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COVID-19 lessons from Iceland: How one Nordic country has all but stopped the virus in its tracks

At first glance, Iceland’s COVID-19 statistics might seem contradictory. The Nordic island nation, perched in the North Atlantic, has reported… Read More

Zillow Group to raise nearly $1B through stock and debt offerings to help support real estate business

Zillow Group is looking to inject some cash into its business. The Seattle real estate giant on Wednesday announced pricing… Read More

Augmented reality giant Magic Leap is closing its Seattle office amid layoffs

Update, 4:42 p.m. PT: We’ve confirmed that the office has closed. Original story: Magic Leap will close its Seattle satellite… Read More

Seattle ties run deep as Uber looks to gobble up rival meal delivery service Grubhub

Uber is headquartered in San Francisco. Grubhub calls Chicago home. But there’s an interesting Seattle connection behind news this week… Read More

L.A. startup Kandela sues Seattle’s Porch for $11.5M, alleging fraud one year after acquisition

Seattle-based home improvement startup Porch acquired moving concierge startup Kandela in April 2019, describing it as a strong complement to… Read More

HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos: COVID-19 is ‘the planet’s warning’ to accelerate digital civilization

Mårten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, a San Francisco-based venture that is hired by other companies to deploy squadrons… Read More

Seattle brand protection startup BrandVerity acquired by Partnerize

BrandVerity, the Seattle-based startup whose paid search and affiliate monitoring tools help protect brands and their online marketing campaigns from… Read More

Melinda Gates on US response to COVID-19: ‘You’re seeing what’s happening, and it’s chaos’

Melinda Gates called out a lack of national leadership in the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview… Read More

What do the Airbnb, Lyft, and Uber layoffs mean for Seattle engineering outposts?

Silicon Valley engineering outposts have added an interesting dynamic to Seattle’s burgeoning tech community over the past 15 years. More… Read More

Tax automation company Avalara beats estimates with $111M in Q1 revenue

Shares of Avalara were down nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s first quarter earnings report. Avalara grew… Read More

Redfin posts $191M in Q1 revenue; CEO says tech will help real estate giant navigate COVID-19 crisis

Redfin is leaning on technology as it adapts amid the global pandemic. The Seattle real estate company posted its first… Read More

Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton on why he’s bullish about real estate despite pandemic

Rich Barton sees light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. The Zillow Group CEO expressed optimism for the future… Read More

Zulily revenue dips 20% due to supply chain impact from COVID-19 and fewer new customers

Online retailer Zulily saw revenue fall by 20% in the most recent quarter due to fewer new customers and supply… Read More

Seattle healthcare workers to receive first respirators built by Ford and 3M

Healthcare workers at Seattle’s Virginia Medical Center will be the first to receive respirators built by Ford Motors, which pivoted… Read More

New data reveals how consumer spending habits have changed since the coronavirus crisis began

Companies that offer digital services or sell goods online are seeing a huge surge in demand from customers under widespread… Read More

T-Mobile CEO says Sprint merger could be bigger than expected for ‘growth and synergy attainment’

The COVID-19 crisis is not slowing down the “New T-Mobile.” T-Mobile’s blockbuster $26.5 billion merger with Sprint officially closed April… Read More

U.S. venture capital activity nosedives in April, but Washington state’s numbers aren’t too bad, yet

Venture capitalists are typically known for their optimism. But that core belief was shaken during the month of April as… Read More

Amazon’s Ring unveils updated video doorbell with improved security features and new solar charger

Six years after the launch of the original Ring video doorbell, the Amazon-owned company announced the next generation of its… Read More

Zillow’s housing market projections: Home sales will fall 60%, prices will dip 2-3%

Real estate may feel the effect of COVID-19 until the end of 2021 — and possibly even longer. Zillow Group… Read More

Hear from new Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman in a GeekWire member-exclusive virtual event

Mark Suzman, the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a key figure in the fight against… Read More

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Gates Foundation commits $50M to COVID-19 vaccine initiative, total funding now tops $300M

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed an additional $50 million in funding for the GAVI vaccine alliance to address… Read More

New data: Washington state COVID-19 weekly fatalities dip below 100 for first time in a month

A total of 92 people died from COVID-19 in the past week in Washington state, about half the number at… Read More

GeekWire Update: A new month, a new beginning?

Each Friday over the past 10 weeks, as the coronavirus locked down economies and devastated communities, a positive thought crossed… Read More

Publicly-traded Seattle tech stalwart RealNetworks receives $2.87M federal relief loan

RealNetworks, the 26-year-old streaming media pioneer that recently pivoted to developing facial recognition technology, today disclosed that it has received… Read More

Starbucks to reopen 90% of US company-operated stores by early June, leveraging digital capabilities

Starbucks, which closed stores across the US and Canada amid the COVID-19 outbreak, says it plans to start reopening in… Read More

Ready to return to the office? Seattle employers offer advice in Madrona’s ‘Back to Work Toolkit’

More than 600 people signed up to hear guidance on reopening their workplaces during a Madrona Venture Group virtual event… Read More

UW researchers working on ‘flashlight-like’ device to destroy viruses and bacteria on surfaces

University of Washington researchers are developing a “flashlight-like” gadget that would use multiple electromagnetic sources, including ultraviolet and infrared light,… Read More

Impinj revenue rises 45% as RFID tech company navigates customer and supplier disruption

Seattle-based RFID company Impinj, whose technology is heavily used by retailers to track inventory, posted a record $47.8 million in… Read More

After strong earnings report, Seattle’s F5 Networks pledges it won’t make layoffs this fiscal year

F5 Networks is assuring its employees that it won’t make layoffs during its current fiscal year, ending in September, saying… Read More

Pivoting in a pandemic: Insights from two veteran CEOs on transforming a business in crisis

Earlier this week, we hosted a virtual event for GeekWire members on “Pivoting in a Pandemic,” with two experienced Seattle… Read More

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