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Oct 23, 2020, 12:18 PM

Seattle-area engineer pleads guilty for scheme to defraud COVID-19 relief programs

Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer based in the Seattle area, pled guilty on Thursday to one count of wire… Read More

Spencer Rascoff
Oct 22, 2020, 7:20 AM

Q&A with former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on his new SPAC that just raised $350M

Spencer Rascoff knows quite a bit about taking a company public. He helped launch Zillow in 2005 and led the… Read More

Oct 21, 2020, 12:30 PM

T-Mobile launches venture capital fund to invest in startups building 5G-related tech

T-Mobile unveiled a venture capital fund called T-Mobile Ventures that will invest in companies building 5G-related products and services for… Read More

Oct 21, 2020, 7:30 AM

WestRiver Group chief Erik Anderson launches ‘global decarbonization’ SPAC with Riverstone

Erik Anderson is getting in on the SPAC rush. The WestRiver Group CEO and longtime Seattleite is teaming up with… Read More

Oct 19, 2020, 9:48 AM

More hours, more burned out: Survey finds remote tech workforce feeling strain of working from home

The pandemic and remote work are wearing on the tech workforce, with 68% of respondents to a new survey saying… Read More

Oct 17, 2020, 12:10 PM

Election Night 2032: What it could look like if we’re not careful about reining in technology’s reach

Editor’s note: This guest post is tied to the release of Bombarded, a new book by Cyrus Krohn, a former… Read More

Oct 17, 2020, 10:23 AM

What gives Bill Gates hope about the world, and one thing he says we should all do right now

The COVID-19 pandemic is a “gigantic setback” for the world. But Bill Gates is still optimistic about the future. As… Read More

Oct 15, 2020, 9:34 PM

GeekWire Summit: Bill Gates says world can avoid climate ‘disaster,’ if we learn lesson from pandemic

As COVID-19 began sickening and killing thousands, shutting down the world’s economies and emptying schools, many people belatedly acknowledged Bill… Read More

Oct 15, 2020, 3:22 PM

It’s not just you: Twitter goes down for users across the world

Update, 4:03 p.m. PT: Twitter came back online for some users. This sums up the outage nicely: https://twitter.com/levie/status/1316877129024368641 Update, 7:15 p.m.… Read More

Oct 15, 2020, 10:00 AM

Today at the GeekWire Summit: Bill Gates on the pandemic, the climate, and the future of the world

Our questions are ready, the virtual stage is set, and we’re looking forward to an enlightening and informative discussion with… Read More

Oct 13, 2020, 5:32 PM

T-Mobile CEO: Apple iPhone 12 launch marks ‘firing gun’ for 5G and T-Mobile leads the race

T-Mobile didn’t make it into Apple’s big iPhone event today. But CEO Mike Sievert took to Twitter and spoke to… Read More

Oct 13, 2020, 7:00 AM

GeekWire Summit starts today: How to watch our interviews with Bill Gates and other top leaders

The GeekWire Summit returns this week, in an all-new virtual format, exploring the future of science, health, technology and what’s… Read More

Oct 7, 2020, 3:19 PM

20 years after Microsoft’s antitrust fight, Steve Ballmer betting that Big Tech won’t be broken up

Twenty years after Microsoft waged its own antitrust battle with the U.S. government, former CEO Steve Ballmer is betting that… Read More

Oct 7, 2020, 12:22 PM

Bill Gates on how to overcome vaccine worries and striving to match his dad’s achievements

As the U.S. lurches through the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has turned repeatedly to Bill Gates to get his insights… Read More

Oct 6, 2020, 5:04 PM

House antitrust probe says Amazon has ‘monopoly power’ over sellers, company slams ‘fringe’ findings

A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee finds that Amazon “has monopoly power over most third-party sellers and… Read More

Oct 6, 2020, 10:25 AM

Tableau integrates with Salesforce’s Einstein Analytics, now called Tableau CRM

Tableau announced that it is combining its software with Salesforce’s Einstein Analytics arm. The new offering will be known as… Read More

Oct 6, 2020, 9:07 AM

Bill Gates to speak at the 2020 GeekWire Summit

Bill Gates warned about the potential impact of an unchecked infectious virus years before the world faced COVID-19. Over the… Read More

Oct 5, 2020, 1:55 PM

Avalara pays $377M to acquire ‘tax answer company’ Transaction Tax Resources

Seattle sales tax automation company Avalara paid approximately $377 million in cash to acquire Transaction Tax Resources (TTR), a McMinnville,… Read More

Oct 5, 2020, 10:40 AM

Seattle mountaineering guide in legal battle with tech CEO seeking refund for failed Everest climb

Seattle mountaineering guide Garrett Madison and Silicon Valley tech CEO Zachary Bookman were set to take on the world’s tallest… Read More

Oct 2, 2020, 10:29 AM

Convoy rival Uber Freight raises $500M, valuing trucking logistics business at $3.3B

Uber Freight, the trucking logistics arm of Uber, today announced a $500 million investment led by Greenbriar that values the… Read More

Bob Ferguson
Oct 1, 2020, 8:36 AM

Washington state AG sues Brown Paper Tickets for failure to pay event organizers and ticket refunds

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Seattle-based Brown Paper Tickets, accusing the company of failing… Read More

Sep 28, 2020, 8:52 PM

SpaceX provides Starlink satellites to help Washington state towns get online after wildfires

SpaceX is lending a helping hand to Washington state towns ravaged by recent wildfires. The Washington Emergency Management Division is… Read More

Sep 28, 2020, 9:59 AM

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts airing $10M ad campaign during presidential debates to highlight real data

USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is launching a $10 million ad… Read More

Sep 26, 2020, 12:23 PM

Book Excerpt: How to build a startup with a different measure of success — your own satisfaction

[Editor’s Note: Lee LeFever shares lessons learned from building Common Craft, a Seattle company known for its distinctive explainer videos,… Read More

Sep 25, 2020, 7:00 AM

‘OpenAI should be renamed ClosedAI’: Reaction to Microsoft’s exclusive license of OpenAI’s GPT-3

Microsoft this week gained an exclusive license to OpenAI’s GPT-3, the state-of-the-art language model garnering attention across the tech industry.… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 7:00 AM

Climate change reversal startup Nori raises $4M for its CO2 offsets marketplace

Nori, a Seattle-based startup striving to help reverse climate change, announced Thursday that it has closed a $4 million fundraising… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 8:00 AM

Hired’s ‘Brand Health Report’ finds Microsoft is where Seattle-area tech talent wants to work

For the third straight year, Microsoft is the top-rated tech employer in the Seattle region according to the annual “Brand… Read More

Sep 20, 2020, 10:57 AM

Seeing through smoke: How FLIR’s thermal imaging tech helps assess Oregon’s wildfires from above

Cole Lindsay was nearly 20 nautical miles in the air Thursday morning above Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park as the… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 1:19 PM

Accolade adds mental health support through Ginger partnership, citing growing national crisis

Health benefits technology company Accolade says it will provide access to mental health support, including on-demand virtual therapy, in partnership… Read More

Sep 15, 2020, 8:08 AM

Zillow rival Opendoor will go public via SPAC; home buying and selling platform valued at $4.8B

Opendoor, the Zillow Group rival that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, is going public. The San Francisco-based… Read More

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