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Aquagga takes top prize at PNW Climate Week event for its battle against ‘forever chemicals’
Six early-stage climate and deep tech startups faced off at a pitch contest and happy hour in Seattle as part of PNW Climate ...
Tech Moves: Former AWS CEO joins Circle board; Microsoft poaches more Google AI talent
In Pacific Northwest tech moves, former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky joins Circle's board of directors while Microsoft keeps raiding ...
Amazon is acquiring Bee, maker of a wearable AI assistant that listens to conversations
Amazon is buying Bee, a small San Francisco startup behind a $49.99 wearable wrist device designed to record and transcribe ...
Uncommon Thinkers 2025: Nominate Seattle area’s bold innovators driving positive change
The "Uncommon Thinkers" honorees on stage at the 2024 GeekWire Gala, second from left: Andy Lapsa, Ingrid Swanson Pultz, Uri ...
Semiconductor startup Lumotive boosts Series B round with help from Amazon
Lumotive, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, added $14 million to ...
Controversial crypto billionaire is finally cleared to take his $28M trip on Blue Origin’s rocket ship
Four years after he put in a $28 million bid for a space trip, crypto billionaire Justin Sun is due to fly on Blue Origin's ...
Avalara files for IPO as tax software giant aims to go public again
Avalara is going public — again. The tax software giant confidentially filed for an IPO on Monday, signaling plans to become ...
Rover to acquire Australia-based pet sitting marketplace Mad Paws
Seattle-based Rover is set to acquire Mad Paws, a pet-sitting tech company that describes itself as Australia's leading ...
Madrona’s Matt McIlwain called it: A year later, Microsoft and Amazon are outpacing Apple
Speaking on CNBC this afternoon, Madrona’s Matt McIlwain noted that he had been on the business news network a year ago with a contrarian call: bullish on Microsoft and Amazon, skeptical on Apple.
China-linked hackers
Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint software, the ...
on-premises software
Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint software, the ...
zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint software, the ...