GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, we learned…

Scramble the fighters! Thousands of protesters sign up to egg Jeff Bezos’ yacht at Dutch bridge site

The historic De Hef bridge in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. (Flickr Photo / Gerard Stolk) Nearly 5,000 people have signed up to throw eggs at Jeff…

Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k for corporate and tech workers, citing labor market

An Amazon lobby in Bellevue, Wash. (GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) Amazon will boost its maximum base pay to $350,000 for corporate and tech employees, from…

GeekWire Podcast: The realities of Amazon’s pay increase; inside Microsoft’s HoloLens business

Amazon’s increase in base pay and Microsoft’s HoloLens were in the news this week. (GeekWire Photo / Microsoft Image) Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week,…

Jeff Bezos, future Seahawks owner? Why the Russell Wilson trade increases the odds

Jeff Bezos would have the means and reportedly the interest to purchase the Seattle Seahawks NFL team from the estate of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. (GeekWire…

Where’s my jetpack? It was at MARS conference, along with Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

A robotics presentation plays out at Amazon’s MARS 2022 conference. (Andy Jassy via Twitter) Billionaire Jeff Bezos missed out on his usual chauffeuring duties at the West…

Bezos reignites Biden inflation feud, says president is misdirecting public or misunderstanding market

The inflation debate between President Biden and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos started in May. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz, and GeekWire File Photo) Updated below…

Watch a tearful Jeff Bezos celebrate his immigrant father: ‘Could not have had a better role model’

Jeff Bezos and his father Miguel Bezos, with the Statue of Liberty in New York. (Instagram Photo via @jeffbezos) Jeff Bezos is never shy about sharing his…

How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos celebrates after his Blue Origin spaceflight in 2021, at left, and plays it cool as a Starfleet officer in the 2016 film “Star Trek Beyond.”…