Amazon Games studio head Mike Frazzini is leaving the company
Mike Frazzini. (GeekWire FIle Photo) Mike Frazzini, the head of Amazon Games, is stepping down from his position. Bloomberg reported Frazzini has told staff at Amazon that…
Jeff Bezos’ mom did not email me: How I got a troll to apologize, and why we might be friends now
Click to enlarge: An email to GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser this week from a comedian and internet troll posing as Jackie Bezos, mother of Amazon founder Jeff…
In a new video, Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights satellite broadband for folks off the beaten track
Rajeev Badyal, VP of technology for Project Kuiper, speaks at the project’s Redmond facility. (Amazon via YouTube) Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet launched a single satellite, but…
Amazon’s smile logo and Climate Pledge decal to appear on Seattle Kraken hockey helmets
The helmets that will be worn for home games by the Seattle Kraken feature Amazon’s smile logo. (Climate Pledge Arena Photo) Amazon is adding a little promotional…
GeekWire Podcast: Municipal broadband; capital gains tax; Amazon’s take on soccer super league
City of Anacortes Public Works Water Maintenance worker Joe Ferris installs fiber optic cables into Anacortes’ existing waterlines. (Photo courtesy of City of Anacortes) Here’s what we’re…
Amazon is publishing new mobile games for the first time since 2015
(Amazon Image) Amazon is publishing two new mobile games through its Amazon Kids+ service, based on the original Amazon specials Super Spy Ryan and Do, Re &…
Amazon teams up with Lockheed Martin and Cisco to put Alexa voice assistant on NASA’s moon ship
The Callisto console will be tested in NASA’s Orion capsule. (Amazon / Lockheed Martin / Cisco Illustration) Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s…
Amazon and Microsoft led the world in corporate purchases of clean energy in 2021
Solar panels. (Unsplash / Chelsea Photo) Seattle-area tech giants Amazon and Microsoft were global leaders in clean energy power purchase agreements made by corporations last year. Amazon…
Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks
This time-lapse image of Venus and the Pleiades shows the tracks of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. (Torsten Hansen / IAU OAE / Creative Commons Attribution) The International Astronomical…
SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week…