When (and how) will we all return to the office? How can startups position themselves to succeed in 2021? Which innovations will define the coming year? And which technologies will be overhyped? Last week, we recapped the top stories of 2020. This week, we look ahead to anticipate the coming year in technology and innovation. Our guest commentator is computer scientist Peter Lee, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for research and incubations, one of several tech and business leaders based in the Seattle region who responded to a GeekWire survey about what to expect in the year ahead.

Riding the rails — over a floating bridge: GeekWire Podcast takes the train across the lake to Microsoft
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Rec Room shutdown, robot umps, FedEx meets Amazon, and OpenAI's odd media buy
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GeekWire AI summit takeaways: Token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5k weekend coder
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