GeekWire Awards: Individual tickets now on sale for annual event honoring best in Pacific NW tech geekwire.com/2025/geekwire-… via @GeekWire

Seattle crosswalk buttons hacked to sound like Jeff Bezos, who tells pedestrians, ‘don’t tax the rich’ geekwire.com/2025/seattle-c… via @GeekWire

‘A real blow’: Washington state sales tax on tech and digital services rattles industry geekwire.com/2025/washingto… via @GeekWire

Layoffs hit Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center amid federal funding uncertainty geekwire.com/2025/layoffs-h… via @GeekWire

Ok. Seattle Sounders FC That was the most fun I’ve had at a Sounders match in several years, and there was one energizing reason = RyanKent! He’s got swagger — something the Sounders have missed since Oba and Clint!

Bill Gates pledges to give away $200 billion over next 20 years, winding down foundation by 2045 geekwire.com/2025/bill-gate… via @GeekWire

This Seattle founder just sold his third startup. Here’s what he advises other entrepreneurs. geekwire.com/2025/this-seat… via @GeekWire

AI roleplay startup Yoodli raises $13.7M to help sales teams practice their pitches geekwire.com/2025/ai-rolepl… via @GeekWire

Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP joins Home Depot board; Impinj COO resigns; Amazon vets depart geekwire.com/2025/tech-move… via @GeekWire

Drone startup surveying power lines to prevent fires wins top prize at prestigious UW competition geekwire.com/2025/drone-sta… via @GeekWire

Steve Ballmer nearly dumped his Microsoft stock after leaving — here’s why he decided to hold on geekwire.com/2025/steve-bal… via @GeekWire

Seattle doesn’t have many unicorns. Does it matter? geekwire.com/2025/seattle-d… via @GeekWire

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce geekwire.com/2025/andy-jass… via @GeekWire

Bold or boneheaded? Seattle’s proposed tax hike on big business draws fire as Amazon stays silent geekwire.com/2025/boneheade… via @GeekWire

Microsoft teaming with Premier League to enhance soccer fans’ digital experience using AI geekwire.com/2025/microsoft… via @GeekWire

ByteDance lays off 65 Seattle-area workers geekwire.com/2025/bytedance… via @GeekWire

FCC commissioner rips T-Mobile for ‘cowardly capitulation’ after axing DEI with deals pending geekwire.com/2025/fcc-commi… via @GeekWire

Statsig doubles down on in-person work with new headquarters for up to 500 people geekwire.com/2025/statsig-d… via @GeekWire

Can Seattle own the AI era? We asked 20 investors and founders to weigh the city’s startup potential geekwire.com/2025/can-seatt… via @GeekWire

On a mission to ‘kill Google Chrome,’ UW students join Y Combinator to launch AI-powered browser geekwire.com/2025/on-a-miss… via @GeekWire