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Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil $30M gender equality initiative

Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants… Read More

Seattle adopts hazard pay for food delivery drivers during the pandemic

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation Monday that requires food delivery companies to pay drivers $2.50 per delivery on… Read More

T-Mobile hit by voice and text outage due to widespread routing issue

Update, 9:20 p.m. PT: T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert issued an update Monday evening. “This is an IP traffic related issue… Read More

High-flying e-signature powerhouse DocuSign to bump United Airlines off Nasdaq 100

Shares of DocuSign soared more than seven percent on Monday after the Nasdaq announced that the pioneering maker of electronic… Read More

GeekWire Update: Pausing to reflect on the historical weight of the moment

[Editor’s Note: This post was adapted from a message that GeekWire co-founder John Cook sent internally to the GeekWire team… Read More

Why Amazon can sue a former cloud VP for joining Google despite state’s new non-compete law

Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a… Read More

Blocked from Google project, former AWS VP tells Amazon, ‘this is not right and don’t do this to your other employees’

A judge has sided with Amazon on a preliminary issue in its dispute with a former Amazon Web Services marketing… Read More

Starbucks will accelerate new mobile-focused ‘Pickup’ store concept rollout due to pandemic

Get ready for more Starbucks Pickup stores. Future of coffee ordering? Testing Starbucks’ new pickup-only store in New York City… Read More

Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

Manny Vellon was a software engineer and Seattle startup founder legendary among colleagues and customers for his ability to find… Read More

Shares of Bill Gates-backed online used car seller Vroom double on first day of trading

Bill Gates’ private investment vehicle is one of the largest shareholders in Vroom, a tech-fueled online used car seller that… Read More

Employees want Seattle-based media company Maven to shut down ‘Blue Lives Matter’ website

Maven, the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, among other magazines, is hearing from employees upset about a pro-police… Read More

Gates Foundation pledges $1.6B for vaccines; Bill Gates addresses ‘bizarre’ conspiracy theories

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging an additional $1.6 billion to the Gavi vaccine alliance for the next… Read More

ZoomInfo raises $887M in blockbuster IPO, rings virtual Nasdaq bell

Another company is zooming onto Wall Street, signaling that the window for initial public offerings is opening up even amid… Read More

Smartsheet stock sinks 20% after company posts $85.5M in quarterly revenue

Shares of Smartsheet fell more than 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday even as the company beat expectations for its quarterly… Read More

Fast-growing and profitable social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive files for IPO

DoubleDown Interactive is rolling the dice on an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million on the… Read More

RealNetworks facial recognition tech IDs celebrities in videos — and it’s actually pretty useful

RealNetworks is releasing a browser extension that automatically identifies celebrities and other public figures in YouTube and Netflix videos, using… Read More

Seattle-area teen who built website to track coronavirus launches new effort on U.S. protests

Avi Schiffmann, the Mercer Island, Wash., high school student who gained an international following with a website he built to… Read More

Microsoft invests $2.5M in CREATE, a new center for accessible tech at the University of Washington

The University of Washington is launching a new Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE) and… Read More

Back to real school? University of Washington to blend small in-person classes with online learning

As the University of Washington prepares for the first virtual graduation in its 159-year history, President Ana Mari Cauce is… Read More

NASA and SpaceX rehearse for big launch day, complete with a Tesla ride to the pad

NASA and SpaceX put astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and the rest of the team at Kennedy Space Center… Read More

Seattle-area software engineer charged for attempting to defraud CARES Act of $1.5M

Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what… Read More

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern: ‘Google’s a problem for everyone who sells something online’

Expedia Group’s new CEO isn’t mincing words about one of the company’s biggest challenges: Google’s dual role as a rival… Read More

Remote reckoning: Tech companies face tough trade-offs as WFH becomes permanent reality

Fifty percent of Facebook’s workforce could permanently shift to remote work in the next 5-10 years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told… Read More

T-Mobile will provide free wireless service to first responder agencies for 10 years

T-Mobile said it will save first responder agencies up to $7.7 billion over the next 10 years with a new… Read More

Expedia suffers ‘major reduction in business’ as Q1 gross bookings fall 39%, revenue down 15%

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern said the company “suffered a major reduction in business” due to the COVID-19 outbreak during… Read More

Heavily funded tech company Magic Leap sued by its Seattle landlord over $52k in unpaid rent

Magic Leap, the once high-flying augmented reality company that raised more than $2.6 billion in funding before cutting half its… Read More

Rad Power Bikes fields 297% spike in demand as bicycle sales surge

Rad Power Bikes is fielding a 297% increase in demand as the pandemic changes consumer transportation and exercise habits. The… Read More

T-Mobile, Intel, NASA unveil 5G Open Innovation Lab in Seattle to help startups tap potential of 5G

A new program led by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA aims to help entrepreneurs take advantage of 5G technology and write… Read More

Uber lays off another 3,000 employees; Seattle engineering hub will remain open

Uber has cut 25% of its global workforce over the past two weeks after slashing another 3,000 jobs today. What… Read More

Zillow restarts home-buying business, showing confidence in real estate amid ongoing pandemic

Zillow Group is resuming its Zillow Offers home-buying business, reflecting the company’s confidence in real estate despite the ongoing global… Read More