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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Watch the epic first-ever virtual Space Needle light show for New Year’s celebration in Seattle Real, authentic fireworks shows are pretty amazing. Ahoy, Jacklyn! Jeff Bezos names Blue Origin’s rocket recovery ship after his mom Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the ship that his Blue Origin space venture will use for at-sea rocket landings has been named after his mother, Jacklyn Bezos. What Valve’s top Steam titles of 2020 say about the state of video games Valve Software announced the top 100 best-performing games of the year on its digital storefront Steam. SPONSOR MESSAGE Applying AI & Computer Vision to solve real world problems Check out AI in Action, sponsored by Intel and Microsoft Azure –this is the first episode of TRANSFORM a new video series presented in partnership with GeekWire Studios and Intel. Watch on-demand now. How hacked is hacked? Here’s a ‘hack scale’ to better understand the SolarWinds cyberattacks "Microsoft, FireEye, and the U.S. Treasury department have been hacked in the SolarWinds attacks." This statement is true but doesn't tell the whole story accurately. Madrona Venture Group raises $345M for 8th fund, its largest ever, and $161M for 2nd later-stage fund Madrona Venture Group has raised more than $500 million in fresh capital that the 25-year-old Seattle venture capital firm will use to bankroll both early and later-stage startups. LinkedIn migration data shows that techies aren’t leaving Seattle despite ‘exodus’ in Silicon Valley Techies are apparently leaving Silicon Valley. SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY Home for the Holidays: Mosler Lofts Penthouse Uber raising trip prices 24% in new year in response to Seattle’s new minimum wage law for drivers The cost of an Uber trip in Seattle will jump about 24% starting Friday as the ride-hailing company is raising its prices in response to a new law requiring drivers to be paid the city’s minimum wage. Fast-growing Qualtrics files to go public at valuation of up to $14.4B Qualtrics, which splits its headquarters between Seattle and Provo, Utah, is aiming to go public at a valuation of $12 billion to $14.4 billion, according to a report by CNBC. Tech Moves: Crowd Cow adds ex-Amazon leaders; former Expedia CTO joins Snap! Raise — Seattle meat and seafood marketplace Crowd Cow hired Ian McAllister as chief product officer, Julie Pruitt as chief merchant, and Jeremy Sievert as VP of operations. No-tech fitness tracking: Health tech entrepreneur creates a PDF to help family hit exercise goals It’s not integrated with Apple Fitness or Peloton. Amazon sold billions of products during holiday period; third-party sales up 50% globally Amazon said it delivered billions of products globally this holiday season as it wraps up what is expected to be a record fourth fiscal quarter amid the ongoing pandemic. Catching up with NFL great Richard Sherman on his favorite video games, esports ownership, and more Richard Sherman always talked a good game, and backed it up, especially during his years with the Seattle Seahawks. Data experts tap their farming backgrounds to lead new Washington state agriculture tech startup As a fourth-generation Yakima hop farmer running a century-old family business, Patrick Smith has deep roots in Washington state’s agriculture sector. 2021 Predictions: Why these tech, science and startup leaders are upbeat about the year ahead What direction will the tech industry take in the year ahead? What will the recovery look like? When (and how) will U.S. workers return to the office? Which innovations will define the coming year? Which technologies will be overhyped? And how can startups position themselves to succeed? GeekWire surveyed CEOs, tech execs, investors, professors, AI experts, and others from a range of industries and organizations in the Seattle region and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest to get their take. Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers viewed source code, but its defenses thwarted further access An illicit account associated with the widespread SolarWinds hack was used to view some of Microsoft’s internal source code, the company disclosed Thursday morning.

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