3 years ago151Get 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 Nov. 22, 2020.
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Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos who sold online shoe retailer to Amazon for $1.2B, dies at 46
Tony Hsieh, a revered internet entrepreneur who led Zappos and sold the online retailer to Amazon for $1.2 billion, has passed away at the age of 46. … Read More
New crop of Cosmic Crisp apples begins shipping from Washington state to stores across the U.S.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the much-hyped Cosmic Crisp apple variety is headed from Washington state to stores around the country. … Read More
‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world
Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a larger plan to reinvent a trillion-dollar industry. … Read More
Holiday gaming gift guide: What to know about the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch
This is the first holiday season for the ninth generation of video game consoles, as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X (XSX) have recently hit the market, and Nintendo’s hybrid system the Switch is still a hot seller. … Read More
Amazon Web Services outage affects Adobe, Roku, Twilio, Flickr, others
Amazon Web Services suffered an outage Wednesday that affected several applications and services that rely on Amazon’s cloud computing platform. … Read More
‘Top 100 Female Founder’ and CEO of Joylux on her audacious promotion of pelvic floors
Colette Courtion has staked her claim where tech innovation has largely feared to tread: women’s pelvic floors. … Read More
‘Superintelligence’ in Seattle: AI researchers do a reality check on a movie that adds romance to tech
Seattle, Microsoft and the field of artificial intelligence come in for their share of the spotlight in “Superintelligence” — an HBO Max movie starring Melissa McCarthy as the rom-com heroine, and comedian James Corden as the world’s new disembodied AI overlord. … Read More
Seattle startup vets launch platform that lets employers provide emergency savings accounts
The pandemic has caused a financial burden for millions of employees across the nation. … Read More
Bill Gates looks back at ‘The Road Ahead’ after 25 years and some hit-and-miss tech predictions
Bill Gates is spending plenty of time these days looking forward to the solutions that will get us out of the COVID-19 pandemic or begin to address climate change meaningfully. … Read More
Walter Isaacson likens Bezos to Einstein and Jobs, calls out Trump for ‘corrupt’ treatment of Amazon
Much of the content in the new book, “Invent & Wander,” will be familiar to those who follow Jeff Bezos and Amazon closely. … Read More
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