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Blue Origin’s rocket blowup could cause big problems for NASA — and a satellite slowdown for Amazon Leo

One day after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad during a static-fire test, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 successfully sent 29 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. (ULA via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin...

May 30, 2026

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Melinda French Gates takes minority stake in Seattle Kraken hockey team

Medical technology giant plans to put its longtime Seattle-area campus up for sale

Zuckerberg’s yacht leaves Seattle’s Lake Union, anchors in Elliott Bay

Rec Room’s final day: Fans say goodbye as social gaming platform comes to an end

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 24, 2026

Etzioni on AI: Wall Street is quietly betting on AI to beat inflation

Zuckerberg’s yacht, Meta’s layoffs, a robot pizza flameout, and a reality check on AI expenses

Blue Origin’s rocket blowup could cause big problems for NASA — and a satellite slowdown for Amazon Leo

Microsoft holds up rural Washington as data centers ‘gone right,’ but does the model still work?

Bellevue’s AI boom: CoreWeave doubles down on office space

Still ringing a bell: F5 marks its 30th year in business

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes on pad during test; Jeff Bezos vows to rebuild

City of Seattle selects new CTO: Shannon Smith is longtime public-sector tech executive

Zuckerberg brought a ‘Wingman’: Meta CEO’s $100M yacht support vessel is also docked in Seattle

Tech Moves: Amazon’s healthcare business gets new leader; Scott McFarlane leaves helm of Avalara

Possible Finance rebounds, rebuilds, and reaches profitability as founders reunite for a new chapter

How ‘Lean Startup’ author Eric Ries redefines profit in his new book

Who gives a Zuck? Seattle does, apparently: Meta CEO’s giant yacht brings gawkers to Lake Union

Blue Origin readies New Glenn rocket to launch 48 Amazon Leo satellites after FAA clearance

Snowflake commits $6B to Amazon Web Services over 5 years in latest AI infrastructure deal

Seattle teens to take on real-world ocean science challenges in underwater robotics championship

CodeIntegrity raises $5M to put permanent guardrails on unpredictable AI agents

Eli Lilly to acquire Seattle-area biotech in $1.5 billion bet on next-generation shingles vaccine

Amazon offers its AI shopping tech to outside retailers in new phase of agentic commerce race

Photos: Mark Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta discloses 1,400 local job cuts

NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative

Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp

Etzioni on AI: The Pope can talk, but only we can walk

No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces

Climate progress at 30,000 feet: Alaska Airlines’ Ryan Spies on the flight path to sustainable aviation

New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 17, 2026

Etzioni on AI: The Virgin Unicorns

SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink’s impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

Robot pizza startup runs out of dough: Picnic shuts down, sells assets to mystery buyer

What’s next for Bungie? Rumored layoffs and end of ‘Destiny 2’ raise questions about studio’s future

Tech Moves: Xbox names CTO; Smartsheet gets first AI chief; Amazon VP departs for DoorDash

Bellevue teens targeting salmon die-offs and mental health win big at international science fair

The view from Bellevue: Seattle has the foundation for future growth — if it can fix its taxes

A ‘final season’ at Microsoft for Yusuf Mehdi: Longtime exec plans to leave after one last year

Why this Seattle-area startup is putting its name on the front of an English Premier League soccer team

CEO of Paul Allen’s $3.1B science and tech fund steps down less than a year after launch

Opinion: Washington state’s tax debate is missing half the equation

UW’s Ed Lazowska adds ‘Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award’ to his long list of honors

SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing

EV startup Electric Era launches battery systems to tackle data center energy crunch

Meet the company that won the Microsoft-donated World Cup suite with a $100k bid for a great cause

AI is not your strategy: Author and business advisor Brian Evergreen explains why vision comes first

Data center resistance comes home to Seattle as council considers a one-year freeze

‘One of a kind’: Tributes pour in for S. ‘Soma’ Somasegar, beloved tech mentor and friend