7:56 AM PST Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways
7:36 PM PST Startups7:36 PM PST Battery Ventures makes majority investment in Seattle enterprise security startup DomainTools
12:29 PM PST Games12:29 PM PST The long road back to normal: Penny Arcade Expo announces event dates for 2021
10:26 AM PST Space10:26 AM PST Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine — and makes a bold prediction
8:53 AM PST Startups8:53 AM PST Advice for women who want to join a board — and why gender balance in the boardroom is important
8:32 PM PST Health/Life Sciences8:32 PM PST Silverback Therapeutics prices IPO at $21/share, will raise $241M in 4th Wash. state IPO of 2020
6:00 PM PST Bot or Not6:00 PM PST President Trump signs an executive order guiding how federal agencies use AI tech
4:37 PM PST Games4:37 PM PST Washington state ranks No. 2 nationwide for annual video game industry economic output at $11.6B
2:02 PM PST Transportation2:02 PM PST AAA’s GIG car-sharing service expands in Seattle, filling void left by ReachNow, car2go, Lime
12:36 PM PST Space12:36 PM PST NASA agrees to purchase moon rocks for $1 in a deal that may involve Blue Origin
11:05 AM PST Health/Life Sciences11:05 AM PST Washington State U. launches ‘Spinout Space in Spokane’ incubator for life sciences startups
10:42 AM PST Amazon10:42 AM PST Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals
10:16 AM PST Civic10:16 AM PST Bill Gates calls for creation of National Institutes of Energy Innovation to better address climate change
8:55 AM PST Amazon8:55 AM PST After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention
8:30 AM PST Geek Life8:30 AM PST Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’
4:00 AM PST Startups4:00 AM PST PreAct raises $1.6M from Sony, others to help prevent road traffic crashes with vehicle-sensing tech
2:41 PM PST Games2:41 PM PST Microsoft acquires video-game tournament tool Smash.GG as MSN expands esports footprint
2:37 PM PST Cloud Tech2:37 PM PST CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption
10:43 AM PST Startups10:43 AM PST New data shows how much cash Seattle-area tech startups received in PPP loans
10:29 AM PST Amazon10:29 AM PST Amazon’s safety claims fail to convince critics in government amid holiday shopping rush
8:28 AM PST Geek Life8:28 AM PST Why NBA legend Detlef Schrempf joined Cameo, and what it says about the future of fan interaction
7:30 AM PST Startups7:30 AM PST Former Sumo Logic and Auth0 exec raises $2M for stealthy new security startup ZeroWall
6:11 PM PST Space6:11 PM PST Radian Aerospace pursues a stealthy and unorthodox plan for orbital space plane
4:23 PM PST Health/Life Sciences4:23 PM PST COVID-19 exposure notification apps become more widespread — but will they make a difference?
1:55 PM PST Cloud Tech1:55 PM PST Salesforce’s $27.7B Slack deal combines two Amazon allies, creates big new rival for Microsoft
1:13 PM PST Education1:13 PM PST Seattle U names $100M Center for Science and Innovation after Costco co-founder and wife
12:32 PM PST Startups12:32 PM PST Seattle startup Wyze launches another product, unveils $20 smartwatch with oxygen level tracker
10:10 AM PST Startups10:10 AM PST Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO
9:52 AM PST Microsoft9:52 AM PST Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash