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Health officials seek to balance community concerns and coronavirus concerns
Officials advise sticking to health guidelines during protests. (Public Health – Seattle & King County ) Public health officials for...
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Closer than humanly possible: New launch pad photos capture historic SpaceX liftoff in all its glory
Flames from the Falcon 9 Merlin engines at liftoff. 1300 ft (400 m) from launchpad (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla....
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After seeing milestone launch, President Trump hails space effort as a force for ‘pride and unity’
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building with a mockup of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule in...
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MagniX and AeroTEC put all-electric Cessna airplane into the air for first time
MagniX CEO Roei Ganzarski talks about his company’s all-electric Cessna Grand Caravan airplane, parked in the background at Moses Lake’s...
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What to expect as Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting goes virtual for the first time
Protesters hoist the “Bezos Bot” outside a past Amazon shareholder meeting in Seattle (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon’s response to...
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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2020
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 May 17,...
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NASA and SpaceX rehearse for big launch day, complete with a Tesla ride to the pad
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken waves to onlookers outside the Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just...
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Seattle-area software engineer charged for attempting to defraud CARES Act of $1.5M
(Bigstock Photo) Baoke Zhang , a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what...
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Fred Hutch’s president says a new strain of virus research center is needed to fight future outbreaks
Thomas Lynch, the president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the impact of the coronavirus outbreak during...
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XPRIZE’s Code Games challenge gives kids an opportunity to create games for good
The Code Games challenge provides incentives for kids to create video games that play on the themes of exploration, the environment and equity....
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Judge clears the way for salvagers to open up the Titanic and retrieve Marconi radio
The Titanic sank during its maiden voyage in 1912. (Acme Newspictures via Library of Congress) A federal judge says RMS Titanic Inc. can go...
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Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug being tested in two studies at Univ. of Washington
President Donald Trump said today that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that’s being tested as a COVID-19 treatment at...
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Zillow restarts home-buying business, showing confidence in real estate amid ongoing pandemic
(Zillow Photo) Zillow Group is resuming its Zillow Offers home-buying business, reflecting the company’s confidence in real estate despite...
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COVID-19 lessons from Iceland: How one Nordic country has all but stopped the virus in its tracks
Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Chris Yunker, via Flickr , Creative Commons 2.0. At first glance, Iceland’s COVID-19 statistics might seem...
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Seattle and King County post lowest COVID-19 case and death counts in two months
Seattle and King County reported 420 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths during the past week, the lowest weekly totals in two months, according...
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The pandemic isn’t hurting Microsoft’s bottom line but these changes still worry Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)...