GeekWire
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Geek Life presented by Network of Giving
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • Podcasts
    • Space
    • Startups
    • Sustainability
    • Tech Moves
    • Bot or Not
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Microsoft at 50 presented by Accenture
    • Tech Vets presented by Northern Trust
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200 presented by JPMorganChase
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2025 sponsored by Nebius
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2024 sponsored by AWS
    • AWS Summit: New York Partner Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Tech Connect at Dreamforce 2024 sponsored by RSM US LLP
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
    • Zuper at Inbound sponsored by Zuper
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
    • Sponsors
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What Happens Here Matters Everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Facebook

Concert

Those ’10 concerts’ lists on Facebook are fun and/or annoying — but are they a privacy threat?

Do I really need anyone to guess whether or not I saw Journey, Flock of Seagulls and Ratt in concert… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek: Facebook tries telepathic typing, inside an Amazon greenhouse, and more

Are you ready to type with just your brain? Facebook revealed this week that it’s working with a team of more… Read More

Facebook wants to build a system to allow people to speak with their brains and hear through their skin

Facebook has thrown out its share of moonshots over the years, but this one puts the rest to shame. The… Read More

Facebook tests ‘Tether-Tenna’ to beam down the internet from helicopters

Facebook is adding tethered helicopters known as “Tether-Tennas” to its toolkit for widening internet access around the globe, even in… Read More

New tool promotes empathy by asking Facebook users to follow their political opposites

A polarizing election has left the country deeply divided and social media widens that chasm by surrounding us with like-minded people. Recognizing… Read More

Facebook aims to become ‘Yellow Pages of messaging’ with new Messenger updates

There are already about 100,000 monthly active Facebook Messenger bots out there right now, but a new suite of tools… Read More

Subway sandwich

Subway launches Facebook Messenger bot to allow pre-ordering at its 26,500 U.S. restaurants

Robots may eventually do much of the work behind the counter at fast food restaurants, but today they’re relegated to mostly… Read More

Golden State Warriors launch Facebook Messenger bot for fans to use during NBA Playoffs

Golden State Warriors fans now have a new tech-powered assistant at their disposal during the NBA Playoffs. The Bay Area-based… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg says ‘we have a lot more to do here’ in regard to ‘Facebook Killer’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the “Facebook Killer” tragedy at the beginning of his company’s annual developer’s conference on Tuesday… Read More

Augmented reality will be Facebook’s next big push, starting with smartphone cameras

Facebook is betting big on augmented reality. Kicking off the annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans… Read More

Facebook Platform turns 10, releases new features to unite developers around the globe

When Facebook hosted its first F8 developer conference a decade ago, the social media giant was used by a paltry 20… Read More

Video of murder uploaded to Facebook, highlighting perils of graphic video on social media

The day before Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference, the tech titan is in the headlines for a very different reason.… Read More

Facebook lands 28-year Microsoft veteran Rico Mariani, in big hire for Seattle engineering office

Rico Mariani, a respected engineer who spent more than 28 years at Microsoft, earning the moniker of “perf guy” for his… Read More

Facebook announces Messenger Day, a Snapchat clone inside the Messenger app

These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another… Read More

Facebook launches virtual reality app that serves as a hub for 360 photo and video

Facebook has launched a hub for 360 photos and videos, as the social media giant continues to double down on… Read More

Nintendo adds Facebook integration to new Switch game console

You may soon start seeing some Nintendo Switch-related posts show up in your Facebook news feed. Nintendo announced today that… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

Facebook will use artificial intelligence to organize a global community on social media, Mark Zuckerberg said in a nearly 6,000-word… Read More

Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new job postings feature

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn might be facing its greatest threat yet with a new feature Facebook rolled out this week. Businesses in… Read More

Listen up, Facebook users: Videos will now automatically play with sound in the News Feed

Your Facebook feed is about to get a lot louder. Facebook on Tuesday announced a series of updates to the… Read More

Zuckerberg calls video a ‘megatrend’ as Facebook expands focus and looks at ‘episodic’ content

You’re going to start seeing more video in your Facebook feed. In Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed… Read More

Facebook beats earnings and user growth expectations again with $8.8B in revenue

Facebook reported its fourth quarter earnings today. Here’s what you need to know: Facebook reported non-GAAP earnings per share of… Read More

Google, Facebook and Microsoft sound alarm over Trump’s immigration crackdown

[FOLLOW-UP: Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash] President Trump’s actions on immigration during his… Read More

Facebook announces major changes to embattled Trending Topics section, removes personalization

As it continues to fight the spread of fake news, Facebook announced major changes to its Trending Topics section Wednesday.… Read More

Amazon campus

How Seattle’s office market became a ‘modern day gold rush’ thanks to Amazon and other tech giants

Amazon, with its more than 300,000 global employees, has emerged as one of the world’s corporate powerhouses. But the company’s impact is especially evident… Read More

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Surveys suggest America’s partisan divide will remain, in news diet and in real life

Will America come together in the wake of this week’s presidential inauguration? The prospects for that appear dim, based on… Read More

Facebook grabs another Seattle office building, flexing its muscles again in the heart of Amazonia

Facebook is starting to look a little Amazon-like in the speed with which it is gobbling up Seattle real estate. The… Read More

How Facebook’s Instant Games went from one Seattle engineer’s side project to reality in 6 months

Guilherme Campos has a passion for games. For much of his career, that passion mostly manifested itself in his free… Read More

President Obama

Take a 360-degree tour of the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama

In exactly one week, the Obamas will vacate the White House. As a farewell, the president and first lady teamed… Read More

Facebook Journalism Project aims to work with publishers and journalists, curb fake news

Facebook announced a new initiative Wednesday, the Facebook Journalism Project, designed to strengthen relationships with publishers and journalists and stop the… Read More

Here are Facebook’s 7 favorite things that came out of its hackathons in 2016

Hackathons are part of Facebook’s ethos as a company. Every year, Facebook holds a number of global events and individual offices… Read More

  • Older
  • Newer
  • Latest Stories
  • Startup sold to big tech giant

  • Microsoft grapples with another security breach: The latest on the SharePoint attacks

  • Tech investors on why AI makes this a great moment for startups — with one caveat

  • New head of Alliance of Angels excited to hit ‘refresh’ on longtime startup investment group

  • End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal

  • Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing

  • Redfin CEO addresses ‘painful’ restructuring; stock dips 11% after Q4 earnings miss expectations 

  • Allen Family Foundation awards $5M to support and study six nature-based carbon removal projects

  • Tech Moves: UW professor wins prestigious honor; T-Mobile board shuffle; and more

  • Nautilus CEO needs investor patience in pursuit of ‘incredibly ambitious’ biotech product

  • Automating ‘science of war’: Exia Labs raises $2.5M to build AI for military operations

  • Microsoft asks Trump to loosen chip export limits to avoid giving China an AI advantage

  • Jeff Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, will lead female crew on Blue Origin’s next space trip

  • Kestra Medical Technologies aims to raise $150M in IPO

  • Starbucks layoffs impact more than 600 workers in Washington state

  • GeekWire 200 CEO survey: Tech startup leaders on the economy, RTO, AI, and key priorities for 2025

  • Nautilus Biotechnology lays off 16% of workforce, plans release of commercial platform in 2026

  • Amazon’s new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing

  • Amazon Web Services focuses on optimizing artificial intelligence in space

  • Inspectify acquires Aloft in Seattle real estate startup deal

GeekWire Newsletters

Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters

Send Us a Tip

Have a Tip? Let us Know.

Send Us a Tip

Job Listings on GeekWorkSee More

Find more jobs on GeekWork. Employers, post a job here.

GeekWire Podcast

See MoreStartup Resources

For more helpful startup resources, see the GeekWire Service Provider Directory.
Commercial Displayers, Inc.
Business Networking | Graphic Design | Marketing
Summit Law Group
Legal Services

See MoreSeattle Engineering Centers

Track companies with engineering centers in the Seattle region
EMC/Isilon
Storage
Robinhood
Finance

A Word From Our Sponsors

About

  • About GeekWire
  • Contact Us
  • Partner With Us
  • Become a GeekWire Member
  • Send Us a Tip
  • Join Our Startup List
  • Reprints and Permissions

Follow

  • Facebook
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • Podcast
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky

GeekWire Newsletters

Catch every headline in your inbox

Read GeekWire

  • Apple News
  • Google News

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sponsored Content Policy
Return to Top of Page
© 2011-2025 GeekWire, LLC
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
Consent Preferences