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Judge: Brother of Gravity Payments CEO on the hook for $1.3M in legal fees

A King County Superior Court judge has awarded Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price $1.3 million in legal fees from his… Read More

GeekWire Calendar picks: Augmented reality exhibit at Seattle Art Museum creates holographic art in real time

Augmented and virtual reality has crept its way into video games, work places, and even news reporting. Now a team… Read More

YouTube beware: More Twitter video creators now eligible for cut of ad revenue

https://twitter.com/video/status/770647209876467712 Twitter said Tuesday it has opened up its Amplify advertising and publishing platform to more video creators, allowing a greater… Read More

Uber is giving ride credits to people who spend money with a Visa card at local businesses

You can now earn Uber credit by spending money with your Visa card. Uber today unveiled a new program called… Read More

Code Fellows wins approval to accept GI Bill to teach veterans how to code

Veterans in Washington state now have a chance to attend a very different kind of bootcamp using the GI Bill. The… Read More

Verizon unveils ‘LTE Advanced’ to give mobile customers 50% faster peak 4G speeds

Verizon today debuted a new network called Verizon LTE Advanced, promising 288 million mobile customers across 461 cities 50 percent faster… Read More

High-tech cooking startup Sansaire unveils new sous vide device and app

High-tech cooking startup Sansaire is launching a Kickstarter campaign today for a smaller, WiFi-enabled sous vide cooking device. The Sansaire… Read More

Why Jonathan Coulton left a comfortable tech job to launch a music career — and his own cruise

With all the emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math, better known as STEM, many people would be satisfied with a… Read More

Coding students tell Congresswoman there’s no simple solution to tech’s diversity problem

Tech’s diversity gap — and particularly the gender gap —  is starting to feel like a well-trodden subject. But despite increased efforts… Read More

Facebook automates Trending Topics after bias claims, and it looks a lot like Twitter

Facebook said Friday it has made a change to its Trending Topics section, following allegations that staff members suppressed stories… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Analyzing Fsociety’s hacking rampage in Episode 8

[Spoiler Alert] This article discusses plot points and hidden secrets of Mr. Robot, Season 2, Episode 8, eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12. If you… Read More

Obama creating ‘startup visas’ to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to start companies in the U.S.

The Obama administration is making it easier for entrepreneurs worldwide to launch startups in the U.S. Today, the Department of… Read More

Sprint fires back at rival T-Mobile with $20 HD video add-on to unlimited data plan

Sprint has upped the ante in its competition with T-Mobile, announcing an option to add HD video, music and gaming to… Read More

Lowe’s integrates Amazon Alexa into its smart home hub to control lights, temperature with voice commands

Lowe’s is the latest company to take advantage of Alexa, the digital brain that powers Amazon Echo. The home improvement… Read More

Russian hacker who bankrupted Seattle’s Broadway Grill convicted in credit card scheme

A federal jury in Seattle convicted a Russian man Thursday of hacking numerous businesses to steal credit card numbers and… Read More

Auth0 raises $15M from Trinity Ventures and others to bolster its identity platform

Identity and authentication technology company Auth0 has landed $15 million in new funding, led by Trinity Ventures. It’s planning to use the capital… Read More

Nextdoor

Q&A: Nextdoor CEO explains how the social network is cracking down on racial profiling

Nextdoor, a social network for neighborhoods, has exploded in popularity in recent years, igniting controversy along the way. Critics say… Read More

Why this Seattle tech worker is leaving her job to work for the Clinton campaign in Wisconsin

Sasha Pasulka has never worked on a political campaign. For the past four years, she’s held product marketing leadership roles… Read More

WG Cells, formerly DropForge Games, shuts down 64-person office in Seattle area

WG Cells, a mobile-focused subsidiary of gaming giant Wargaming, has closed its 64-person office in the Seattle area. Wargaming made the… Read More

Verizon continues to dominate, but T-Mobile gaining on bigger carriers in data and network speed, study shows

T-Mobile’s data and network speeds are catching up with bigger wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T in metro areas, but the… Read More

Why Tableau just hired Amazon Web Services guru Adam Selipsky to be its new CEO

Perhaps no one is more excited for Adam Selipsky to take over Tableau’s CEO seat than his predecessor. You could… Read More

Temp workers at Microsoft supplier sign first union contract amid layoffs

After years of negotiations, a group of temporary workers at Microsoft supplier Lionbridge Technologies has signed its first union contract with the company.… Read More

Tableau hires Amazon vet Adam Selipsky as new CEO; co-founder Christian Chabot stays as chairman

For the first time since it launched nearly 14 years ago, Tableau Software has a new leader. The Seattle-based data… Read More

Tempered Networks raises $10M for networking and security tech that helps companies prevent cyberattacks

Tempered Networks has raised another $10 million to help protect companies from cyberattacks while also providing networking infrastructure. Rally Capital, based… Read More

Bill Gates

Bill Gates thinks most high schools in America are obsolete — but not this one

At Summit Sierra, a personalized learning charter school in Seattle’s International District, students use software to chase their dreams. They set… Read More

Could data help solve Seattle’s transportation challenges?

For Seattleites, traffic and transportation can be serious obstacles. Seattle’s booming population has led to busier streets and buses, and for… Read More

Review: ‘Star Trek’ Original Series Bluetooth Communicator is more than a prop

There is one thing every geek of a certain age wanted as a child: a Star Trek Communicator. Various toy… Read More

Advertising analytics company Marchex lays off 10% of staff after disappointing Q2

Marchex has laid off 10 percent of its staff after a disappointing second quarter. The Seattle-area advertising analytics company confirmed… Read More

Revel Consulting digital firm doubles headquarters size with move to Seattle

Revel Consulting is the latest company to make the move from the suburbs to the city. The Kirkland, Wash.-based firm helps… Read More

Ada Developers Academy spotlighted in NYT article about anxieties of millennials

What defines the millennial generation? Some say technology, as the first wave of digital natives. Others say numbers — babies of… Read More

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