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Jan 19, 2017, 9:07 AM

Gates Foundation and partners launch $1B coalition to ‘outsmart epidemics’ with vaccines

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with the Wellcome Trust and the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway… Read More

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Jan 19, 2017, 8:00 AM

Shocked by Trump win, Seattle tech vets start news site ‘Presterity,’ using facts to foil new president

Jan Miksovsky admits, like many people, to being very surprised by November’s presidential election result. In the days after Nov.… Read More

Jan 19, 2017, 5:00 AM

Smartsheet to open office in Boston, plans to hire 300 employees in 2017

Smartsheet is expanding. The Bellevue, Wash-based project management software company announced today that it will open a new office in… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 1:31 PM

Netflix adds record 7M members, acknowledges Amazon Prime Video’s growing footprint

Netflix marked a decade since the launch of its streaming service by adding more than 7 million new members globally… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 11:48 AM

Still slimming down, Twitter sells its Fabric development environment to Google

Google has bought Fabric, Twitter’s application-development environment, for an undisclosed sum, as the latter company streamlines its business. “We’ve signed an… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 10:25 AM

Unium, previously Coco Communications, raises more cash for in-home WiFi software

A Seattle startup has its sights set on becoming a standard for robust in-home WiFi software. Unium, previously known as Coco… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 3:01 PM

Uber and Lyft drivers protest union ordinance in Seattle, say law would ‘threaten our livelihood’

Some Uber and Lyft drivers in Seattle say a new law that would give them the right to unionize actually endangers… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 10:50 AM

Uber sues city of Seattle to block landmark driver union ordinance

Uber is suing the city of Seattle, aiming to block key provisions of the city’s landmark law — set to go… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 10:34 AM

How big data can improve cities and save lives: UW and Seattle brainstorm solutions on education, homelessness, and transportation

Using data and analytics to help improve the bottom line is now common practice in the technology and business worlds.… Read More

Old phones
Jan 17, 2017, 10:25 AM

GeekWire Poll: Do you still have a landline phone? Survey finds 52 percent of U.S. adults are cell only

Increasingly, and unsurprisingly it seems, the only time you’re going to hear a telephone ring that sounds like a landline… Read More

Vahana flying machine
Jan 16, 2017, 7:36 PM

Where’s your flying car? Airbus Group just might be testing it in Oregon this year

Airbus Group says it’s on track to test its prototype self-piloted flying car by the end of the year, and… Read More

Techbridge girls at "Hidden Figures" showing
Jan 16, 2017, 6:05 PM

‘Hidden Figures’ inspires hundreds of girls at special MLK Day showing

Changing the world isn’t all about “giant leaps” and single moments of innovation. Our successes are built through the actions… Read More

Bill Gates
Jan 16, 2017, 9:12 AM

Eight richest men, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, have same wealth as 3.6B of world’s poorest

Eight men own just as much wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the… Read More

Jan 16, 2017, 9:04 AM

Man convicted after out-of-control drone hits building, knocks woman unconscious during Seattle Pride Parade

It is not a great time to be a drone pilot in Seattle right now. On the heels of a drone… Read More

Jan 15, 2017, 4:42 PM

T-Mobile CEO scolds Sprint CEO for laughing at Chelsea Handler’s Twitter joke about car crashing into T-Mobile store

John Legere did a bit of scolding on Twitter this afternoon. The T-Mobile CEO called out Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure… Read More

Jan 13, 2017, 6:31 PM

Seattle is shutting down its bike-share program, will reallocate funding to other projects

So long, Seattle bike-share program. The City of Seattle on Friday announced that it will shut down the Pronto bike-share service on… Read More

Jan 13, 2017, 2:37 PM

Digital advertising company AudienceScience cuts jobs amid shift in business

Digital advertising company AudienceScience is cutting as much as a quarter of its staff, GeekWire has learned. AudienceScience, formerly known as… Read More

avalanche snowboarder
Jan 13, 2017, 10:41 AM

Inside an avalanche: Watch snowboarder’s inflatable backpack save his life during disaster

A quick-thinking snowboarder who pulled the trigger on his inflatable backpack has the device to thank for his life after… Read More

Jan 13, 2017, 6:38 AM

Washington state grapples with obstacles to implementing ultrafast 5G wireless

OLYMPIA, Wash. — 5G sounds cool. Who doesn’t want a faster Internet? But real-world problems — including safety, costs and… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 8:10 PM

Nintendo Switch hybrid console priced at $299.99, will debut March 3

You can get your hands on Nintendo’s newest handheld console in March. The Japanese video game giant announced today that… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 4:50 PM

BMW’s ReachNow car-sharing service hits 40K members as it eyes self-driving car technology

As the headquarters for BMW’s ReachNow car-sharing service, Seattle will be one of the first places people get to try out… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 4:06 PM

Envelop VR CEO discusses why his venture-backed VR startup shut down: ‘We were way early’

A day after news broke that Envelop VR was shutting its doors, the CEO of the Bellevue-based virtual reality startup… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 11:32 AM

Economist: Washington state can’t succeed without income tax, tech investor disagrees

Washington state’s lack of income tax is either one of its greatest assets or one of the main issues holding… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 11:15 AM

University of Washington approves funding plan for new computer science building

Update, 1:45 p.m. PT: The Board of Regents officially approved the funding and budget plan this afternoon.  The University of Washington… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 10:41 AM

Seattle City Council hopeful says he’ll let constituents control his decisions with an app

What happens when a politician crowdsources every policy decision? Ryan Asbert, a 31-year-old freelance web developer, intends to find out. He’s planning… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 10:28 AM

Despite ‘dumb-ass Tweets’ from president-elect Trump, Seattle’s economic forecast is ‘awesome’

The economic forecast for the Seattle region: Sunny and warm, with a few patchy clouds.  That was essentially the message… Read More

Jan 11, 2017, 3:58 PM

May the firewall be with you: Tech security lessons from Star Wars ‘Rogue One’

A brief time ago in a theater close, close by … I saw a group of heroic rebel hackers infiltrate… Read More

Jan 11, 2017, 3:33 PM

New political reality? Why these lawmakers donned VR headsets in a committee hearing

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators on the Washington state House Technology & Economic Development Committee were given some first-hand experience with virtual reality… Read More

Drone Needle
Jan 11, 2017, 2:53 PM

Dramatic video footage shows drone circling and then crashing into Seattle’s Space Needle

Dramatic footage shot by a drone circling Seattle’s Space Needle shows workers preparing for the recent New Year’s Eve fireworks display… Read More

Drone
Jan 11, 2017, 10:04 AM

State legislators grapple with drone privacy and safety issues as UAVs take off

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What’s the difference between photographing a piece of private property from a Cessna airplane and doing the same… Read More

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