Report: Meta plans to cut around 10% of Reality Labs workforce

The division — which employs roughly 15,000 people — has a strong presence in the Seattle area and is responsible for the ...

Google makes a big move into agentic commerce, raising questions about Amazon’s retail dominance

Google is making a big push into AI-powered shopping with the release of Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open ...

5 new proposals to regulate AI in Washington state, from classrooms to digital companions

Washington state lawmakers are taking another run at regulating artificial intelligence. The proposals come as Congress ...

Seattle-area nuclear company TerraPower signs deal with Meta for up to 8 reactors

TerraPower, a Bill Gates-backed nuclear company, announced a deal with Meta to build up to eight small modular reactors in ...

Four Industry Veterans Launch Vereo Partners: Bringing Enterprise-Level Benefits Expertise to the Pacific Northwest’s Tech Sector

After years of building one of the nation’s most successful benefits practices at a top publicly traded brokerage, four ...

Tech Moves: AWS VP switches roles; Seattle’s new economic development head; Microsoft Teams exec departs

An AWS VP is switching roles; Seattle gets a new economic development lead; a Microsoft Teams VP departs; and more in the ...

Microsoft’s big lease renewal in Redmond helps buoy Eastside office market near Seattle

Microsoft confirmed the new lease when contacted by GeekWire. The tech giant also confirmed a report from the Seattle Times ...

GeekWire Podcast: Alexa’s next act, Microsoft’s retail play, Google’s AI Inbox, and a smart bird feeder fail

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are racing to redefine consumer AI — from Alexa’s next act as a generative home assistant to ...

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Startup accelerator program Techstars Seattle on Monday unveiled 24 companies for its 15th cohort, doubling the class size from last… Read More Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every ...

Bill Gates makes nearly $8B payout to Melinda French Gates as part of divorce settlement

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates paid his ex-wife Melinda French Gates nearly $8 billion as part of the settlement from the ...

Rad Power Bikes closing stores in Vancouver, B.C., and Florida; 7 more will remain open

Rad Power Bikes is shutting down retail stores in Vancouver, B.C., and St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday as the embattled ...

Ex-Expedia employee gets 4 years for planting spy cameras across Seattle campus in voyeurism case

A former Expedia Group employee who secretly recorded women by hiding spy cameras throughout the company’s Seattle ...