5:05 PM PDT Games5:05 PM PDT Analysis: Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda is a massive disruption for the video game industry
1:57 PM PDT Startups1:57 PM PDT Faithlife acquires LifeWay’s Wordsearch product to bolster its bible software
1:10 PM PDT Tech Moves1:10 PM PDT Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more
12:43 PM PDT Civic12:43 PM PDT Microsoft and Cascadia group unveil proposal to build economic hubs between big Pacific NW cities
10:43 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:43 AM PDT Illumina will pay $8B to acquire Grail, the Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company
10:17 AM PDT Impact Series10:17 AM PDT Microsoft vows to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030, in latest sustainability initiative
9:49 AM PDT Amazon9:49 AM PDT Amazon adds Tile to Sidewalk wireless network; says Echo devices can serve as bridges; explains bandwidth sharing
8:13 AM PDT Startups8:13 AM PDT Seattle-based startup investment firm Flying Fish is raising a new fund
7:25 AM PDT Games7:25 AM PDT Microsoft to acquire Elder Scrolls, Fallout, other hit games in $7.5B deal for Bethesda Softworks parent
8:37 PM PDT Geek Life8:37 PM PDT As Emmy Awards go virtual, HBO bests streaming TV with most wins; Amazon collects four total
4:58 PM PDT Games4:58 PM PDT Nintendo 3DS, 2011-2020: Its strange life, quiet death, and the potential end of a mobile gaming dynasty
1:38 PM PDT Microsoft1:38 PM PDT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella throws out virtual first pitch for Seattle Mariners — with ‘Halo’ helpers
10:57 AM PDT Tech10:57 AM PDT Seeing through smoke: How FLIR’s thermal imaging tech helps assess Oregon’s wildfires from above
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 13, 2020
2:00 PM PDT Startup Spotlight2:00 PM PDT Seattle startup Level sees growth for flexible credit service used by independent contractors
8:52 AM PDT Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Snowflake, Madrona and a giant IPO; Bill Gates Sr.’s legacy; Apple, UW and COVID
8:00 AM PDT Community8:00 AM PDT Guest Commentary: A question for the City of Seattle: Why are you fighting your partners?
12:30 PM PDT Geek of the Week12:30 PM PDT Geek of the Week: Elizabeth Lawlor brings her lab — and hope for a cancer cure — to Seattle Children’s
12:26 PM PDT Space12:26 PM PDT NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’
12:09 PM PDT Amazon12:09 PM PDT Justice Dept. indicts six in scheme to bribe Amazon employees and gain marketplace advantage
10:30 AM PDT Microsoft10:30 AM PDT No, Microsoft is not ‘still involved’ in TikTok discussions, despite President Trump’s statement
10:26 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:26 AM PDT Athira Pharma raises $204M in IPO, reaching ‘big milestone’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases
8:54 AM PDT Geek Life8:54 AM PDT How Bill Gates Sr., late father of the Microsoft co-founder, helped Howard Schultz buy Starbucks
7:17 PM PDT Amazon7:17 PM PDT Internal documents say U.S. Postal Service made $1.6B profit on Amazon deliveries in FY2019
6:43 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences6:43 PM PDT Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share, will raise $204M in third Washington state IPO of 2020
4:09 PM PDT Amazon4:09 PM PDT Testing Amazon Kitchen: Here’s our hot take on the tech giant’s first hot food bar at Amazon Go Grocery
1:19 PM PDT Tech1:19 PM PDT Accolade adds mental health support through Ginger partnership, citing growing national crisis
12:00 PM PDT Games12:00 PM PDT Next-gen console analysis: Sony to challenge Microsoft with higher prices, more exclusive games
11:36 AM PDT Amazon11:36 AM PDT Amazon defends partnerships with oil industry as Washington governor seeks to rein it in
9:58 AM PDT Cloud Tech9:58 AM PDT Acumatica jabs at SAP Concur with new expense reporting features in latest challenge to tech titans
