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Google moves into premium laptops with new $999 Pixelbook Chrome OS notebook

Google unveiled a new laptop called the Pixelbook this morning, expanding the Chromebook line well beyond the budget pricing that… Read More

Melinda Gates on women in tech, her first love, and the origins of Comic Sans

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, opened a revealing speech Wednesday by talking about her first love,… Read More

GeekWire Podcast: Why this early Essential Phone buyer is giving up on Andy Rubin’s dream device

In a smartphone market dominated by two giant, multinational corporations, Apple and Samsung, it’s exciting to see a new name… Read More

Six tips from Seattle Startup Week for fostering women in engineering

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The title of the panel was “Women in Hardware,” but the focus turned out to be more about… Read More

Veteran entrepreneurs and investors share the best advice they’ve ever received

Five veteran entrepreneurs and investors shared the stage on Monday at Seattle Startup Week on a panel called “navigating the… Read More

‘Fake news’ video game HEADLINER lets players destroy society with propaganda

I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it… Read More

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini, key figure of the Wintel era, dies at the age of 66

Paul Otellini, who steered what was then the world’s largest chip maker through the decline of the Wintel duopoly and… Read More

New images show design for Space Needle’s glass restaurant floor in remodel 500 feet above ground

Looking down is part of the point of going up in Seattle’s Space Needle. For visitors to the landmark’s restaurant… Read More

Boeing borrows a tech tradition to build airplanes more efficiently

Hackathons have become commonplace at Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies, bringing together employees from different groups to identify… Read More

Jeff Bezos muscles way to top of Vanity Fair’s ‘New Establishment’ list again above other tech big shots

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has retained his top ranking on Vanity Fair magazine’s annual “New Establishment” list which weighs the… Read More

Wave Broadband completes underground Oregon fiber line, providing a gateway to top Asian markets

Wave Broadband said it has finished a 97-mile underground fiber line between its network of data centers in the Portland… Read More

Melinda Gates says the modern workplace isn’t suitable for America’s modern workforce

Her own husband was a self-professed workaholic in his early days at Microsoft, but in a new essay on LinkedIn,… Read More

Here are the world’s most innovative universities in 2017, according to Reuters’ annual list

The University of Washington was the top ranked American public university among the top 10 in Reuters’ annual list of… Read More

News Brief

T-Mobile acquires remaining interest of iWireless to expand coverage in Midwest

T-Mobile announced today that it has acquired the remaining interest of iWireless, a mobile operator previously owned by Aureon that… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Tune cuts 9% of staff as it looks to return to profitability

Seattle-based mobile marketing startup Tune today cut 9 percent of its staff, or about 30 employees, as it looks to… Read More

Gates Foundation sues software developer, claiming it billed $2.8M and built ‘nothing of value in return’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation filed a lawsuit against a California-based software company today, alleging that the company failed to… Read More

Could Twitter ban Trump for violating its terms of service? Company forced to explain why it hasn’t

President Trump had a busy weekend on Twitter, as usual. No real surprise there, but the language in at least… Read More

Facing first big test as new Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi apologizes for ‘mistakes we’ve made’

It didn’t take long for Dara Khosrowshahi to face his first big leadership test as Uber’s new CEO. Less than… Read More

Here’s how much Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make in his new job

New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make a $1 million annual base salary for his role as the company’s top… Read More

How to detect fake news: UW professor teaching ‘Calling Bulls**t’ class offers tips to spot misinformation

There is a fake news problem across the internet. The spreading of misinformation is having a direct affect on society,… Read More

Google pays $1.1B to HTC for Pixel team, licenses key technology from smartphone maker

Google announced Wednesday evening that it has signed a $1.1 billion “cooperation agreement” with HTC, the Taiwan-based consumer electronics company,… Read More

Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger on innovative thinking, intellectual curiosity and that fateful day on the Hudson

Just a second while I pick my jaw up off the floor. OK, there we go — today on the… Read More

Obama shares message of ‘relentless optimism’ in speech and chat with Bill and Melinda Gates

Former President Barack Obama addressed the Goalkeepers gathering in New York City on Wednesday and shared the message of relentless… Read More

Smartsheet conference a ‘jumping off point’ for work management company as it wades deeper into automation

Smartsheet has come a long way since it started out of a small yellow house in Kirkland, Wash. 11 years… Read More

Interview: New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom explains what’s next for the travel giant, with a surprise twist

It has been a whirlwind two weeks at Expedia Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel company whose longtime chief executive,… Read More

Smartsheet’s new tools automate mundane tasks, as survey shows benefits and threats of automation

Project and work management company Smartsheet is holding a big customer event this week, and using the occasion to announce… Read More

Is the world falling apart? Bill Gates says that it’s never been better — and he’s out to prove it

Bill Gates gets a firsthand look at some of the world’s gnarliest problems through his philanthropic work attempting to eradicate… Read More

Man wearing swastika armband in Seattle gets punched out after his image spread on social media

A man wearing a red swastika armband on a bus in Seattle on Sunday became the focus of posts on Twitter… Read More

Photos from GIX launch: New tech institute helps elevate Seattle region as global tech hub

The Seattle region and the state of Washington just got another big boost to elevate its reputation as a global… Read More

Scientific wellness company Arivale goes national, drops prices for genetic analysis and coaching

Arivale, the Seattle-based scientific wellness company founded by genomics pioneer Leroy “Lee” Hood, is taking its genetic analysis and personal… Read More