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TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults

Today’s featured stories Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda With $335M in… Read More

With $335M in fresh cash, Lime is rolling out electric scooters in the Uber app

Soon many commuters have the ability to book a Lime electric scooter using the Uber app. Despite a rivalry between… Read More

Embraer's E190-E2 and Boeing's 737 MAX 7

Boeing and Embraer forge $4.75 billion jet venture to counter Airbus and Bombardier

After months of negotiations, Boeing and Brazilian jetmaker Embraer today announced a tentative agreement to form a $4.75 billion joint… Read More

Tired of long airport lines? For biometric screening company Clear, frustration is a sales pitch

“Skip the lines! No wait times,” yelled the Clear salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport last week. The standard… Read More

Uber rolls out ‘Vehicle,’ a new magazine in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to share rider-driver stories

Plenty of Uber drivers fancy themselves as storytellers. Now the ride-hailing giant is sharing stories about drivers and the communities… Read More

Lyft joins bikeshare race with Motivate acquisition

Lyft is getting into bikeshare with the acquisition of Motivate, a company that operates large bikeshare programs around the country. Lyft… Read More

Lyft raises $600M in race to catch up with Uber

Lyft has raised a $600 million investment round led by Fidelity Management & Research, the company announced Wednesday. The fresh cash… Read More

Boeing HorizonX leads $16M investment in Matternet drone delivery venture

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has taken the lead role in a $16 million Series A funding round for Matternet, a California… Read More

Microsoft and Toyota are revving up interest in hydrogen fuel-cell energy tech

Grid battery storage projects like Tesla’s 100-megawatt installation in Australia may be getting lots of press, but behind the scenes,… Read More

Police say Uber ‘safety’ driver was streaming TV show before self-driving car hit and killed woman

Police in Tempe, Ariz., have determined in a new report that the safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving… Read More

Smart commute startup Luum steps out of the shadows with big partnerships and expansion plans

For nearly seven years, Luum has been quietly helping big Seattle-area employers reshape the commuting habits of their employees. But… Read More

Elon Musk: Chicago express tunnel could be started in 4 months, finished in 3 years

News Brief: Mark this down for later: Tech billionaire Elon Musk says the Boring Company could begin work on the… Read More

TLDR: Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Chicago transit system, housing development as a service, Death Cab sings about Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

GoFly Prize unveils 10 winning designs in $2M contest for personal air vehicles

Some of the designs look like winged motorcycles. There’s a cute mini-airplane with stubby wings. And a couple of the… Read More

Elon Musk’s Boring Company wins the nod from Chicago for airport express link

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Boring Company is getting the go-ahead to build a multibillion-dollar express transit system between downtown Chicago… Read More

Elon Musk announces 9 percent job cut at Tesla in ‘difficult’ drive for profitability

Just days after promising he’d make Tesla profitable within months, CEO Elon Musk announced today that 9 percent of the… Read More

Boeing HorizonX joins in $5M funding round for Kittyhawk drone venture

Boeing says its HorizonX venture capital arm is investing in Kittyhawk, a San Francisco startup that provides end-to-end software solutions… Read More

TLDR: Elon Musk gets emotional at Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Microsoft’s underwater data center, Amazon’s $200 Echo Look

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Washington state makes its pitch for Boeing’s future 797 jet … with science!

Boeing hasn’t yet declared whether it will build a new breed of midsize passenger jet — variously known as the New… Read More

Tesla turns back challenges at annual meeting, and Elon Musk bares his soul

Tesla shareholders at today’s annual meeting swatted down challenges to billionaire CEO Elon Musk, who laid out an admittedly optimistic… Read More

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

State of bike share: 10K bikes in Seattle — out of 44K nationwide — and 468K rides, study finds

There were 10,000 dockless bike share bikes scattered across Seattle at the end of 2017, nearly a quarter of all… Read More

Boeing goes vertical and partners with Safran on auxiliary power units for planes

Boeing and Safran have set up a joint venture to design, build and service auxiliary power units for airplanes, marking… Read More

Report: Lyft to acquire Motivate, which operates bike-share programs in several U.S. cities

It looks like Lyft is getting ready to keep up with Uber when it comes to ride-hailing companies jumping into… Read More

Washington Hyperloop unveils pod racer with thrusters for SpaceX’s next contest

The Washington Hyperloop team is counting on the third time being the charm. But it’s not just a question of… Read More

Taking Getaround for a spin: Can the Airbnb model work for renting your neighbor’s car?

Over the past decade, we’ve been conditioned to be comfortable with the notion of spending the night in a stranger’s… Read More

TLDR: How Europe’s new privacy law affects U.S. tech companies, Getaround expands to Seattle, ‘float’ above Seattle on the Space Needle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults

With $335M in fresh cash, Lime is rolling out electric scooters in the Uber app

Boeing and Embraer forge $4.75 billion jet venture to counter Airbus and Bombardier

Tired of long airport lines? For biometric screening company Clear, frustration is a sales pitch

Uber rolls out ‘Vehicle,’ a new magazine in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to share rider-driver stories

Lyft joins bikeshare race with Motivate acquisition

Lyft raises $600M in race to catch up with Uber

Boeing HorizonX leads $16M investment in Matternet drone delivery venture

Microsoft and Toyota are revving up interest in hydrogen fuel-cell energy tech

Police say Uber ‘safety’ driver was streaming TV show before self-driving car hit and killed woman

Smart commute startup Luum steps out of the shadows with big partnerships and expansion plans

Elon Musk: Chicago express tunnel could be started in 4 months, finished in 3 years

TLDR: Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Chicago transit system, housing development as a service, Death Cab sings about Amazon

GoFly Prize unveils 10 winning designs in $2M contest for personal air vehicles

Elon Musk’s Boring Company wins the nod from Chicago for airport express link

Elon Musk announces 9 percent job cut at Tesla in ‘difficult’ drive for profitability

Boeing HorizonX joins in $5M funding round for Kittyhawk drone venture

Washington state makes its pitch for Boeing’s future 797 jet … with science!

Tesla turns back challenges at annual meeting, and Elon Musk bares his soul

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

Boeing goes vertical and partners with Safran on auxiliary power units for planes

Washington Hyperloop unveils pod racer with thrusters for SpaceX’s next contest

Taking Getaround for a spin: Can the Airbnb model work for renting your neighbor’s car?

Rent a car from your neighbor? Getaround launches novel mobility service in Seattle

From $1 to $2.25 — state seeks public input on proposed toll rates inside Seattle’s new tunnel

L.A. tunnel rides for $1: Six takeaways from Elon Musk’s Boring Company talk