Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, sent the world’s biggest airplane into the air today for its first flight test. The twin-fuselage plane, which… Read More
In the months since Vulcan, Inc., placed its Holodome inside Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, 38,000 people have stepped into the 360-degree immersive reality experience. Now, almost a year later,… Read More
Five months after the death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the billionaire’s sister is taking steps to put her own stamp on a family foundation thought to hold at least… Read More
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is looking for smart ideas to fight Ebola and has opened a call for applications for an accelerator program. An outbreak of the disease… Read More
The USS Wasp, an aircraft carrier that saw service during World War II from Iceland to Guadalcanal, has been located lying 14,000 feet deep in the Coral Sea 77 years… Read More
Bill Gates wanted to clear something up. Speaking at a celebration event for a new University of Washington computer science building named after the Microsoft co-founder and his wife, Gates… Read More
When Ed Lazowska arrived at the University of Washington four decades ago, there were just 12 computer science faculty members. Meanwhile across Lake Washington, a small startup called Microsoft had… Read More
The USS Strong put in less than a year of service at sea, but the destroyer and its crew nevertheless earned a place of honor in the U.S. Navy’s history… Read More
Chalk up another historic shipwreck discovery for the Petrel, the research vessel funded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen: This time it’s the USS Hornet, the World War II… Read More
Paul Allen was brutally candid about Bill Gates in his 2011 memoir, “Idea Man,” and the Microsoft co-founders didn’t speak for more than a year after it came out. But it turns… Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the world’s largest airplane for takeoff — but it’s not yet clear exactly when Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture founded by the late Microsoft co-founder… Read More
A wide-ranging shipwreck survey funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is continuing after his death, and the latest discovery focuses on the Japanese battleship Hiei, which sank in the South… Read More
The Upstream Music Fest and Summit, created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a way to showcase diverse talent from the Northwest and beyond, announced Wednesday that it… Read More
Just a few days after Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proclaimed Friday, Jan. 18, “Paul G. Allen Day,” the Washington State Legislature took time out to honor the late Microsoft co-founder… Read More
Stratolaunch, the Seattle-based space venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen seven years ago, says it’s discontinuing its programs to develop a new type of rocket engine and a new… Read More
The love for Paul Allen continues in his hometown as Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proclaimed Friday, Jan. 18, to be “Paul G. Allen Day” in honor of the Microsoft co-founder,… Read More
Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says its twin-fuselage, six-engine aircraft raced as fast as 136 mph down the runway at California’s Mojave Air and Space… Read More
Although the passing of a loved one and the dissolution of a marriage are deeply personal experiences, they inevitably raise questions for the broader community when they occur in the… Read More
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has racked up another round of recognition for his role on the space frontier: Next week he’ll be inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation, alongside… Read More
2018 was a year of acronyms. We witnessed an overhyped search for HQ2, a flurry of IPOs and the passing of Seattle tech pioneer PGA: Paul G. Allen. It was… Read More
A technology company working with Vulcan Inc. is seeking to install and test an AI-powered scanning system outside the company’s Seattle headquarters building, capable of sensing whether people walking by… Read More
Billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen died two months ago, but before he passed away, he passed along a $125 million commitment to a new research frontier: the Allen Institute for Immunology.… Read More
Customs agents have been relying on their ability to visually match disembodied and sometimes dried and bleached shark fins with their species of origin as containers packed with seafood pass… Read More
Paul Allen saved the Seattle Seahawks when he acquired the team in 1996 and kept the NFL franchise from relocating to Southern California. With the passing of the Microsoft co-founder,… Read More
The last will and testament of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is now public after being filed in King County Superior Court, but it offers no details about the… Read More
It wasn’t just Seattle’s skyline that turned blue on Saturday night: Back east in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum cast a blue spotlight on… Read More
In the first Seahawks home game since Paul Allen passed away, the NFL franchise honored its late owner with a tribute video and special 12th Man flag raising before Sunday’s… Read More
Buildings and landmarks across the Seattle region are lit up in blue this weekend in honor of Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder. These images from Alki Beach in West… Read More
His guitar hero Jimi Hendrix sang of “Purple Haze,” but Seahawks blue was also one of Paul Allen’s favorite colors. So in tribute to the late Microsoft co-founder, buildings in… Read More
It’s notable that the newest class of Allen Distinguished Investigators, announced today by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, includes researchers who are developing new treatments for lymphoma. Lymphoma is… Read More