How hacked is “hacked”? Some hacking is catastrophic, but some is survivable. This reality has played out in the different reports coming out about “SolarWinds hacks” involving Microsoft, the U.S. Treasury Department, and others. Some organizations are severely affected while others less so. But these crucial differences are lost when we say they’ve all been “hacked.” To understand the nuances in the SolarWinds cases better, contributing writer Christopher Budd came up with a scale to easily and succinctly analyze the relative comparative severity of the situation. Check it out here.
Amazon holiday sales: The Seattle tech giant touted a “record-breaking holiday season” as more shoppers bought goods online this year amid the pandemic. Amazon is expected to post its first $100 billion-plus quarter when it reports fourth quarter sales early next year. Read more.
DelBene Q&A: We spoke with Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) about a bevy of tech issues, including the incoming Biden administration and getting broadband access to rural communities. DelBene brought 12 years of leadership experience at Microsoft with her to Congress when she was first elected in 2012. During her time in office, she’s pursued a tech policy agenda, introducing bills that would establish data privacy regulations and extend law enforcement warrant standards to emails. Read the conversation.
Top video games of 2020: Bellevue, Wash.-based gaming giant Valve Software released the top 100 best-performing games of the year on its Steam digital storefront. Many of the top sellers weren’t actually new releases. The latest list shows that making money in game publishing today is about keeping an audience for as long as possible.
Merging farming and tech skills: Patrick Smith and Dan Maycock have tapped into their Washington state farming backgrounds to launch Loftus Labs, a data analytics consulting company with an agriculture focus. The startup will bring digital know-how to farmers in every aspect of the business, including yield forecasts, monitoring crop health, tracking irrigation and pesticide use, and managing supply chains and labor costs. Read more.
Top stories of 2020: In case you missed it, on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast we recapped the most-read stories on GeekWire and offered our own perspectives on the trends and issues that mattered most.
Thanks for reading, and see our latest headlines below. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and Geek Life reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com.
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