Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 31, 2023.
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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub
The University of Washington this year expects to break ground on a new building that will anchor an ambitious, innovation-focused redevelopment called Portage Bay Crossing. … Read More
Meta fights shutdown of Seattle-area Reality Labs cleanroom by state safety regulators
Meta Platforms is asking a judge in Seattle to nullify a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries order that has forced the Facebook parent company to shut down a key part of a facility where it develops and tests futuristic devices. … Read More
Amazon leader and Army vet launches Seattle wellness startup to support new moms
Yuzi founder Stephiney Foley graduated from West Point and worked for the U.S. … Read More
Tech Moves: Amazon sports VP departing; AI product leader leaving Microsoft; and more
— Marie Donoghue, a vice president at Amazon who helped lead its sports streaming and video production arm, is leaving the company. … Read More
Tech investors give their top predictions for 2024
The pace of AI-related innovation accelerated, to say the least, in 2023. … Read More
Amazon shuts down last remaining Fresh Pickup location in Seattle, but keeps package service open
Amazon closed the last of its only two Amazon Fresh Pickup locations, marking the end of another effort by the tech giant to disrupt how and where people get their groceries. … Read More
SpaceX launches the first set of Starlink satellites for T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell plan
The first satellites capable of providing direct-to-cellular service via SpaceX’s Starlink network and T-Mobile’s cellular network have been sent into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. … Read More
Washington vs. Michigan: Which university takes the title in tech?
Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game. … Read More
Pacific Northwest National Lab’s chief scientist for AI finds links between tech and national security
Bringing artificial intelligence to bear on issues relating to nuclear weapons might sound like the stuff of a scary sci-fi movie — but at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, it’s just one of the items on the to-do list. … Read More
NASA awards funds to study deep-space interferometer and other far-out ideas
A proposal to build a far-flung set of radio antennas to measure the cosmos is one of 13 far-out concepts to receive seed funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, also known as NIAC. … Read More
