Microsoft's quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber and Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond
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🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Microsoft's quantum computing breakthrough; a Washington state bill that targets Uber and Lyft surge pricing; the latest update to the GeekWire 200 ranking of Pacific Northwest startups; and Amazon's move to take creative control of the James Bond movie franchise.
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- Microsoft quantum breakthrough promises to usher in the next era of computing in ‘years, not decades’
- GeekWire 200 update: Here are the hot tech startups moving up our list for Q1 2025
- Lawmakers take aim at Uber and Lyft with bill targeting surge pricing after big events
- Amazon MGM Studios strikes deal for 007, takes over creative control of James Bond film franchise
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop and editor Taylor Soper.
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| 0:00.0 | This Geekwire podcast is brought to you by BECU. Stay tuned to the break as Brian Westbrook interviews BECU's Stacey Black for today's money hack about social media trends like loud budgeting. |
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| 0:19.3 | So you can kind of see where it starts to get into the realm of science fiction. |
| 0:23.1 | You know, I'm waiting for my time machine and my transporter to come out of this. |
| 0:26.4 | That's frankly what I'm hoping for. |
| 0:28.1 | And not to mention my jetpack. |
| 0:29.8 | I would like the jetpack at this point. |
| 0:31.7 | It's about time. |
| 0:33.3 | Your quantum jetpack? |
| 0:34.9 | Exactly. |
| 0:42.5 | Yeah. Your quantum jetpack. Exactly. Hi, and welcome to Geekwire. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop. |
| 0:46.4 | And I'm Geekwire editor, Taylor Soper. |
| 0:48.4 | We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around |
| 0:51.9 | us in business, technology, and innovation. What happens here matters everywhere. And every week on this show, we get to report each day on what's happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. |
| 0:54.8 | What happens here matters everywhere. |
| 0:56.5 | And every week on this show, we get to talk about some of the most interesting and important |
| 1:00.2 | stories and trends in the news. |
| 1:02.5 | Good to see you, Taylor. |
| 1:03.8 | Good to be here. |
| 1:04.6 | How are you doing? |
| 1:05.2 | I'm doing well. |
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