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Seattlearea maritime high school sets sail with support from tech luminaries Bezos and McCaw

Geeks Give Back award winner: WTIAs Apprenti program provides path to life changing tech jobs

Climate investor Dawn Lippert on raising a 60M fund and whats stoking demand for climate tech

Opening the door to inclusion through our 2018 GeekWire Summit nonprofit Impact Partners

Amazon begins the huge lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals

Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Blackowned businesses

One mans vision for an innovative hub serving tech workers and entrepreneurs of African descent

As global disasters strain financial resources tech companies reassess their super powers

How this social venture firm is helping Indias poorest with a unique startup accelerator

Refugees get free training for tech careers in pilot program launched by Coding Dojo and partners

Founders Unfound: How this podcast is using personal stories to circumvent racial bias in tech

Harnessing tech for good: Meet our nonprofit Impact Partners at Thursdays GeekWire Bash

How a VR project documenting Seattles music history revealed the risk of a new digital divide

Can Seattleites learn to play well with others Ion Collaborators tries to forge relationships

Seattle Childrens Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning

Food rescue: Tech donors team with nonprofits to keep thousands of meals from going to waste

What does it mean to be an ally Black Designers at Microsoft helps others explore the idea

With a strong nudge from employees can Amazon finally become a leader on climate change

Melinda Gates shares 5 tips for banishing imposter syndrome

Cyberattack detector gunshot sensor and other new inventions cement Pacific Northwest National Labs place among elite RD centers

Discovering and fixing the hidden causes of pay gaps between genders and races

Seattle tech duo strike out for Detroit hoping to spark a surge in startups in the Motor City

How data from smartphones and apps can inform us about human health on a global scale

How the Pacific Northwest is playing a key role in the burgeoning world of carbon capture tech

Can venture capital save the planet Tech and political leaders look to change climate for energy innovation

Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

Born from a Slalom hackathon tech experts help farming operation bring IoT into the field

Innovative sleep apnea fix takes home 25K prize at University of Washington student startup contest

WTIAs Apprenti program is turning out skilled tech workers by the dozens with no tuition costs

Future for Us conference stokes ambition and fellowship for women of color professionals

How this tethered energy drone can help produce affordable clean energy with a small footprint

Climate change initiatives surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry

How an Alaskan fisherman saw potential for a sustainability startup in a mountain of crab shells

Seattle startup connects farms to home delivery launches new program for lowincome families

How do you capture the oceans energy Peek under the hood of a startups antiboat power device

How a national lab stokes the startup pipeline with readytogo innovations for commercializing

Is your company offering fair pay New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

Inside the intense world of COVID19 science and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

From evil empire to model citizen How Microsofts good deeds work to its competitive advantage

Immigrants Journey: 7 foreignborn tech leaders talk about the impact of changing US policies

6 tips from Seattle tech companies on how to support racial equity programs

Climate tech heats up in the Pacific Northwest as startups raise more than 1B since 2020

Ada Developers Academys new CEO looks to expand coding bootcamps impact on tech diversity

How entrepreneurship and coding training programs build a path from prison to employment

An engineers journey from fighting crime on the dark web to leading societal resilience at Microsoft

Washington state climate initiative with millions of dollars in support from tech leaders loses in the polls

New Decarbon8US venture fund lets anyone make a philanthropic gift to climatesaving entrepreneurs

As nonprofits struggle to ease the worlds woes Microsoft steps up its tech support