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Bellevue student’s artwork among 55 finalists in ‘Doodle for Google’ contest

The Doodle for Google contest entry by Rebecca Wu of the Bellevue International School. (Google Image) A student at the International School in Bellevue, Wash., is among the finalists in the Doodl…

Amazon Kindle Scribe gets lasso select, cut and paste, native crosswords, and other features

The addition of a lasso select tool adds new flexibility to notetaking in Kindle Scribe. (Amazon Photo) A new update promises to make Amazon’s Kindle Scribe better for notetaking. Released this …

AI, startups, and Star Wars: Conversations from the 2023 GeekWire Awards

Clockwise from upper left: Ophir Ronen, founder and CEO of CalmWave; Claudius Mbemba, co-founder and CTO of Spritz, Ivan Liachko, CEO and co-founder of Phase Genomics; Christie Lagally, CEO of Rebel…

Ex-CFO of Seattle startup indicted after allegedly moving $35M in company funds to crypto business

Nevin Shetty. (Fabric Photo) Federal prosecutors on Wednesday indicted the former chief financial officer of a Seattle-based e-commerce startup for wire fraud. Ex-Fabric CFO Nevin Shetty funnel…

Review: ‘Firmament,’ new game from ‘Myst’ creators, is a beautiful throwback to the 90s

( Firmament screenshot) Firmament feels like it was thrown into a time capsule at some point around 1993, with beautiful vistas, a haunting storyline, and a difficulty curve like the side of a s…

Heptio founder leads Stacklok, a new software supply chain startup that just raised $17.5M

Stacklok co-founders Luke Hinds, left, and Craig McLuckie. (Stacklok Photo) A pair of cloud computing vets are jumping back into entrepreneurship with a new startup that helps enterprises vet so…

Madrona backs new visual dataset startup co-founded by former Turi CEO

Visual Layer on Tuesday announced a $7 million seed round co-led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group . The Tel Aviv-based startup helps machine learning developers automatically catch errors in large…

Police near Seattle issue warning about AI phone scammers impersonating family members

(BigStock Photo) Law enforcement agencies are raising concerns about voice-cloning AI tools, warning consumers that scam callers are using the tech to mimic loved ones’ voices in elaborate phone c…

Amazon bolsters its gaming lineup with new ‘Lord of the Rings’ MMO

(Amazon/Embracer Press Image) A new Lord of the Rings massively-multiplayer online game is in production at Amazon Games, made in partnership with the Swedish firm Embracer Group . Amazon is in …

Gov. Inslee makes his climate pitch in bid to attract business from Nordic countries

A panel at the Nordic Innovation Summit in Seattle included, from left to right: Donna Warndof, Neste’s head of public affairs for the Americas, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, and Christina Marku…

In search of AI’s killer app … and other notes from Google I/O

Google CEO Sundar Pichai led a keynote packed with AI news at Google I/O. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Has AI found its VisiCalc? That’s what I’m wondering after spendin…

Microsoft cutting more jobs in Seattle region, beyond global layoffs announced in January

Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus. (GeekWire Photo) Microsoft is making more cuts to its workforce. The company is slashing 158 jobs in Washington state, where it is headquartered, according to …

Meet the ‘pragmatic progressive’ balancing tech and business interests with social issues

Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, on the floor of the Washington State House of Representatives. (House Democratic Caucus Photo) Washington state Rep. Amy Walen went to the state’s capitol planning to …

Genemod lands $4.5M for life sciences data storage and collaboration platform

Genemod CEO and co-founder Jacob Lee. (LinkedIn Photo) Genemod , a Seattle startup developing a cloud-based platform to help life sciences companies and researchers manage their data and workflo…

Brains vs. bots in the newsroom: Can AI generate better story ideas than humans can?

Brainstorming “Bot or Not” story ideas in the GeekWire office. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Gathered around a conference room table, with one person scribbling on the whiteboard, a gathering of…

Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more

Oleria’s new CTO Siva Garudayagari. (Oleria Photo) — Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. Garudayagari has more than 20 year…

Washington state extends pandemic law enabling healthcare delivered via audio

UW Medicine chief digital health officer John Scott. (UW Medicine Photo) Washington state lawmakers recently extended a law that loosens restrictions on audio-only healthcare delivery, while the…
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