Articles from 2017 – Page 102 of 175

Zillow announces $1M prize for anyone who can improve the algorithm for its Zestimate

The Zillow Zestimate, that much-debated, computer-generated home valuation tool, has been a fixture of the Seattle-based real estate media company… Read More

The folks who brought you Kubernetes now want to make it easier to use

Kubernetes is quickly becoming something of a standard for software container orchestration, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s… Read More

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

New Relic launches Health Map for improved app and infrastructure performance monitoring

New Relic plans to give its users a new way to monitor the performance of their apps across their infrastructure,… Read More

Can faux meat produce meaty profits? Entrepreneurs survey the food frontier

Is there money to be made by going meatless? Substitutes for meat, dairy and eggs have been around for decades,… Read More

President Trump’s budget plan gets a bad review from the science community

President Donald Trump sent his budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress today, giving the science community a glimpse… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Cancer survivors join forces for social video startup Splainers

The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg uses Facebook Live from Harvard dorm to talk coding, Hot Pockets and more

The memories came flooding back for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as he visited the dorm where he lived during his time… Read More

Jeff Bezos returns the compliment, calls Warren Buffett a ‘hero’ who ‘has a lot of wisdom’

At the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting earlier this month, chairman Warren Buffett heaped praise on the success of Amazon… Read More

Study: Seattle region has one of the biggest gender wage gaps in the U.S., with women earning 78.6 cents on the dollar

Women working in King County make 78.6 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn, according to a new study… Read More

As Amazon recaps a record year, shareholders meeting goes bananas

Amazon had no shortage of impressive stats to present to its shareholders at its annual meeting in Seattle this morning.… Read More

Annie Leibovitz shoots cast of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ including Carrie Fisher, for Vanity Fair covers

The stars of Star Wars are cover stars for the June issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Photographer Annie Leibovitz shot… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith on why life sciences should buy into the ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’

A life sciences conference isn’t the first place you’d expect to find Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith.… Read More

Challenged at shareholder meeting, Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s political approach

At Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting in Seattle this morning, the company’s leaders trumpeted its growth, charitable giving, and international expansion,… Read More

NASA spacewalkers triumph over fussy bolt to finish quick space station repair job

NASA spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer replaced a faulty computer relay box on the International Space Station today, but… Read More

Outreach.io raises $30M from top VC firms to help sales teams reach more leads, speed up workflow

Outreach.io today announced a $30 million funding round that will help the Seattle startup grow its sales automation platform. DFJ… Read More

Discuss.io lands $5M to modernize market research and make focus groups more affordable

Discuss.io has reeled in a $5 million funding round to continue its mission to disrupt the focus group. The Seattle… Read More

Seattle passes a law that makes it legal to record the police

The Seattle City Council has written into law an existing Seattle Police Department policy that allows bystanders to record and… Read More

Multiple protest groups gather at Amazon’s annual meeting in Seattle

Several protest groups are assembling in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood this morning, where Amazon is preparing to hold its 2017 annual shareholder… Read More

Chef tightens the links between Chef Automate and its open-source DevOps products

Not quite a year after launching Chef Automate, cloud-based software development company Chef has improved support for InSpec and Habitat… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Windows 10 China Government Edition’ lets country use its own encryption

Microsoft this morning officially confirmed a new version of Windows designed for use by the Chinese government and state-owned entities,… Read More

Chevrolet Bolt EV Review: At 200+ miles with juice to spare, this is the affordable electric car to beat

For years I have been waiting for automakers to come out with an all-electric car that can travel over 200… Read More

Cloud Native Computing Foundation adds the CoreOS-backed CNI as latest hosted project

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has voted to approve the Container Networking Interface (CNI) as the new open-source project… Read More

Microsoft unveils new Surface Pro and ‘fastest digital pen on the planet’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWs2jIy4js Microsoft just announced the next generation of its popular Surface Pro at an event in Shanghai. It’s the successor… Read More

Insurance software company Vertafore leaving Seattle suburb for Denver’s ‘burgeoning tech scene’

Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance industry software maker, is moving its headquarters to Denver. A report in the Puget Sound… Read More

Microsoft’s next-generation HoloLens glasses may make you look like Clark Kent

Today, Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headset has a geeky RoboCop vibe, but someday it could become more like a pair of eyeglasses suitable for Superman’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Planetary Resources adds space law expert as general counsel; Comcast appoints Washington state VP; and more

Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company headquartered in Redmond, Wash., is getting a little extra help as it ventures toward the stars.… Read More

Zillow ‘Instant Offers’ launches in two cities to test quick-and-easy option for home sellers

Zillow has waded into the complicated and sometimes lengthy process of selling a home by launching a new product on… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Jeff Bezos tells kids about his vision for space, and gives practical tips for success

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos fielded questions from some very savvy kids at the new Apollo exhibit at… Read More

Amazon Go across the pond? Filings point to possible international expansion of checkout-free grocery

Amazon last week trademarked several phrases that point to a possible international expansion of its checkout-free Amazon Go grocery concept.… Read More