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Inside the 2026 GeekWire Awards: Innovators reshaping how we work, build, and learn

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we hit the floor at the 2026 GeekWire Awards to talk with finalists about what they're building and how AI is changing their work — plus a trivia deep dive into 15 years of GeekWire Awards history. Read More

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Expedia Group sees reward and risk in the rise of AI-powered travel

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin detailed the company's AI strategy on its Q1 earnings call, describing booking integrations with ChatGPT and Claude, AI-powered customer support, and rising compute costs funded by cuts elsewhere. Read More

Photos: Inside the 2026 GeekWire Awards

The shimmering scene inside Showbox SoDo — highlighted by crystal accents to mark the event's 15th anniversary — included an especially geeky and futuristic acrobatic dance performance by members of Maison de V’s circus and dance community. Read More

Podcast: Seattle Medium Opens Nominations For Best Of The Best Northwest Awards

The Seattle Medium has launched the inaugural Best of the Best Northwest Reader’s Choice Awards, an initiative designed to celebrate individuals, businesses, organizations, and leaders who significantly contribute to the Pacific Northwest community. The campaign is presently in its nominations phase, emphasizing community participation to identify those making a substantial impact.

Podcast: Linda Taylor Named Chief Programs Officer At Urban League

Linda Taylor, a steady force behind the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle for nearly three decades, has been promoted to Chief Programs Officer, a development emphasizing the critical role of institutional memory and community-rooted leadership in sustaining the organization's mission.

Podcast: Black-Owned Businesses In Seattle Confront Mounting Pressures

Black entrepreneurs in Seattle and across the region are confronting significant pressures, including escalating costs, labor shortages, economic uncertainty, and evolving political and policy landscapes. These challenges, recently highlighted by The Seattle Medium, are impeding their ability to achieve stability and ensure long-term survival.

SIFF Movie Preview: Promised Sky

Amidst escalating anti-immigrant violence in Tunisia, three women from Ivory Coast have forged a new family unit. This development follows their decision to take in a young girl, a survivor of a migrant shipwreck who lost her family, as they collectively navigate fear, hardship, and uncertain futures.

SIFF Movie Preview: The Garden We Dreamed

The film "The Garden We Dreamed" chronicles a Haitian family's pursuit of a better life in Mexico, where their aspirations for stability are imperiled by entanglement in an illegal logging operation. Residing in a secluded forest cabin, their nascent hopes for safety are jeopardized as environmental degradation and escalating violence threaten their dream of a new home.

SIFF Movie Preview: Black Burns Fast

A scholarship student at a strict South African girls' boarding school embarks on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment, ignited by a romantic relationship with a confident classmate.

SIFF Movie Preview: Cotton Queen

In the Sudanese cotton village of Cotton Queen, teenager Nafisa confronts a pivotal choice between preserving her family's traditions and forging her own path, as the community grapples with escalating tensions over land, personal relationships, and local authority.

2026 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners — and big love for Seattle — at annual tech celebration

More than 300 members of the Pacific Northwest tech scene packed the Showbox SoDo to honor the year's top startups, founders, leaders and deal makers across a dozen awards categories. Read More