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Should your kid use virtual reality New Common Sense Media report gives guidelines for parents

As Uber and Lyft pickups and dropoffs clog traffic new study calls load zones a move in right direction

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden slams Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg: you should own your data

Sales tax compliance and audit startup LumaTax raises 4M

Microsoft promises to cut carbon emissions 75 by 2030 and hit Paris climate agreement targets

EnergySavvys Seattle engineering team laid off after undergoing two corporate mergers in five months

TMobile pledges 100 renewable energy use by 2021 predicts cutting power costs by 100M

Salesforce Ventures leads 120M round in Auth0 as pandemic fuels Seattlearea startups identity tech

Funko stock returns to preIPO price in rebound from rocky start as a public company

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises 419M for life science venture fund signaling huge interest in health investment

MagniX inks deal to retrofit seaplanes with electric motors for Blade flights around NYC and Hamptons

Tech Moves: Xnorai taps former Auth0 leader as CEO Microsoft adds first CVP of retail and more

DreamBox Learning raises 130M adds former US Education Secretary to board

Karman Systems acquires Systima to target hypersonic and space technology

The secret to Seattles success in tech and what needs to happen to spark the next wave of growth

Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for finalfrontier startups

Amazon is said to work on a new device to record and stream live TV challenging TiVo

One year after Planetary Resources faded into history space mining retains its appeal

Tackling the climate crisis: 3 optimistic takeaways from climate tech experts at the GeekWire Summit

Microsoft commits 10M to Codeorg as survey finds obstacles to teaching computer science

FAQ: What the millionaires tax means for Seattle startup founders investors and tech workers

Pivotal goes public at 15 a share raises 555M to help enterprises embrace the cloud era

RFIDmaker Impinj expects 41M charge related to workforce reduction office closures

Zillow stock spikes after crushing Q2 expectations CEO says peoples desire for home is resilient

Startup Spotlight: YouScript warns doctors of metabolic traffic jams caused by prescription drugs

Barking up the right tree Wowzer a dating app for dogloving humans launching in Seattle

Uber CEO expects selfdriving cars to start picking up passengers in 18 months Flying cars 57 years

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov 23 2025

Big Fish lands a new boss: Former EA and Zynga exec named president of casual games company

Youre over 50 and just got laid off from Big Tech: Heres what to do next

Kepler Communications first satellite expands Internet of Things to space

RealSelf CTO and product leader to depart following earlier layoffs in January

Audio startup that uses bending wave technology raises 6M looks to ride smart speaker wave

When internet access is life or death: Officials visit Seattle hospital on net neutrality campaign

From the garage to the space station: Voxas Mochii electron microscope will be flying high

WTIA creates Antiracism in Tech Pact to guide organizations in eliminating bias across industry

Utahbased crypto tax software startup TaxBit opening second HQ in Seattle

Working Geek: Sage CTO Michael Kellen builds software for medical collaboration and crowdsourcing

Smellicopter takes flight at UW with moth antenna on drone to fly toward smells and avoid obstacles

Former Washington Gov Christine Gregoire says Seattle head tax undermines our international and national reputation

Seattle biotech vet Justine DellAringa sees parallels in science while building her own home

Amazon invests in startup producing netzero carbon fuels for transportation

ExGoogle manager alleges in new complaint she was discriminated against for being pregnant

Seattle startup Hearvana raises 6M for AIpowered sound enhancement

In the year of HQ2 Amazons 2018 lobbying budget ballooned to a record 142 million

Seattlearea startup FenSens wants to put a smart wireless backup camera on every vehicle

Shopping securely: How to take the Black Hat out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Suplari raises 103M reveals AI platform that identifies cost savings in procurement process

As it shifts cloud focus to platform services Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy