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Envelop VR CEO discusses why his venture-backed VR startup shut down: ‘We were way early’

A day after news broke that Envelop VR was shutting its doors, the CEO of the Bellevue-based virtual reality startup… Read More

Economist: Washington state can’t succeed without income tax, tech investor disagrees

Washington state’s lack of income tax is either one of its greatest assets or one of the main issues holding… Read More

University of Washington approves funding plan for new computer science building

Update, 1:45 p.m. PT: The Board of Regents officially approved the funding and budget plan this afternoon. The University of Washington… Read More

Seattle City Council hopeful says he’ll let constituents control his decisions with an app

What happens when a politician crowdsources every policy decision? Ryan Asbert, a 31-year-old freelance web developer, intends to find out. He’s planning… Read More

Despite ‘dumb-ass Tweets’ from president-elect Trump, Seattle’s economic forecast is ‘awesome’

The economic forecast for the Seattle region: Sunny and warm, with a few patchy clouds. That was essentially the message… Read More

May the firewall be with you: Tech security lessons from Star Wars ‘Rogue One’

A brief time ago in a theater close, close by … I saw a group of heroic rebel hackers infiltrate… Read More

New political reality? Why these lawmakers donned VR headsets in a committee hearing

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators on the Washington state House Technology & Economic Development Committee were given some first-hand experience with virtual reality… Read More

Dramatic video footage shows drone circling and then crashing into Seattle’s Space Needle

Dramatic footage shot by a drone circling Seattle’s Space Needle shows workers preparing for the recent New Year’s Eve fireworks display… Read More

State legislators grapple with drone privacy and safety issues as UAVs take off

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What’s the difference between photographing a piece of private property from a Cessna airplane and doing the same… Read More

Investments in learning technology soar to more than $7B: Here’s where the money is going

Learning technologies — everything from educational video games to online employee training — have been around for decades, chugging along… Read More

Trump calls BuzzFeed a ‘failing pile of garbage’ in first press conference since the election

Donald Trump is known for a meandering, off-the-cuff verbal style but the president-elect’s first formal press conference since the campaign carried… Read More

Donald Trump says he’ll enlist tech titans to build a better ‘hacking defense’ system

President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll turn to the tech industry leaders he met with last month to help his administration… Read More

Samsung, not IBM, tops US patent wins in 2016, says Seattle public records startup Sqoop

Samsung and its subsidiaries won the most patents of any company in 2016, according to a new report from Sqoop,… Read More

VC investment activity dips in 2016, but still reaches $69B across 7,751 companies

Venture capital investment activity dipped last year from a record 2015, but returned to normal activity in 2016 and marked the… Read More

Inside Microsoft’s groovy high-tech makeover of KEXP’s iconic Live Room

As Seattle-based indie rocker Will Toledo, who performs as Car Seat Headrest, gyrated around KEXP’s new live studio this afternoon,… Read More

City of Seattle absorbs $0.35 parking app fee to encourage more people to pay with smartphone

The City of Seattle wants more people paying for parking fees with their smartphone. Starting this month, the Seattle Department… Read More

Zillow gives $5M to new University of Washington computer science building, construction could start this week

Zillow announced Tuesday that it has donated $5 million toward a second building for the University of Washington’s Computer Science… Read More

Spare5 re-launches as Mighty AI, raises $14M from Intel, Accenture, Google for AI training data service

On the surface, artificial intelligence is sexy. The technology, which has become one of the hottest trends, helps turn products… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to leave board as company changes name to Altaba after Verizon sale

Some key changes are happening at Yahoo after its sale to Verizon closes. The company’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, and its co-founder, David… Read More

Donald Trump has ‘great’ meeting with Alibaba’s Jack Ma about creating 1M U.S. jobs

Embed from Getty Images One of China’s top business leaders met with Donald Trump today in what was described by… Read More

Uber to release anonymous rider data from 2B trips worldwide to help with urban planning

Uber has launched a new website where it promises to release anonymous data from more than 2 billion trips worldwide… Read More

The female perspective: Takeaways from my experience watching VR porn made for dudes

LAS VEGAS — Last week, I got to experience something I never thought possible as a woman: sex from the… Read More

Seattle tech nonprofit raising funds to replace cargo van destroyed in major robbery

The holidays are, in theory, a time of generosity and compassion for others. But over the New Year’s weekend, InterConnection —… Read More

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Citigroup are latest U.S. companies to invest in Israeli cybersecurity company Team8

The venture arms of Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested in Team8, a two-year-old Israeli creator of cybersecurity startups, in an example… Read More

CES has strict rules on adult content. Why this sex-tech exhibitor has never had a problem

Tucked away in a far corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a friendly husband and wife team are waiting… Read More

Ford CEO downplays Trump’s role in nixing Mexican plant, weighs in on tech, globalization and jobs

LAS VEGAS — Ford was the latest company to find itself in the spotlight over issues of jobs and globalization… Read More

GeekWire CES Dispatch, Day 3: The very busy show floor, an interview with Shaq, and more

LAS VEGAS — For our team in Las Vegas, it already feels like CES has lasted several weeks (or perhaps several… Read More

Q&A: T-Mobile execs talk KickBack, elimination of rates and fees, FCC’s future and wireless M&A

LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile announced its latest “Un-Carrier” initiative here Thursday, announcing plans to include taxes and fees in the rates it… Read More

Oculus engineering leader pleads not guilty to accusations of soliciting sex from undercover cop posing as 15-year-old girl

Dov Katz, head of the computer vision and machine learning group at Facebook-owned Oculus, appeared in court Thursday to plead not… Read More

President Obama’s vast social media archive goes live with 250,000 posts, photos and videos

We’re well aware of the social media habits of president-elect Donald Trump, and foresee interesting times ahead as he uses Twitter… Read More