12:37 PM PST Civic12:37 PM PST Bezos, Gates, Ballmer see fortunes soar during COVID-19 as politicians propose new wealth taxes
12:02 PM PST Startups12:02 PM PST JetClosing closes $11M investment round, names Seattle tech vet Anna Collins as CEO
8:17 AM PST Startups8:17 AM PST Investors sue Washington state bitcoin mining magnate who they say bilked them for millions
7:27 AM PST Startups7:27 AM PST Ad Lightning raises more cash for new product that helps companies meet privacy standards
7:24 AM PST Amazon7:24 AM PST Republican Senator Marco Rubio unleashes blistering attack on Amazon, says he stands with union effort and criticizes company’s ‘woke’ culture
4:03 PM PST Health/Life Sciences4:03 PM PST Washington state to enter Phase 3 of COVID recovery; Biden to urge vaccines for all by May 1
2:32 PM PST Civic2:32 PM PST Register for GeekWire’s virtual roundtable: Tackling Public Policy Challenges During a Covid Economy
1:02 PM PST Tech1:02 PM PST Wave will pay $900K to 23K customers following AG investigation over hidden fees
12:54 PM PST Tech Moves12:54 PM PST Tech Moves: Facebook engineering lead joins gaming unicorn Playco; Bright.md names new CEO
12:06 PM PST Games12:06 PM PST Fresh off blockbuster acquisition, Microsoft will add 20 Bethesda games to Xbox Game Pass
11:15 AM PST Tech11:15 AM PST Pacific Northwest National Lab gets green light to design and build a $75M grid storage facility
9:30 AM PST Geek Life9:30 AM PST Microsoft industrial designer leads Seattle team and ‘Big Dill’ in ‘BattleBots’ TV competition
8:48 AM PST Real Estate8:48 AM PST Zillow to hire 2,000 employees — but they won’t all be in Seattle as distributed model takes root
8:07 AM PST Startups8:07 AM PST Seattle-area startup Icertis now valued at $2.8 billion after fresh $80M round
6:45 AM PST Space6:45 AM PST Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations
6:30 AM PST Startups6:30 AM PST Sister-in-law founding team raises $1.6M to digitize transactions for weddings and events
6:00 AM PST Startups6:00 AM PST Vacasa acquires competitor TurnKey to bolster vacation rental platform
2:00 PM PST Startups2:00 PM PST New ‘Limit App’ targets social media users between 18 and 25 — and kicks them off when they turn 26
1:57 PM PST Podcast Why this venture capitalist thinks LGBTQ+ and women’s health is the next big investment frontier
11:57 AM PST Geek Life11:57 AM PST Report on COVID-related philanthropy credits MacKenzie Scott with powering 25% of U.S. giving
10:06 AM PST Startups10:06 AM PST TheWMarketplace raises $500K to grow platform supporting women entrepreneurs
8:46 AM PST Tech Moves8:46 AM PST Tech Moves: Microsoft distinguished engineer joins Eclipse Ventures; Outreach adds evangelist
8:41 AM PST Amazon8:41 AM PST Amazon throws support behind low-carbon fuel standard bill in Washington state
8:15 AM PST Startups8:15 AM PST Visus Therapeutics raises $36M from J&J’s VC arm, others to develop eye drop that treats presbyopia
8:00 AM PST Geek Life8:00 AM PST Seattle artist behind viral ‘Kitty Cat Dance’ meme turns to crypto art market after years of ripoffs
2:00 AM PST Civic2:00 AM PST Rep. DelBene introduces federal privacy bill in latest effort to avoid ‘patchwork’ of state laws
4:48 PM PST Space4:48 PM PST Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will give NASA a spin in lunar gravity on suborbital flight
4:23 PM PST Health/Life Sciences4:23 PM PST UW scientists turn Amazon’s Alexa into heart monitoring device using sound waves
12:45 PM PST Real Estate12:45 PM PST Zillow Group and NAR hit with antitrust lawsuit filed by Real Estate Exchange over home listings
12:40 PM PST Civic12:40 PM PST Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state
