Play Podcast Geared Up: FaceTime eavesdropping bug, minimalist phones, and rumored Apple gaming subscription service Play In this episode of Geared Up, Andru Edwards and I discuss the FaceTime bug that allowed iPhone users to eavesdrop… Read More
Play Podcast Week in Geek: Amazon’s delivery robot, the app that helped AOC, and a rough game for the Surface Pro Play While we’ve been watching the sky and waiting for drone deliveries from Amazon, the tech giant came at us from… Read More
Play Podcast The mobile ultrasound revolution: How technology is expanding this medical tool to new frontiers Play Last year, a physician in a remote Polish town visited the home of a baby with a systemic bacterial infection.… Read More
Play Podcast Amazon and Microsoft diverge on approach to housing crisis in their home region Play As two of the world’s most valuable companies, Amazon and Microsoft have created mind-boggling wealth and economic vitality in the… Read More
Play Podcast Wrong Number: How to tell fact from fiction in a world full of bogus data Play Here’s a pop quiz: Which of these public statements contained incorrect or misleading numbers? “Add that to Marco’s plan for… Read More
Play Podcast Can you live without a smartphone? This flip phone fan has done it for 13 years and will teach you how Play When I first sat down with Michael Valeri, a Seattle data analyst who has been using a flip phone for… Read More
Play Podcast Facebook, groceries and … divorce? Catch up on the week’s big stories with the GeekWire Podcast Play We’re back! John Cook, Monica Nickelsburg and Todd Bishop get the GeekWire Podcast rolling for 2019 with our weekly news… Read More
Play Podcast Numbers Geek with Steve Ballmer: The Basketball Box Score Mystery Play Can Steve Ballmer identify a basketball game purely by the numbers? Can you? That’s our challenge on this new episode… Read More
Play Podcast Geared Up: Alexa from end to end, a hot-selling Elon Musk keepsake, and more crazy moments of 2018 Play A voice-activated microwave. A smart toilet. And a flamethrower … not. Those products represent a handful of the highlights for… Read More
Play Podcast Interview: NYPL’s chief digital officer says public is better off when libraries are ‘risk averse’ about tech Play First: It’s not just about digitizing books. That’s the biggest misconception that the public has about the role of digital… Read More
Play Podcast ‘Underestimated’: How venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton is turning inequality into opportunity Play SAN FRANCISCO ― Arlan Hamilton looks at the number of startup investments going to companies run by women, people of… Read More
Play Podcast Numbers on the Border: The immigration stats President Trump didn’t talk about in the Oval Office Play Something remarkable happened in the White House this week, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck… Read More
Play Podcast Amazon takes its hometown baggage to NYC as Apple makes nice with Austin, Seattle, and SoCal Play Amazon and Apple are planning new homes in new cities, each with room for thousands of employees. But the comparison… Read More
Play Podcast The Education Equation: What the numbers say about the state of U.S. public K-12 schools Play Back in ninth grade, Steve Ballmer transferred to a new school in Detroit and found himself behind in math. Fortunately,… Read More
Play Podcast Interview: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on privacy, regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions Play Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are debating how to regulate the tech industry, but the other Washington may beat them to… Read More
Play Podcast Introducing ‘Numbers Geek,’ a new podcast from GeekWire and Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts Play What can we learn about the world by looking at numbers? Can numbers change the tone of our national conversation?… Read More
Play Podcast Review: New book goes inside Microsoft’s Surface business, as an emblem of tech giant’s rebound Play Microsoft was at a crossroads, and Surface was at risk of becoming roadkill. RELATED: Microsoft Surface product roadmap revealed in… Read More
Play Podcast 3 weird things about Seattle’s Archie McPhee: It’s original, national, and some of its products flop Play Pickles that yodel. Foot-tall punching nuns. Inflatable unicorn horns for cats. A rubber chicken museum. And, of course, a wide… Read More
Play Podcast New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’ Play NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build… Read More
Play Podcast Virginia forms new neighborhood for Amazon, bracing for radical change in a sleepy DC suburb Play ARLINGTON, Va. — Tell residents of this city that Amazon is moving into their National Landing neighborhood, and they’ll have… Read More
Play Podcast What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists Play Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks.… Read More
Play Podcast Interview: Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin on technology, touchdowns and the importance of building community Play Renton, Wash. means a lot to Doug Baldwin. It’s a place that welcomed the wide receiver as his NFL journey… Read More
Play Podcast ‘It just brings the fantasy to life:’ Wizards of the Coast president on D&D, Magic, and what’s next Play Perhaps no other company has had such a guiding influence on geek culture as Wizards of the Coast. The Renton,… Read More
Play Podcast Renton recap: Top takeaways after embedding ourselves in this growing Seattle suburb Play Is Renton, Wash. the next Pacific Northwest tech hub? That’s the question we set out to answer this week as… Read More
Play Podcast Universal facts, misinformation and technology: Five insights into the future of news Play The rise of the Internet was only the beginning of the disruption for the news business. The past ten years… Read More
Play Podcast Insights from Paul Allen: How the ‘Idea Man’ made a vast impact beyond Microsoft Play Who founded Microsoft? Ask almost anyone that question, and they’ll say Bill Gates. But the software icon himself told the… Read More
Play Podcast Hear Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen reflect on his life and legacy in rare public interview Play It’s hard to overstate the impact Paul Allen has had on technology, philanthropy and, really, the world. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More
Play Podcast Uber legal chief Tony West on overcoming scandal, going public, and tech’s watershed moment Play Uber is in the midst of a makeover. Call it Uber 2.0. After a year of controversies rocked the embattled… Read More
Play Podcast Everything you need to know about Amazon’s $15 min. wage and the new app backed by Bill Gates Play In a surprise move, Amazon announced this week that it will raise its internal minimum wage to $15 an hour… Read More
Play Podcast Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition Play Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More
