Articles from 2017 – Page 101 of 175

We tried the new AmazonFresh Pickup service in Seattle, and this is what happened

Amazon launched its new AmazonFresh Pickup grocery service for Amazon Prime members at two Seattle locations this morning, and GeekWire jumped at the opportunity to… Read More

Tech Moves: Amperity adds former Facebook engineering leader; Ex-Amazon talent director joins Outreach; and more

Dave Fetterman has had what you might call an illustrious career. He earned two degrees from Harvard, spent his first… Read More

Appeals Court refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban

President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travel of people from a handful of predominantly Muslim countries faced another legal… Read More

NASA’s Juno orbiter maps Jupiter’s super cyclones and monstrous magnetism

NASA’s Juno orbiter has been sending back stunning pictures of Jupiter for months, but now the mission’s scientists are sharing… Read More

Spin cycle maker Peloton set to open Seattle-area showroom, hits $1B valuation

Peloton, the freshly-minted unicorn company that makes $2,000 high-tech spin bikes, is opening up a showroom in the Seattle area.… Read More

Rocket Lab celebrates coming oh so close to orbit with its maiden Electron launch

Rocket Lab didn’t quite make it to orbit on its first try, but the company’s CEO says he’s “very happy”… Read More

How this sports tech startup is tapping college researchers to mine data for analytics insights

There’s something pretty cool happening at the intersection of sports and technology, and the connection made between a Seattle startup and… Read More

Amazon exec running for Seattle school board, applying lessons learned from tech giant

Amazon rose to e-commerce dominance by making “customer obsession” a core value. Alec Cooper, director of strategic and mobile business… Read More

Seattle shipping tech company ShipRush acquired for $14M by Canadian logistics software firm

Canadian logistics software company Descartes Systems Group has acquired ShipRush, a Seattle company that helps small and medium-sized companies and… Read More

Red Hat bolsters its container pitch with Codenvy acquisition

Red Hat added another open-source tool to its chest Thursday with the acquisition of Codenvy, a startup focused on cloud… Read More

AmazonFresh Pickup expands to Prime members in Seattle, with automatic license-plate recognition

Amazon is expanding its latest brick-and-mortar retail experiment beyond an internal employee beta today, letting Amazon Prime members order groceries online for… Read More

Here’s how NASA’s shiny 2020 rover will look when it’s hunting for life on Mars

The rover that NASA is getting ready to send to Mars in 2020 looks a lot like the Curiosity rover… Read More

Microsoft game-streaming service Beam is now ‘Mixer,’ with new features to take on Amazon’s Twitch

Nine months after Microsoft’s Xbox group acquired Beam, the game streaming service is getting a new name and a host… Read More

T-Mobile’s new spin on the phone number, Digits, coming May 31

After months of testing with tens of thousands of mobile guinea pigs, T-Mobile today announced a May 31 debut for… Read More

Rocket Lab puts its first low-cost Electron launch vehicle in space from New Zealand

Rocket Lab says its first Electron rocket “made it to space” after a test launch from a New Zealand pad,… Read More

Christine Gregoire, Lee Huntsman added to Washington Life Science Hall of Fame

The Washington Life Science Hall of Fame welcomed four new inductees into its ranks today. The honor was awarded to a quartet of… Read More

Fred Hutch receives $24M contract to expand National Cancer Institute Contact Center operations

For patients just diagnosed with cancer, or navigating complex treatment, it can be hard to know where to turn for… Read More

Summoning the Demon: Why superintelligence is humanity’s biggest threat

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, authors of the new book, Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop… Read More

Xbox’s $9.99/month gaming subscription service debuts June 1 with more than 100 rotating titles

Xbox Game Pass, the $9.99 gaming subscription service, will become available to all users starting June 1. Microsoft announced the… Read More

NASA astronaut Anne McClain at Nerd Night Seattle

Nerd Nite meets NASA, sparking memories for an astronaut with deep Northwest roots

The High Dive is known for drawing crowds into the local music scene, but this week, music wasn’t what drew… Read More

Microsoft reportedly eyeing Israeli security company Hexadite

If you want security talent, you go to Israel. Microsoft has reportedly bought Hexadite, a security company using artificial intelligence… Read More

What’s it take to become a Seattle local? As city changes, website questions natives and transplants

A week or so ago, before Seattle decided to play summer for a few days, I grilled dinner in a… Read More

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Geared Up: Microsoft’s new Surface Pro explained, and Nintendo takes a summer road trip

Microsoft continued its stream of Surface announcements this week with the new Surface Pro — notably not called the Surface Pro… Read More

Stop what you’re doing — the first full ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 trailer is here

In addition to being queen of Westeros and rocking a pixie cut as fierce as her thirst for vengeance, Cersei Lannister… Read More

Appeals court sides with Amazon in dispute over counterfeit pillowcases

A federal appeals court held up a 2015 decision in favor of Amazon this week in a dispute over counterfeit goods… Read More

Report: ARM-owner Softbank takes $4B stake in Nvidia as AI research heats up

Softbank is shaping up to be a major force behind the chip designs of the next decade, if a report… Read More

Boeing wins go-ahead from DARPA to build and test XS-1 military space plane by 2020

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it has selected the Boeing Co. to develop and test its XS-1… Read More

How technology could change the DMV: mobile driver’s licenses, cars that issue speeding tickets and more

Technology has disrupted and changed a variety of industries and experiences, but most wouldn’t put a trip to the DMV in the… Read More

Microsoft is worth more than Dallas: Analyst warns of destabilization as tech giants grow more valuable than cities

The world’s largest tech companies are worth more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of most U.S. cities, according to… Read More

A dashboard for Istio, a new project for monitoring microservices.

IBM, Google, and Lyft team up on open-source project for more control over microservices

After years of evangelizing microservices as the path to a more nimble development organization, companies are realizing they need to… Read More