Feb 23, 2021, 8:00 AMGeekWire is turning 10: Seeking memorabilia from the past decade of Seattle and Pacific NW techHelp us celebrate a decade of tech news coverage in Seattle! GeekWire turns 10 in March, and we’re seeking donations… Read More
Feb 21, 2021, 2:16 PMBezos and the Bills (a.k.a., the three B’s): A Seattle Business Story[Sandeep Krishnamurthy is dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell.] Commentary: Jeff Bezos just announced… Read More
Dec 20, 2020, 8:17 AMPoetry vs. programming: Wandering the city, a writer finds the intersection of literature and code[Editor’s Note: Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House, and a teaching professor… Read More
Dec 18, 2020, 8:00 AMCommentary: How the distributed workforce of tomorrow can leave behind the racism of the pastWe will soon turn the page on a pandemic that has consumed the conversation in boardrooms across America. Along with… Read More
Sep 19, 2020, 8:00 AMGuest Commentary: A question for the City of Seattle: Why are you fighting your partners?Guest Commentary: Seattle, like much of the world today, is reeling. Crumbling infrastructure. Failing entertainment venues and restaurants. An underfunded… Read More
Sep 3, 2020, 7:59 AMCommentary: Why are there so few women-led IPOs? The numbers are stacked against usEditor’s note: Kristen Hamilton is a Seattle entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Koru and Onvia, helping to lead the latter… Read More
Dec 13, 2019, 12:39 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Snowball fights, beer and board games, Star Wars fondue, and more-There might not be any snow on the ground just yet, but Seattle’s Pacific Science Center will have plenty of… Read More
Sep 27, 2019, 5:54 AMGeekWire Calendar Picks: AI and faith, a LEGO convention, advice for hardware startups, and more– Advances in artificial intelligence raise new questions about the future of humanity. But what will AI mean for faith?… Read More
Sep 2, 2019, 9:08 PMCan games improve your mental health? PAX panel explores the rise of games as a coping mechanismVideo games are surrounded by a stigma that they are inherently bad from a mental health perspective. This negative perception… Read More
Jun 7, 2019, 2:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Retro Gaming Expo, the future of Seattle, and a history of Silicon Valley— It seems video games get more sophisticated each year. Things like 4K and 60 frames per second are common… Read More
May 24, 2019, 2:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: International Tabletop Day, Orca Action Month, GeekWire Cloud Summit— Video games tend to take center stage in the gaming world today, but classic tabletop competition is still one… Read More
May 16, 2019, 12:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Picturing black holes; Cloud City Tech Meetup; and classic arcade games–One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a… Read More
May 10, 2019, 2:14 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: The women of Atari, Minecraft extravaganza, and an ethical tech summit— Atari Women, a University of Washington research project, is looking to give more limelight to the women who were… Read More
May 3, 2019, 2:26 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Mother’s Day tech events; celebrating Seattle’s creativity; and more– The dilemma of raising kids as a working mother arose when women entered the workforce en masse in the… Read More
Apr 19, 2019, 2:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Open source project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee; mastering startup pitches; and more— When he invented the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee had a specific vision for how it would evolve,… Read More
Apr 12, 2019, 3:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global— “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s… Read More
Apr 5, 2019, 2:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrating the first man in space and exploring underwater artifactsMore than 60 years ago, the world got serious about exploring space. The global fascination with the great beyond led… Read More
Mar 11, 2019, 9:18 AMBill Nye surprises AOC at SXSW, asks about overcoming fear of climate changeSpeaking at South by Southwest on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a surprise visit sure to delight any millennial who grew… Read More
Feb 15, 2019, 5:47 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and roboticsIt seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make… Read More
Jan 28, 2019, 12:59 PMCalendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed brilliance’ of Steve JobsDid you know Seattle Opera is getting ready to put on a show all about the late Apple co-founder Steve… Read More
Jan 11, 2019, 1:34 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Supporting women in tech, and exploring the mysteries of the universeWomen in Cloud: If you’re like most women who work in the tech industry, you’ve probably experienced a hurdle or… Read More
Dec 31, 2018, 1:00 PMVIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments… Read More
Dec 24, 2018, 4:30 PMThat’s no Moon! How my son and I built our own ‘Death Star,’ and had a ton of fun doing itIn 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising… Read More
Dec 24, 2018, 12:30 PMA talking ugly Christmas sweater? Check out this Seattle couple’s very geeky creationWhen Paul and Cathy Dietz learned they could score free tickets to the GeekWire Gala earlier this month by winning GeekWire’s… Read More
Dec 20, 2018, 3:00 PMGeekWire Calendar Picks: Wrap up 2018 with board games; ring in new year with comic conventionsHappy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, it’s all about fun until everyone gets back down to business… Read More
Nov 28, 2018, 10:42 AMRev. Jesse Jackson at the Washington STEM Summit: ‘There’s an opportunity deficit’This year, the Washington STEM Summit brought together more than 300 leaders in government, education, community and business — including… Read More
Sep 13, 2018, 8:05 PMTLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 BillionGeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read… Read More
Aug 23, 2018, 3:44 PMTLDR: Trump’s new tariff on e-bikes & scooters, Seattle real estate cools down, Microsoft software developer competes for Miss AmericaToday’s featured stories Trump’s tariff on e-bikes and scooters could slow new mobility momentum in the U.S. Is the tide… Read More
Jul 4, 2018, 10:50 AMThe American Dream: What the U.S. means to immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leadersManny Medina was 20 years old when he came to the United States to pursue opportunities in engineering. “For me,… Read More
Jun 29, 2018, 12:09 PMResilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneursFirst- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More
