Amazon opens supply hub for Ukrainian refugees, its largest humanitarian aid facility ever

Amazon is helping to store and distribute supplies to aid Ukrainian refugees in European countries. (Amazon Photo) Amazon is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to…

Microsoft detected ‘destructive cyberattacks’ against Ukraine hours before Russian invasion

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking at Seattle’s Town Hall in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft says it began detecting “destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine’s digital…

Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia, condemns ‘unlawful’ invasion of Ukraine

Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of…

What happened after a Moscow-born Seattle tech CEO closed a big Russian operation in solidarity with Ukraine

Sergei Dreizin is co-founder and CEO of software engineering company Akvelon, based in Bellevue, Wash. Born and raised in Moscow, he moved to the U.S. in 1992,…

Interview: Microsoft’s president on turbulent times for the company, country, and world

Microsoft President Brad Smith is facing an array global, national and corporate issues. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader…