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AI-focused tech studio Hypergiant acquires Seattle-based app developer Black Pixel

Black Pixel, a Seattle-based creative agency that develops apps for ESPN, Twitter, Starbucks, and other top brands, has been acquired… Read More

LinkedIn finds Gen Z workers put more emphasis on mastering ‘hard’ skills than learning ‘soft’ skills

A new survey released by LinkedIn shows a disconnect between what types of skills the youngest workers think are important… Read More

Trump thanks Apple’s Tim Cook for jobs expansion, but where’s the love for Jeff Bezos and HQ2?

It’s a lot to ask to expect praise from President Donald Trump on Twitter. But the president did manage to… Read More

UW students show off virtual reality projects in another display of Seattle’s VR/AR clout

Seattle’s robust virtual and augmented reality industry does not consist of only companies such as Microsoft, Oculus, Valve, HTC, and… Read More

Uploaded a photo to Facebook but didn’t post it? It may have been shared with other apps anyway

If you uploaded a photo to Facebook and decided not to post it, there’s still a good chance it was… Read More

Home security company Canary sued for alleged bait-and-switch tactic over $10/month fee

In 2016, tech industry veteran Jeff Reifman needed a security system for his Portland condo. After much searching, he eventually purchased the… Read More

Starbucks partners with Uber Eats, will expand coffee delivery service to nearly 2,000 U.S. stores

Starbucks is partnering with Uber to expand its delivery service as the coffee giant looks for new ways to reach… Read More

‘Spam’ bomb threats at schools and businesses nationwide demand Bitcoin ransom payments

A series of what appear to be unfounded bomb threats were made via email to organizations and individuals across the… Read More

Instacart’s grocery delivery partnership with Amazon-owned Whole Foods is officially ending

Starting next year, Instacart will begin removing in-store shoppers from Whole Foods stores, signaling the end of a four-year partnership… Read More

Apple to top 1,000 employees in Seattle, add new site in city as part of broader national expansion

Apple will expand its Seattle operations to more than 1,000 employees and establish a new site in the city, moving… Read More

Need a Lime bike? Google Maps now shows availability in Seattle and 12 other cities

That cluster of Lime bikes on a corner is getting a lot more visible — even if some of them… Read More

Seattle’s Pure Watercraft set to deliver on electric outboard motors, with a new boost in battery pack

Pure Watercraft came on the boating scene in Seattle several years ago with a plan to revolutionize the way boats… Read More

Compass hiring 100 engineers for West Coast hub in Seattle, invading Zillow and Redfin’s turf

Compass, the high-tech brokerage based in New York, has chosen Seattle as the home for its West Coast engineering operations,… Read More

Washington state ranks in top 10 in annual Speedtest U.S. broadband performance report

Even if it feels like your broadband connection is slug-slow at times, on the whole fixed internet connection speeds are… Read More

Voice is fine, but Synapse introduces a robot named Gerard to show off more contextual awareness

No doubt the proliferation of voice assistants has changed the landscape in which we live. Whether it’s Alexa or Siri… Read More

A baby dies, and a woman’s heartbreaking open letter implores tech companies to fix algorithms

We’re all freaked out, too frequently it seems, by the realization that our movements online are being watched and used… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee proposes ‘Clean Energy Smart Deal’ for next state legislative session

Electric vehicles cruising I-5, net-zero buildings emerging from construction sites, high-speed rail zipping through Cascadia, electric-hybrid ferries plying Puget Sound,… Read More

EagleView completes $90M acquisition of Australian aerial imagery firm Spookfish

Privately held aerial imagery and data analytics company EagleView Technologies has completed its previously announced acquisition of Spookfish, an Australian… Read More

Rhapsody and Sony Music Entertainment bring ‘Powered by Napster’ streaming service to Japan

Napster is coming to Japan. Or, at least, its underlying technology is. Seattle-based Rhapsody International and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)… Read More

How a ‘driveway moment’ with Microsoft’s Brad Smith led to the creation of nonprofit Code.org

As 2018’s Computer Science Education Week comes to a close, a key detail has been revealed about the origins of… Read More

Expedia sees Google as a continuing threat, but its CEO sets aside calls for regulating the search giant

Expedia is beating the drum that Google is a serious threat to its business — if not an existential one.… Read More

DocuSign beats Wall Street expectations, reveals executive and board shuffle

DocuSign beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter and raised its guidance to finish the year, sending its stock… Read More

Thomson Reuters shuttering Seattle-area office of tech affiliate Legal Tracker as part of broader cuts

Thomson Reuters will close the Bellevue, Wash. headquarters of Legal Tracker, an online billing and analytics affiliate, as part of… Read More

Microsoft confirms Chromium is the future of its browser, and Edge is coming to Windows 7 and 8

Microsoft is giving its Edge to Chromium. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will adopt the Chromium open source project… Read More

Lyft files for IPO in confidential SEC filing, number of shares and price range to be determined

Ride-hailing startup Lyft is steering toward the public financial markets. In a brief statement issued Thursday morning, Lyft said it… Read More

Valve adds Raspberry Pi support to Steam Link, giving gamers another streaming hardware option

Game players who want to stream games from their Steam libraries to other devices now have a new option: the… Read More

Alleged Ponzi schemer used DocuSign to forge fake contracts in house flipping fraud case

A Virginia man pleaded guilty in a case that involved using digital signature program DocuSign as a tool to bilk investors… Read More

How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought

A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. For University of Washington computer science grad student… Read More

Meet the Geek Style Reboot winners ready to recharge and bring a new look to the GeekWire Gala

One is a “funcle” — a fun uncle — who says he’s got a strong “dad look” when it comes… Read More

Best Places to Work: 5 Seattle-area tech companies make Glassdoor’s annual list

Five Seattle-area tech companies made Glassdoor’s annual Best Places To Work list for 2019. Slalom Consulting was the highest-ranked company,… Read More