Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of Amazon, becoming executive chairman of the company he conceived 27 years ago on a road trip to Seattle, and built into one of the world’s most valuable companies.
The Goat got baaaaaaannnnned. T-Mobile’s Super Bowl ad featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (Greatest Of All Time?) won’t air during the big game on Sunday so the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier released it Friday morning.
The Office of the Washington State Auditor is investigating a security incident which has compromised the personal information of more than 1.6 million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020.
SPONSOR MESSAGE
Calling all startup geeks! Check out this sample of GeekWire Startups, our weeklynewsletter that includes all the latest headlines from the tech startup scene in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. To subscribe, visit geekwire.com/newsletters and update your email newsletter preferences.
Let’s start with the good news. The number of new COVID-19 cases in the greater Seattle area, Washington state and the national level have all been declining since early January, showing a recovery from what’s known as the third wave of infections.
Amazon’s proposed design plans for its second headquarters campus in Arlington, Va., will have a familiar look for anyone who has ever set foot in Seattle as three tall office buildings ring a unique glass-enclosed structure.
The pandemic-driven e-commerce surge is expected to drive record sales and profit for Amazon as the company reports its holiday quarter earnings on Tuesday.
What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos' biggest personal passion project — his Blue Origin space venture.
A billionaire CEO who's also a trained jet pilot is buying a flight to orbit aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft — and you might get a chance to fly along.
Sana Biotechnology raised $587.5 million in an initial public offering, a significant cash haul that the 3-year-old Seattle company will use to continue a quest to treat disease using cutting-edge gene engineering.
Nearly a year into a pandemic that ushered in a new era of virtual work, Microsoft announced a new tech platform called Viva that aims to improve wellbeing by analyzing how employees spend their time, provide a central hub for internal company resources, integrate learning into the flow of work, and provide better access to internal corporate knowledge and expertise.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.