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Inside Renton’s new STEM-focused elementary school that is preparing students to fill job skills gap

RENTON, Wash. — Science, technology, engineering, and math have long been rooted in the DNA of this city, home to… Read More

How the internet of things is changing the design of office buildings and factories

As the internet of things makes its way into industrial and commercial settings, the real acceleration will come when people… Read More

T-Mobile reports ‘best financials ever,’ adds 1.6M new customers in 3rd quarter

T-Mobile added 1.6 million customers in the last three months, marking the 22nd straight quarter with more than 1 million… Read More

Rover acquires U.K.-based dog care company DogBuddy, accelerating its European expansion

Pet-sitting powerhouse Rover has made an acquisition that will help the Seattle company build on its European expansion, first disclosed earlier… Read More

Cray has already struck one of its biggest ever deals for its new Shasta supercomputer

Cray plans to announce Tuesday that the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center has signed a $146… Read More

Impinj snaps streak of declining revenue and beats Wall Street expectations in record quarter

Impinj, the Seattle maker of high-tech tags for connecting billions of items to the internet, is back on a growth… Read More

Receptor Life Sciences raises $29M, unveils its work on inhaler for medicines based on cannabis

Seattle-based biotech company Receptor Life Sciences announced a $29 million series A funding round Monday as it emerged from stealth… Read More

Book review: Reid Hoffman’s ‘Blitzscaling’ is an essential primer for building a bigger, better, faster company

In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles… Read More

Renton’s resurgence: Built on Boeing’s back, this city is poised for a tech boom in Seattle’s shadow

RENTON, Wash. ― Manly Grinolds isn’t a fan of change. After all, the retired aerospace contractor has been coming to… Read More

A look back to look forward: Why highlighting diverse stories matters

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of opinion pieces in which GeekWire invites members of the tech… Read More

Privacy and the public library: NYPL’s chief digital officer looks to raise awareness in Seattle visit

If you want to see how a public library adopts technology at scale, consider heading to New York City. There,… Read More

Vulcan Capital invests in Fortnite creator Epic Games as part of epic $1.25B round

Epic Games, creator of the wildly popular battle royale game Fortnite, has raised a massive $1.25 billion funding round, and… Read More

Expedia acquires 2 startups that make it easier to list apartments on HomeAway

Expedia Group acquired a pair of companies that make it easier to list apartments on short-term rental sites like Airbnb… Read More

Curious about whether robots can be curious? University of Washington joins initiative to find out

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but will it make for a more intriguing robot? That’s the question researchers are… Read More

GeekWire is hitting the road: We’re headed to Renton next week!

The hometown of Boeing’s 737. The birthplace of Magic: The Gathering. And the final resting spot of Jimi Hendrix. GeekWire… Read More

Ribbon, backed by Trulia co-founder, raises $225M to be the ‘credit card swipe’ for real estate

Not only are homebuyers battling each other when looking for houses in today’s supercharged housing market, but there’s also the… Read More

Paul Allen’s sister named executor of estate, says she’ll work to maintain his legacy ‘for generations’

Paul Allen’s sister, Jody, has been named the executor of the Microsoft co-founder’s vast estate, the family said Wednesday. PREVIOUSLY: What… Read More

Corporate news alert startup Factal launches 24/7 global service with core Breaking News team

Factal, which provides incident and news alerts for corporate users, announced Tuesday that it’s started round-the-clock global coverage after more… Read More

Amazon Go expands to San Francisco, with one store open and another coming soon

Amazon Go is live in San Francisco. The first San Francisco location of the cashier-less convenience store concept opened today… Read More

Tableau pledges $100M to solve global challenges with data as it unveils new product roadmap

Tableau Software today committed to donating $100 million in software, training and funding through its philanthropic arm over the next… Read More

Bye bye rainy Bellevue? T-Mobile CEO John Legere tells Sprint workers he’d love to live in Kansas

Sounds like the host of “Slow Cooker Sunday” might have a thing for Kansas City barbecue. T-Mobile CEO John Legere,… Read More

Lawsuit accuses Avalara of pilfering key sales tax automation tech from inventor

A tax accountant has sued Avalara, accusing the Seattle sales tax automation company of misappropriating technology he developed and using… Read More

Book review: ‘Uberland’ is a timely, accessible analysis of a Silicon Valley innovator

My first Uber ride was memorable. It was 2013, less than a year after the launch of UberX, the service… Read More

Qualtrics files for $200M IPO, continuing the trend of enterprise software companies going public

Qualtrics, which sells software that helps companies understand how to keep customers satisfied, is going public. The company, which has… Read More

Future of sports viewing? Steve Ballmer and L.A. Clippers debut new augmented reality NBA experience

LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer has launched plenty of products in high-stakes situations, but this takes it to a new… Read More

eBay sues Amazon, alleging tech giant illegally poached sellers from its platform

Online retail powerhouse eBay has sued Amazon, alleging that the tech giant illegally lured sellers away from its site. In… Read More

T-Mobile pledges to power its Seattle-area HQ with 100% renewable energy by 2021

T-Mobile said it will use entirely renewable energy to power its Bellevue, Wash. HQ within three years. T-Mobile said it… Read More

Should Google be regulated? Expedia’s Barry Diller says yes, to stop competition with advertisers

Add one more voice to calls for regulation of Google: Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of Expedia Group. Diller,… Read More

What happens to Paul Allen’s holdings? Sports teams, real estate, museums and more face uncertain future in billionaire’s enormous estate

Paul Allen is not the first billionaire to leave behind a meaningful legacy of philanthropy and business endeavors. But it… Read More

Join us! GeekWire Podcast live event Oct. 24 with Cory Bergman of Factal and MyBallard

We’re excited to return to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood next week for a live recording of the GeekWire Podcast, with special… Read More