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(Bigstock Photo) Microsoft’s plan to override Google’s search engine in its own Chrome browser for some Office customers has roiled users and led to widespread criticism on social media. What happened: The latest update to Office 365 ProPlus will include a Chrome extension that makes Bing the default search engine ...

(@BillGates screen grab) “Hello world,” Bill Gates said when he joined Twitter and tweeted for the first time on Jan. 19, 2010. Ten years later, the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder has had plenty more to say — and Thursday he shared some of his favorite tweets from that time ...

Do you know a person, company or organization worthy of a GeekWire Award? Now is your chance to nominate them for recognition at our annual celebration of Pacific Northwest technology and innovation, taking place March 26 in Seattle. We’re accepting nominations starting today in mora than a dozen categories for ...

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking at Seattle’s Town Hall in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft President Brad Smith said Tuesday that the time to regulate artificial intelligence is now, speaking at the annual gathering of the global elite, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We should not ...

Susan Preston. SeaChange just raised $5.8 million for its fifth fund as it looks to put more dollars behind Pacific Northwest startups. It’s the largest fund yet for SeaChange, formerly known as Seattle Angel Fund, and will be used to make early-stage investments in the range of $200,000 to $900,000. Investors ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad to begin an in-flight test of the Crew Dragon space taxi’s abort system. (SpaceX / NASA via YouTube) With a fiery flash and volleys of cheers, SpaceX and NASA today rehearsed something they hope will never happen: a catastrophic ...

A FedEx delivery this past December in New York City. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) For years there’s been talk about solving the “last mile” challenges of getting goods and people to their destinations. Now University of Washington researchers are zooming in on what they’ve dubbed the “final 50 feet.” ...

The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson speaks at the GeekWire Awards 2019 after her company won Startup of the Year honors. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The Riveter, a Seattle-based startup building a national network of women-oriented co-working spaces, cut five positions this week as part of what its CEO described ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces the company’s long-term climate initiatives Thursday morning on the Redmond campus. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft says it will be carbon negative by 2030, removing more carbon from the environment than it emits each year, and will remove enough carbon by ...

The new Edge logo. (Microsoft Image) As of today, Microsoft’s default web browser is officially shifting to an open-source engine best known for powering a rival browser. Let that sink in for a second, and you’ll get a sense for just how much the tech world has turned upside down ...