8:00 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 19, 2021
4:53 AM PST Space4:53 AM PST Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun
9:00 AM PST Space9:00 AM PST High cost, high risk, high hopes: There’s a lot riding on the $10B James Webb Space Telescope’s launch
12:56 PM PST Geek Life12:56 PM PST ‘Go home tech bro’: Sentiment sticks around in Seattle, but pandemic peels back a new perspective
10:33 AM PST Amazon10:33 AM PST Labor settlement ends Amazon’s “15-minute rule,” letting workers stay on-site for union organizing
10:25 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:25 AM PST Omeros sells eye surgery product to Rayner for $126M in cash
9:43 AM PST Startups9:43 AM PST Seattle gaming startup FlowPlay acquired by casino and resort operator Wind Creek Hospitality
9:16 AM PST Health/Life Sciences9:16 AM PST Biosensor startup Monod lands $6M and spins out of Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design
8:54 AM PST Podcast Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
6:00 AM PST Tech Moves6:00 AM PST Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec
10:50 AM PST Space10:50 AM PST Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space
10:38 AM PST Real Estate10:38 AM PST Trulia to drop neighborhood crime data from home listings, after Redfin speaks out against practice
9:33 AM PST Amazon9:33 AM PST Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns
8:00 AM PST Space8:00 AM PST First Mode chief scientist Elizabeth Frank spans the spectrum from Earth’s depths to deep space
3:17 PM PST Health/Life Sciences3:17 PM PST Washington health officials encourage remote work and boosters amid Omicron surge
12:36 PM PST Microsoft12:36 PM PST EU approves Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal, clearing last major hurdle for big acquisition
11:28 AM PST Games11:28 AM PST Swedish video game conglomerate to acquire Portland’s Dark Horse Comics
9:25 AM PST Health/Life Sciences9:25 AM PST Bill Gates cancels his holiday plans, says ‘we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic’
9:21 AM PST Tech9:21 AM PST Amazon continues amazing growth spurt, expands presence at Austin, Chicago and Phoenix tech hubs
9:18 AM PST Microsoft9:18 AM PST Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Xandr advertising tech business, gearing up for a ‘post-cookie world’
9:17 AM PST Amazon9:17 AM PST Exit interview: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on the pandemic, Amazon, and fighting the city council
1:10 PM PST Civic1:10 PM PST Guaranteed income program backed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey begins in Tacoma; families get $500/month
10:57 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:57 AM PST Life sciences developer Alexandria grows Seattle area footprint, pays $77.5M for land in Bellevue
10:52 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:52 AM PST Health software company Edifecs continues acquisition run, swoops up Health Fidelity
10:35 AM PST Amazon10:35 AM PST Contributions from Amazon employees helped Councilmember Kshama Sawant defeat recall
8:48 AM PST Geek Life8:48 AM PST Tom Brady’s anger reaches the Surface: NFL star slams Microsoft tablet in rare shutout loss
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Another Seattle startup trying 4-day workweek in bid to enhance productivity, well-being and culture
