7:45 AM PDT Amazon7:45 AM PDT Amazon’s drone delivery ambitions hit key milestone with new FAA approval
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 23, 2020
12:30 PM PDT Working Geek12:30 PM PDT How playing ‘all the sports’ as a kid helped this tech leader avoid getting pigeonholed in his career
10:00 AM PDT Geek of the Week10:00 AM PDT Geek of the Week: Anu Sharma left Amazon for Madrona to invest in helping new businesses
9:25 AM PDT Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s ambitious new health band; 4-day work week; Ex-Expedia CEO’s new gig
7:37 AM PDT Impact Series7:37 AM PDT How Pacific Science Center ran safe, successful summer camps — in-person — despite COVID-19
7:56 PM PDT Bot or Not7:56 PM PDT With Elon Musk’s help, ‘Three Little Pigs’ demonstrate Neuralink’s brain implant
1:39 PM PDT Science1:39 PM PDT TerraPower advances plans for next-gen nuclear plants, earning Bill Gates’ praise
11:12 AM PDT Startups11:12 AM PDT The Right to Be Banked: How fintech entrepreneurs can benefit from a financial inclusion law
10:56 AM PDT Amazon10:56 AM PDT Judge issues preliminary injunction for Amazon and top authors in lawsuit against ‘pirate’ book site
9:02 AM PDT Real Estate9:02 AM PDT Dreaming of a new home? Zillow’s new ad campaign signals changes in real estate and marketing
7:44 AM PDT Amazon7:44 AM PDT Who will (eventually) replace Jeff Bezos? Amazon succession mystery deepens with key exec’s exit
7:40 AM PDT Amazon7:40 AM PDT Amazon buys 1,800 electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz for delivery fleet in Europe
7:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:00 AM PDT KitoTech raises $3M as demand soars for its at-home no-stitch wound closure kit
3:00 PM PDT Startups3:00 PM PDT Battery startup Joule Case lands $500K after making key pivot due to the pandemic
2:07 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences2:07 PM PDT Researchers discover new avenue for fighting COVID-19, Ebola and other viral diseases
12:12 PM PDT Tech12:12 PM PDT Microsoft president says broadband connectivity is ‘the electricity of our age’
12:00 PM PDT Impact Series12:00 PM PDT 7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish
11:42 AM PDT Startups11:42 AM PDT James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher
10:40 AM PDT Amazon10:40 AM PDT Portland’s Powell’s Books says it ‘must take a stand’ and will stop selling books through Amazon
10:35 AM PDT Microsoft10:35 AM PDT Walmart joining Microsoft’s TikTok bid; social video app’s CEO quits after being excluded from talks
9:00 AM PDT Tech9:00 AM PDT Part apartment, part hotel, Sonder moves into Seattle with its tech-enabled hospitality option
9:00 AM PDT Junior Geek of the Month9:00 AM PDT Junior Geek of the Month: An early tech learner, Sheshank Shankar follows a path toward teaching
8:13 AM PDT Amazon8:13 AM PDT Amazon opens first Fresh grocery store, debuts high-tech shopping cart in retail expansion
7:01 AM PDT Amazon7:01 AM PDT Amazon’s new $100 ‘Halo’ health band measures body fat, voice tone, sleep quality, and activity
2:00 AM PDT Startups2:00 AM PDT Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees
7:25 PM PDT Tech7:25 PM PDT Microsoft, PNNL and UW leap into White House’s $1B initiative for AI and quantum research
4:14 PM PDT Microsoft4:14 PM PDT Microsoft-supported effort to advise female-led software startups unveils new cohort
4:01 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences4:01 PM PDT Seattle’s Athira Pharma files for IPO to fund quest for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s breakthroughs
3:44 PM PDT Amazon3:44 PM PDT The $200 billion man: Jeff Bezos crosses into new territory as Amazon’s stock surge fuels riches
