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Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of… Read More

Mysterious drone flights have been in the news, but Seattle Seahawks show was planned tribute to fans

The drones arrived in Seattle over the Seahawks game at Lumen Field Sunday night — but they didn’t travel all… Read More

Redmond, Wash., police partnering with Brinc on drone tech as part of first responder program

The Redmond (Wash.) Police Dept. is partnering with Seattle-based drone provider Brinc and California-based Skydio as part of the department’s… Read More

Drone company looking for answers to loss of devices into lake after major July 4 tech failure

The head of the drone company in charge of a failed Fourth of July light show in SeaTac, Wash., called… Read More

Amazon MK30 delivery drone

Amazon plans drone deliveries in Arizona while shutting down drones in California

Amazon says it’s gearing up to add a community in Arizona to its list of Prime Air drone delivery zones.… Read More

Brinc launches unified ‘LiveOps’ software for public safety drones, incident coordination, and evidence

Public safety technology company Brinc announced a new software platform called LiveOps for managing and monitoring drone fleets, with live… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

FOX to use drones and robotic cameras for MLB All-Star Game, testing new baseball broadcast tech

Drones will help baseball fans get closer to the action in a first-of-its-kind production feat during the MLB All-Star Game… Read More

Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration

Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby. On… Read More

Pie in the sky: Seattle pizza chain eyes drone delivery to bake sustainability into its future

In the near future, when a pizza gets tossed in the air at Pagliacci, it may not come down until… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: What we’re thankful for in tech, business, and science in 2022

It doesn’t always come naturally to us, as cynical reporters, but during Thanksgiving week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s our… Read More

Microsoft open-sources farm technologies, planting seeds for data-driven sustainable agriculture

Microsoft Research is releasing the underlying code for a series of agricultural technologies under open-source licenses, encouraging soil specialists, plant… Read More

A modern Johnny Appleseed: Meet the Seattle drone startup replanting forests after wildfires

A swarm of giant drones navigates a scorched moonscape, tracing the rugged topography. The scene has a desolate, sci-fi vibe… Read More

A simulated drone flying next to a wind turbine

Microsoft’s Project AirSim is pushing drone simulation software to new heights

How do you teach an autonomous drone to fly itself? Practice, practice, practice. Now Microsoft is offering a way to… Read More

Send in the drones: Seattle Mariners looking for a sky-high hit with unique light show at T-Mobile Park

The Seattle Mariners are the best show in town these days thanks to the winning baseball the team has been… Read More

Drone and radar in front of Echodyne HQ

Echodyne radar venture flies higher with $135M funding round led by Bill Gates and Baillie Gifford

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Echodyne, the radar platform company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is announcing its biggest influx of… Read More

Axon pauses plans for Taser-equipped drone to combat mass shootings as ethics advisors resign

Axon, the company that develops Tasers, body cameras, and other law enforcement technologies, is pausing work on a project to… Read More

Electric Sky wins DARPA grant to work on focused power beaming system for drones

A startup called Electric Sky says it’s begun building its first Whisper Beam transmitter for providing tightly focused wireless power… Read More

Taking the spotlight from Amazon, Walmart and DroneUp set up drone delivery hubs in Arkansas

Walmart is partnering with Virginia-based DroneUp on a network of drone delivery hubs, starting with a neighborhood market in Farmington,… Read More

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Charge! WiBotic’s Commander software plots the power plan for fleets of robots

It’s hard enough to remember to keep your smartphone charged up, so can you imagine how much harder it’d be… Read More

Seattle-based MicaSense, makers of sensor equipment for drones, acquired for $23M

MicaSense, the Seattle-based makers of sensor equipment for drones used by the agriculture industry, has been acquired by Wichita, Kan.-based… Read More

ScanEagle drone

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary to pay $25M to settle whistleblower complaint about used drone parts

Bingen, Wash.-based Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it used recycled parts… Read More

FAA issues safety rules that could smooth the way for Amazon drone deliveries

After months of feedback and fine-tuning, the Federal Aviation Administration today issued its final versions of safety rules for drones… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Theo Monnin’s ‘aerial activism’ pairs drone photography and conservation

For as long as he could remember, Theo Monnin had a poster of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft hanging on his… Read More

T-Mobile teaming with Drone Racing League to help emerging sport develop 5G-enabled tech

T-Mobile is teaming with the Drone Racing League in a multi-year deal that makes the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier the… Read More

WiBotic raises $5.7M to boost wireless systems for charging up robots and drones

Seattle-based Wibotic says it’s secured $5.7 million in fresh investment to ramp up development of its wireless charging and power… Read More

Anduril HQ

Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on defense tech

Irvine, Calif.-based Anduril Industries says it’s opening a new office in Seattle and will be hiring engineers to work on… Read More

Remote ID photoillustration

Amazon and T-Mobile will help the FAA design Remote ID drone tracking system

Amazon and T-Mobile are among eight companies selected to help the Federal Aviation Administration establish technical requirements for Remote ID,… Read More

Loyal Wingman

Attack of the drones: Boeing rolls out first ‘Loyal Wingman’ AI aircraft in Australia

A Boeing-led team has presented the Royal Australian Air Force with its first “Loyal Wingman” aircraft, an AI-equipped drone that’s… Read More

CVS and UPS team up for drone deliveries to retirees amid coronavirus outbreak

UPS’ drone subsidiary and the CVS pharmacy chain say they’ll start delivering prescription medicines to the nation’s largest retirement community… Read More

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