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NFL helmet safety rankings: Seattle startup Vicis tops list again with high-tech head protector

Vicis once again ranked atop the NFL’s laboratory test to determine which helmets best reduce head impact severity experienced by… Read More

Uber releases IPO documents, reports $11.3B in 2018 revenue, up 42% from 2017

Uber filed its long-awaited IPO prospectus on Thursday, giving the world a look under the hood at its key business… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Big Tech CEO of the Year finalists use leadership to fuel big growth

Seattle is an evolving city, so it makes sense for the GeekWire Awards to evolve, too. That’s especially evident as… Read More

Here’s what to know about T-Mobile’s new TV service as it takes on cable incumbents

T-Mobile today unveiled its first take on cable TV: A set-top box that gets to know users’ viewing habits with… Read More

Topgolf to open first virtual golf center in Seattle-area office complex linked to Google expansion

Topgolf, the fast-growing high-tech sports entertainment company, plans to debut a new concept for dense areas in the Seattle suburb… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Top acquisitions and IPOs highlight Deal of the Year category

Like a Reese’s Cup, this GeekWire Awards category offers an appetizing combination — not chocolate and peanut butter, but the… Read More

Dropbox tripling size of Seattle engineering outpost with office lease in new downtown skyscraper

Dropbox is growing its Seattle footprint in a big way. The Bay Area-based file storage and sharing giant has taken… Read More

RiskLens raises $20M to show companies how much cyberattacks could cost them

A Spokane, Wash. startup just raised some serious cash to show companies how the threat of cyberattacks could impact their… Read More

‘The hardest fun’: A high school robotics competitor shares why it’s such a big deal in the Seattle area

Editor’s note: Aedan Henry is an Issaquah (Wash.) High School junior and co-president of the Issaquah Robotics Society. GeekWire asked… Read More

Seattle-area man arrested after allegedly impersonating a ride-hailing driver and raping a woman

Police arrested a Seattle-area man after he allegedly impersonated a ride-hailing driver and raped a woman who entered his vehicle.… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Which of these burgeoning giants will be the region’s Next Tech Titan?

The Pacific Northwest tech scene is known primarily for giants such as Amazon and Microsoft, but there is a huge… Read More

GeekWire Update: A new managing editor, and a bigger focus on our founding vision

Earlier this week in the GeekWire newsroom, we tuned in to the noontime radio program from KUOW in Seattle —… Read More

Israel’s lunar lander switches from Earth orbit to moon orbit; touchdown in a week

The Israeli-built Beresheet lander successfully started orbiting the moon today, marking a crucial step toward next week’s scheduled lunar touchdown.… Read More

Home improvement marketplace Porch makes another acquisition as headcount hits 500

Porch is making another acquisition, its second after the home improvement startup came out of a self-imposed quiet period almost… Read More

Uber sees rapid adoption for new bus service as it recruits for ‘high capacity vehicles team’ in Seattle

Less than six months after launching, the Uber Bus program for developing cities is showing strong adoption as the company… Read More

Filing shows Smartsheet spent almost $60M on R&D in 2018, up nearly 3X in 2 years amid rapid growth

Smartsheet nearly tripled spending on research and development over the last two years, to close to $60 million in 2018,… Read More

India’s PSLV rocket puts 29 satellites in orbit, just days after anti-satellite test

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has put a military satellite and 28 secondary payloads into orbit, with Seattle-based Spaceflight and… Read More

Web.com will shut down Spokane office, lay off 64 employees

Web.com, a 20-year-old small business marketing company, will shut down its Spokane, Wash. office and lay off 64 employees. A… Read More

Lyft IPO: Ride-hailing giant begins trading at $24B valuation, first of many tech companies to go public

Lyft is officially a public company. The ride-hailing giant priced its IPO at $72 per share, valuing the Bay Area… Read More

Microsoft, T-Mobile band together with blockchain startups for new Cascadia Blockchain Council

A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for… Read More

Funko teams up with AT&T to sell Game of Thrones figurines in telecom giant’s stores

A popular line of Funko’s signature collectables are popping up in 2,200 AT&T stores across the U.S. and on its… Read More

Impinj unveils next-gen tags designed to connect trillions of items to the internet

Impinj today unveiled a series of smaller, more powerful RFID tags to connect everyday items to the internet, an innovation… Read More

Training workers in VR: Seattle startup Pixvana teams with cruise line operator to help train staff

As VR and AR companies wait for the technology to catch on with mainstream consumers, companies aren’t waiting to put… Read More

The science behind bias: Stanford researcher aims to ‘uncover the hidden prejudice’ with new book

In many a company, you’ve heard the talk about unconscious bias, and likely attended trainings and so forth, but are… Read More

Will technology save us? Debate fuels pessimism among audience in Seattle

Will technology save us? That was the opening question Sunday at the latest “That’s Debatable” event in Seattle, hosted by… Read More

Women in tech work to debug the industry’s diversity problem at HopperX1 Seattle conference

The annual Hopperx1 Seattle conference kicked off Friday with a stirring call to boost the number of women working in… Read More

Beyond the signature: DocuSign introduces new cloud-powered tools to manage agreement process

DocuSign, best known for its digital signature business, is releasing new tools that focus on the entire process of drawing… Read More

Quantum computing is coming: Here’s why Seattle needs to get our computer science workforce ready

Editor’s note: Tom Alberg is a co-founder and managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. He is… Read More

Sorry, Comcast: The new Xfinity Flex streaming box won’t get me to uncut my cable cord

Commentary: After subscribing to Comcast cable television and broadband internet in some form or another for about the past 20… Read More

Starbucks invests $100M in private equity fund; tests new coffee traceability app feature

Starbucks is using a new method to invest in burgeoning technology. The Seattle coffee giant for the first time is… Read More