculus Rift headset with a standalone mobile headset… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 10:41 AM

What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella learned from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer about being a leader

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has brought something of a renaissance to the company. Although many see him as a new,… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 9:21 AM

GeekWire Summit 2017: Photos and recap from an inspirational and informative Day 1

CEOs, presidents, founders, venture capitalists, scientists, inventors, professors, researchers, and an attorney general — Day 1 at the 2017 GeekWire… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 7:06 AM

GeekWire Summit Day Two: Diversity & inclusion, Satya Nadella, awesome giveaways; and more

The GeekWire Summit kicked off yesterday with an amazing slate of speakers, and we’ll be back on the stage again… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 6:00 PM

3 investors discuss the most (and least) exciting emerging technologies on their radar

Insurance and machine learning are hot, virtual reality is not, and cryptocurrency is complicated. Those are a few takeaways from… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 5:35 PM

Inventions We Love: Pillsy, JikoPower and SafKan pitch geeky gadgets to voters at GeekWire Summit

There’s a lot to love about technology in 2017, including one of our favorite segments of the GeekWire Summit: Inventions… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 5:08 PM

Heard & overheard: GeekWire Summit 2017, Day 1

Executives, scientists, and politicians say the darnedest things. The casual-yet-focused discussions on stage at the GeekWire Summit led top names… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 4:29 PM

Benchmark Capital partner on suing Uber’s former CEO and replacing him with Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi

After Travis Kalanick resigned from Uber amid a series of sexual harassment and other scandals, investor Benchmark Capital filed an… Read More

Bob Ferguson
Oct 10, 2017, 2:17 PM

‘I cannot stand losing’: Washington AG Bob Ferguson on never underestimating Donald Trump

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed 19 lawsuits against the administration of Donald Trump since the president took… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 1:10 PM

GeekWire Summit Live: WA state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, head of Alexa and Echo devices Toni Reid and more

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson became the central face in the battle against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Longtime… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 12:57 PM

Environmental group deploys ‘Cup Monster’ to pressure Starbucks to use more sustainable cups

As Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson took the stage this morning to kick off the 2017 GeekWire Summit, a giant structure with bloodshot… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 11:58 AM

3rd annual Geeks Give Back campaign aims to raise $1M for the next generation of STEM leaders

Like many places around the world, Washington state has a talent crisis. The state creates thousands of highly skilled jobs… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 11:31 AM

In the race to get driverless cars on the road, expert warns of the need to pump the brakes — for now

Fully automated cars are looked at by many in the tech community as a near certainty, maybe even in the… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 11:30 AM

GeekWire Summit Live: Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta on the future of retail and delivery

The grocery and delivery markets are rapidly changing, and Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta — a former supply chain… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 11:16 AM

Steve Ballmer talks fake news, immigration, and Microsoft in new video

As a major investor in Twitter, the former CEO of Microsoft, and creator of new government data non-profit USAFacts.org, Steve… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 10:33 AM

Starbucks CEO explains how company ties together a physical store experience with digital innovation

Over the past decade, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have gone through a massive disruption as digital tools and the internet change the… Read More

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