Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and wife Lynn are among 17 billionaires joining The Giving Pledge.
Marc Benioff, Airbnb founders join Giving Pledge, committing majority of wealth to charity
ACLU to join Microsoft lawsuit against Justice Department over secret surveillance requests
March Madness contest: Join GeekWire’s bracket for a chance to win tickets to our Sports Tech Summit
Think you’ve got the March Madness magic this year? If so, you should join our GeekWire NCAA tourney pool — the top-finisher will win a ticket to the first-ever GeekWire Sports Tech Summit this July.
The annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament...
As US government asks tech leaders to join war on terror, ISIS threatens Twitter, Facebook CEOs
The US government needs reinforcements from the tech sector to help thwart the Islamic State’s (ISIS) online campaign for hearts and minds.
Representatives of the US Department...
AT&T CEO won’t join Tim Cook in fight against encryption backdoors
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. (credit: AT&T)
US politicians have been urging tech companies to weaken the security of smartphones and other products by inserting encryption backdoors that let the government access personal data.
Numerous tech companies—including Apple—have come out strongly against the idea, saying that encryption backdoors would expose the personal data of ordinary consumers, not just...
Senators join forces in campaign to close America’s Arctic icebreaker gap
Two U.S. senators from opposite sides of the aisle – Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski – teamed up today to hold President Barack Obama to his word when it comes to beefing up the U.S. Coast Guard’s sagging...
Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet
NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as early as 2019. It’s likely to be the first winged vehicle to fly in orbit since the space shuttle fleet’s retirement in...
NASA’s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?
That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time getting their just deserts when it comes to human spaceflight: The “Mercury 13” were passed over in the early 1960s, and that was just...
‘Tis the season to become a GeekWire member: Why you should join the geekiest club in town
It’s a bit hard for us to believe, but GeekWire will celebrate its fifth anniversary this coming March. (Things do move pretty fast when you’re having fun!) At GeekWire, we have the unique pleasure of informing, entertaining and connecting the smartest people on the...
This week: Join us for GeekWire Radio with Microsoft Surface exec Panos Panay
GeekWire is on the road again this week. We’ll be recording our weekly radio show and podcast on Thursday afternoon at the Microsoft Store at Bellevue Square, with special guest Panos Panay, the corporate vice president in charge of Surface Computing and other major hardware initiatives at Microsoft. This week’s GeekWire podcast is sponsored by the Microsoft Store. Check...
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