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Counting votes: Inside look at how King County uses tech to tally ballots as voter turnout surges

Digital marketing platform Sendinblue raises 160M as Seattle office grows to 32 employees

Microsoft teams up with global health partners to spot rare diseases faster using new technology

Seattle tutoring app Kadama gets quick lesson in success as it raises 17M grows social following

Startup cofounder drinks in new experiences brings tech expertise to water quality

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes cofounder resigns WRF CEO Ron Howell to retire and more

Moving app Dolly blocked by Washington regulators in ongoing gig economy dispute

An AI haters guide to keeping LLMs as far from your workflow as possible in 2026

Facebook invests 4M to expand Northeastern Universitys Align computer science masters program

Google Chrome OS maintains dominance in US schools but Microsoft Windows gains ground globally

New York and California are reportedly joining FTC antitrust probe of Amazon

Microsoft jabs at Slack for lagging in video conferencing in response to EU antitrust complaint

Wyze launches 4999 outdoor smart home camera undercutting competitors on price

Pitch perfect: Neil deGrasse Tyson calls Seahawks play against Eagles a legit Galilean Transformation

In dogged pursuit of more business Rovers Walk It Out ad campaign pairs happy pets and people

Former Zillow execs raise cash from SoftBank for vacation home startup Pacaso amid controversy in Wine Country

Tech Moves: Boeing exec lands at Blue Origin UW names innovation lead InkHouse opens Seattle hub

Avalara continues acquisition spree with purchase of property tax compliance company CrowdReason

Geek of the Week: 30 years later DigiPen and Jason Chu still in the game with unique education model

As hospitals run low on protective gear tech workers are on a quest to help fill the shortage

GeekWire Podcast: Car2go makes a sudden exit and highprofile Seattle startup Vicis crumbles

Tech Moves: Microsofts M12 director departs Nordstrom loses accounting chief to another retailer

Geek on the Street: What was first Nintendo game you ever played and can you hum the theme

Demand for Dropbox IPO reportedly pushes opening price to 21 above its initial projections

Washington state passes landmark facial recognition bill reining in government use of AI

RightSciences raises cash to develop cannabis and hempbased medicinal patches

Funko teams up with ATT to sell Game of Thrones figurines in telecom giants stores

Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2000 employees as its big real estate bet falters

Sonos vs Google: Amazon won patent for distributed speaker synchronization four years ago

In leaked emails women at Microsoft share stories of alleged sexual harassment

Up up and away: NetMotion sends a Skype connection into the stratosphere

Microsoft surpasses 150000 employees for 1st time as hiring surges outside Seattlearea HQ

Smartsheet beats estimates with 469M in revenue up 59 in 3rd earnings report as public company

Dramatic plays caught on video lead TINYpulse to 2019 softball championship in IT Sports League

Report: Amazon underestimated traffic demands for Prime Day scrambled to add servers in hopes of fixing widespread glitches

Pittsburgh Profile: BEST Robotics Director Rosemary Mendel works to get kids into STEM

Seattle biotech heavyhitters emerge from stealth with 46M for nextgen migraine treatments

Seattle startup Banzai acquires High Attendance to bolster event management platform

Good news for cardcarrying potheads: Seattle startup raising funds so you dont have to use cash

Opinion: The myth of Washingtons tax burden by the numbers

ExDocker CFO heads up new Seattle finance startup Stratify with Concur founder as chairman

Housing boom: 4000 Seattle homes sold for at least 100K more than asking price this year

Seattle startup Certiv launches with 42M to build endpoint security layer for AI agents

Seattle has a new professional sports team as fantasy league gives fans an ownership stake

Seattlearea startup Cardiac Dimensions raises 175M for heartvalve repair device

Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government climate change action and other political goals

Health Tech Podcast: Using precision medicine to kill cancer with artificial intelligence

And then there were two: Amazon Web Services and Microsoft named finalists for the Pentagons 10B JEDI cloud contract

The Seattle startup scene is sizzling with record funding hiring surge 12 unicorns

F5 Networks and Amazon Web Services team up in cloud partnership of Seattle tech giants