Kurt Schlosser

A consistent picture emerged: Somasegar was kind, generous with his time, humble, and a steadying presence. To many, those qualities mattered even more than the investments and decisions he made.

The University of Washington professor emeritus — a longtime computer science educator, researcher and fixture in Seattle's tech community — has been honored with the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award, UW Magazine reported this week.

Temporal, the Bellevue workflow orchestration company valued at $5 billion, announced Thursday that it is becoming the front-of-shirt sponsor of Crystal Palace Football Club beginning with the 2026/27 season.

Lakshmi Agrawal, a senior at Interlake High School, and Anusha Arora, a sophomore who also attends Interlake, were among more than 1,700 students from roughly 60 countries who competed at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix.

Freshly sliced pepperoni is delivered via conveyer belt onto a pizza being assembled by a Picnic pizza-making robot. (GeekWire File Photo) Picnic, the

MATE ROV, which takes place June 25-27, challenges teams to complete underwater mission tasks drawn from real-world ocean science problems. This year's tasks include mapping cold-water coral ecosystems, deploying ocean observatory instrumentation, modeling offshore wind turbines, and operating profiling floats beneath sea ice — a notoriously difficult environment for conventional monitoring equipment.

No one knew why the $300 million, 387-foot Launchpad was in Seattle. Some wished it wasn't. Others were pretty thrilled to get a glimpse of the gleaming blue and white vessel, backed into a giant slip along Westlake Avenue North.

The $100 million Wingman is visible from the Magnolia Bridge and the Elliott Bay Trail that runs along the waterfront, but it blends in more easily at a terminal used for cruise ships.

Shannon Smith , an experienced public-sector technology executive, will be the City of Seattle's next chief technology officer.

Picnic, the Seattle startup that raised about $50 million on a vision of robots churning out pizzas in restaurants, stadiums, and other high-volume venues, has shut down and liquidated its assets after it was unable to pay its debts. A buyer has already been found for the company's assets and intellectual property.