8:17 AM PDT Amazon8:17 AM PDT Amazon opening first hair salon in London in bid to test new technology and sell more beauty products
8:00 AM PDT Impact Series8:00 AM PDT How the Pacific Northwest is playing a key role in the burgeoning world of carbon capture tech
7:00 AM PDT Startups7:00 AM PDT Startup of the Year: Vote for the hottest up-and-coming company at the GeekWire Awards
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Data infrastructure startup Era Software lands $15.2M to manage cloud-native workloads
3:51 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences3:51 PM PDT Mental Health Match helps people find the right therapist, and finds a new home in Portland
3:16 PM PDT Amazon3:16 PM PDT Amazon cancels ‘Lord of the Rings’ MMO in latest hiccup for company’s gaming ambitions
2:24 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences2:24 PM PDT Seattle startup adyn raises $2.5M from 23andMe CEO and others for birth control prescription test
1:19 PM PDT Geek Life1:19 PM PDT Company targets ‘walkable’ Seattle with robot that carries your stuff – but is $3k price tag a heavy lift?
11:55 AM PDT Amazon11:55 AM PDT Amazon unveils 9 clean energy projects, says it will power company with 100% renewables by 2025
10:34 AM PDT Amazon10:34 AM PDT Video: Jeff Bezos gives Washington governor a tour of homeless shelter attached to Amazon HQ
9:00 AM PDT Space9:00 AM PDT Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin
8:59 AM PDT Tech8:59 AM PDT Expedia launches brand refresh, new features and ad campaign in anticipation of travel surge
8:30 AM PDT GeekWire Events Highlights8:30 AM PDT Keep design in mind: Cast your vote for UX Design of the Year at the GeekWire Awards
8:16 AM PDT Startups8:16 AM PDT Mastercard will pay $850M to acquire identification startup Ekata, which spun out of Whitepages
6:00 AM PDT Amazon6:00 AM PDT Union organizers file formal objections over Amazon’s opposition campaign in Alabama
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 11, 2021
8:00 AM PDT Tech8:00 AM PDT Society of Women Engineers group at University of Washington aims to close the gender gap
11:02 AM PDT Civic11:02 AM PDT Washington state governor expected to sign new bill ending prohibition on municipal broadband
8:35 AM PDT Podcast Rep. Suzan DelBene on out-of-date privacy laws, and why she’s not giving up on federal legislation
4:36 PM PDT Space4:36 PM PDT NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out
3:18 PM PDT Games3:18 PM PDT Analysis: Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand?
11:06 AM PDT Tech Moves11:06 AM PDT Tech Moves: Former Chef Software and Impinj CFO Evan Fein lands at phone service startup TextNow
8:00 AM PDT Geek of the Week8:00 AM PDT Kaytlyn Gerbin is blazing trails in cell science and as an ultrarunner who has conquered Mount Rainier
7:55 AM PDT Startups7:55 AM PDT Meet the latest Techstars Seattle cohort: 10 startups on how they’ve adapted to the pandemic
7:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:00 AM PDT The voters will see you now: The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards
6:47 PM PDT Space6:47 PM PDT Going, going … goniometer! First Mode delivers measuring gizmo for Mars mission
12:55 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences12:55 PM PDT Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech co-founders join life sciences SPAC; new edtech execs; and more
10:05 AM PDT Amazon10:05 AM PDT Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter
9:03 AM PDT Startups9:03 AM PDT Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO
8:33 AM PDT Startups8:33 AM PDT Uber vets raise $12.5M for real estate property management startup Doorstead
