9:05 AM PDT Amazon9:05 AM PDT A welcome interloper? Amazon Fresh opens in Seattle’s historic and changing Central District
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Uber and Convoy vets land $5.3M for new startup Solo that helps gig workers make more money
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 22, 2021
8:30 AM PDT Junior Geek of the Month8:30 AM PDT Junior Geek of the Month: Orion Razat wrote the book on STEM jokes, and has whale of a new idea
7:42 AM PDT Podcast ‘Our country is in a cyberwar’: Inside the White House summit with Hadi Partovi of Code.org
4:47 PM PDT Civic4:47 PM PDT Judge removes ‘Compassion Seattle’ charter amendment from ballot; initiative aimed to curb homelessness crisis
3:45 PM PDT Science3:45 PM PDT Washington state researchers get $2M grant to invent better ways of recycling plastic trash
2:06 PM PDT Amazon2:06 PM PDT Amazon will offer ‘buy now, pay later’ option via partnership with Affirm
10:35 AM PDT Microsoft10:35 AM PDT ‘Unprecedented’ Microsoft Azure database vulnerability impacts thousands of customers, researchers warn
9:43 AM PDT Transportation9:43 AM PDT Amazon-backed electric vehicle maker Rivian files to go public at reported $80B valuation
8:39 AM PDT Tech8:39 AM PDT T-Mobile apologizes for data breach; carrier will invest in cybersecurity to ‘transform our approach’
8:00 AM PDT Geek Life8:00 AM PDT Jeff Bezos’ mom did not email me: How I got a troll to apologize, and why we might be friends now
7:15 AM PDT Startups7:15 AM PDT Toyota, Casio, Shell and others are using this Seattle startup to train their employees
5:00 PM PDT Amazon5:00 PM PDT Amazon cloud exec Charlie Bell’s new Microsoft job puts non-compete deals back in the spotlight
3:12 PM PDT Amazon3:12 PM PDT Former Amazon grocery leader Wei Gao lands at event management company Hopin
11:25 AM PDT Geek Life11:25 AM PDT Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rockets
8:31 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences8:31 AM PDT Diagnostics startup ID Genomics snags NIH grant to develop rapid test for COVID-19 variants
8:20 AM PDT Science8:20 AM PDT ‘Murder hornet’ nest cut from tree in Washington state; 1,500 developing insects found inside
8:18 AM PDT Startups8:18 AM PDT This legal writing startup is using AI to spot misrepresentations in litigation docs
8:11 AM PDT Space8:11 AM PDT Paintings, not people, take the spotlight in Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip
5:54 PM PDT Amazon5:54 PM PDT Cloud wars: Former Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell reportedly joins rival Microsoft
1:21 PM PDT Microsoft1:21 PM PDT Microsoft to quadruple cybersecurity investments, spending $20B over five years
12:23 PM PDT Games12:23 PM PDT Microsoft sets release date for ‘Halo Infinite,’ plus special-edition hardware to celebrate anniversary
11:26 AM PDT Startups11:26 AM PDT Invention network company Xinova to shut down, 5 years after spinning out of Intellectual Ventures
8:51 AM PDT Tech8:51 AM PDT Alaska Airlines plane evacuated in Seattle after passenger’s Samsung cell phone catches fire
6:00 AM PDT Real Estate6:00 AM PDT Real estate startup Flyhomes aims to address homebuyer’s remorse with new guarantee
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Tech Moves: Siblings at Seattle startup swap roles; Microsoft CVP departs to focus on DEI; and more
5:00 AM PDT Startups5:00 AM PDT Google-backed startup LevelTen Energy lands $35M as clean power sector booms
