(Wowzer via Instagram) Seattle can be rough when it comes to dating, we’ve heard. How ruff the city is clearly led to the creation of yet another dating app directed at the city’s singles — and their dogs. Wowzer, a dating app for dog lovers, debuts Thursday with the intention of connecting people who share …
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the other side of the country. But that’s what happened Saturday when Sen. Elizabeth Warren got wind of Amazon’s equally unusual $1.45 million …
The downtown Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) [Editor’s note: This guest post was co-written by Oren Etzioni and Jacob Colker of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) in Seattle.] We’ve reached a tipping point for our startup ecosystem. The Seattle area is home to several of the world’s most iconic companies including …
Councilmember Kshama Sawant holds a press conference at City Hall in 2017 during a debate over a new tax on big business. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Amazon’s $1 million political contribution announced Tuesday — on top of $450,000 the company previously spent on elections in its hometown — struck a nerve with Seattle progressives worried about …
A tribute video plays on the big screen at CenturyLink Field as the Seahawks franchise honored Paul Allen and inducted him into the team’s Ring of Honor on Thursday. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) Patti Hammond — better known around these parts as “Mama Blue” — knows how much Paul Allen meant to the Seattle …
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Steven Nerayoff (second from right) tweeted the above photo of himself alongside StormX founder Simon Yu (third from right) and COO Arry Yu (second from left) in March 2018. “Great friends in blockchain are immutable!” he wrote in the caption. Nerayoff was arrested this week for extorting a company reportedly identified as StormX. (Photo via …
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