Learn about the latest technology and entrepreneurial news from the past week. Below are the most popular stories on GeekWire during the week of August 29, 2021.
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The most popular stories on GeekWire
Investors are investing more in self-driving lawn mowers manufactured by Carbon Robotics, which have attracted the attention of farmers all over the world. … read more
The entomologists and researchers who led the Washington State fight against the Asian Hornet made some adjustments to the techniques they used to mark, track, and hope to eliminate invasive species. … read more
Gig economy companies such as Uber, Instacart, and goPuff provide employees with a new way to make money on their own schedule. … read more
The look on Kurt Cobain’s face may tell everything-like someone in 1991 just explained to him the meaning of “irreplaceable tokens” in 2021. …… read more
Remitly, the Seattle-based money transfer company, disclosed major financial results in its S-1 form registration statement on Monday afternoon, which is an important milestone in becoming a public company. … read more
GeekWire learned that Robbie Cape, the CEO of 98point6, no longer works for the well-funded virtual healthcare company he helped create in 2015. … read more
Some California cities are calling on the state to re-appropriate a fairer way to share the tax revenue generated by Amazon’s online sales-warning that changes made earlier this year caused an unfairness in multi-million dollar payments. The “winners and losers” system is used for critical public services. … read more
In a regulatory dispute between SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation and Amazon’s competing project Kuiper Project, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent out a series of new acrimonious tweets to Amazon and Blue Origin’s founder Jeff Bezos . … read more
Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 in October…Read more
On September 1, some of the most popular anchors on Twitch launched a one-day strike. According to data released on Thursday morning, the network’s content that day was significantly reduced. … read more