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Articles from 2017

Spheres lizard

Amazon has brought lots of newcomers to Seattle, but this is a first: a lizard

The Spheres being constructed on Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus generate a lot of curiosity from those on the outside looking in.… Read More

Microsoft: Commercial cloud revenue to jump 55% to nearly $15B this fiscal year

Microsoft says total revenue from its commercial cloud businesses will reach an estimated $14.8 billion in its current fiscal year, ending June 30… Read More

Arcade park Pac-Man

Go play near traffic! City of Seattle to officially open Arcade Park, as Pac-Man chomps pavement

We can think of lots of big streets around Seattle where we’d love to see Pac-Man clear some more space… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up goes electric: Hands-on with the Chevy Bolt EV and our favorite high-tech skateboards

This week, our gadget show Geared Up is taking its energy to a different level. While co-host Andru Edwards is out… Read More

Living on the edge: Microsoft prepares developers for shift to edge computing

Microsoft used one of its biggest events of the year to remind developers that edge computing is coming, and it’s… Read More

IT Sports League champs

Seattle tech teams assembling for second year of softball in co-ed IT Sports League

Tech geeks turned jocks are teaming up for the second season of co-ed softball in the IT Sports League. Organizer Steve… Read More

Snap stock craters as Snapchat parent posts huge loss in 1st quarter as public company

Snapchat parent company Snap built a reputation for secrecy, but now, as a public company, it has to lay its… Read More

Pitches, pictures, and more from the Seattle Female Founders Alliance launch party

“It really is like flying a plane and building it at the same time,” Leslie Feinzaig told me, beaming at… Read More

Microsoft PowerPoint’s new trick: Real-time language translation

Microsoft PowerPoint might not have a reputation for cutting-edge innovation, but a new capability shown today at the company’s Build… Read More

Solar roof tiles

Elon Musk’s Tesla starts taking orders for solar glass roof tiles; delivery due this year

Tesla has started taking orders for traditional-looking glass roof tiles that soak up solar power to generate electricity. Installations are… Read More

For golfers: Arccos unveils AI-powered virtual caddie on a smartphone, powered by Microsoft

Caddies are trying to make a comeback — albeit in a virtual way. Arccos, a Stamford, Conn.-based startup that builds golf-shot… Read More

Crowd Cow

PETA has a beef with Crowd Cow, urges NFL star and investor Joe Montana to stiff-arm the startup

Packing more football terms into a letter than was previously thought possible, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)… Read More

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Last chance for early-bird tickets, new speakers added for our first technical conference

We’re less than a month away from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, an immersive day-long technical conference that will bring… Read More

Commentary: Why Seattle’s next mayor must partner with the tech community

[Editor’s note: Bill Schrier is the former chief technology officer for the City of Seattle, working under the administrations of Mayor… Read More

Windows 10 reaches 500M devices as Microsoft makes its case to developers at Build 2017

Microsoft is kicking off its Build 2017 developer conference in Seattle this morning with a new milestone: The company says… Read More

Microsoft introduces Azure Cosmos DB, a new database with a broad money-back guarantee

Microsoft plans to strengthen its database pitch to cloud customers Wednesday at Microsoft Build by unveiling Azure Cosmos DB, a… Read More

Microsoft wins patent for augmented reality glasses that tell you to stop eating

Microsoft yesterday received a patent for augmented reality glasses that act as that little voice telling you not to eat… Read More

Live: Watch Microsoft’s Build 2017 keynote with GeekWire’s commentary

Microsoft’s Build developer conference kicks off in downtown Seattle this morning, with a heavy focus on cloud technologies, and GeekWire… Read More

Python in Seattle, JavaScript in NYC? Study reveals top coding languages across major cities

The programming languages that developers use to create software are as varied and dynamic and spoken language. New languages crop up and existing… Read More

Why doesn’t Harvard want to talk about its mystery Microsoft Azure project?

Microsoft Azure appears to have scored a high-profile customer: Harvard University’s prestigious CS50 computer science class, not that anybody wants… Read More

Amazon to create permanent shelter for homeless families on its Seattle campus

Amazon is opening up a homeless transitional shelter inside one of its new Seattle HQ buildings that will give 65 families… Read More

Portland-area security company SureID hit with layoffs; sources indicate up to 160 jobs affected

Portland-area security company SureID has laid off more than 100 people, mostly in engineering, after failing to retain a key… Read More

SpaceX Falcon Heavy core test

SpaceX tweets Falcon Heavy rocket test

SpaceX showed off the first static-fire engine test for the center core of its three-core Falcon Heavy rocket – a yet-to-be-flown… Read More

Hanford tunnel cave-in

Tunnel cave-in sparks emergency alert at Hanford; no radiation leaks detected

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation says a 20-foot section of a tunnel system where it stores contaminated material and equipment collapsed today,… Read More

Homo naledi

Scientists argue that humanlike Homo naledi lived alongside our species in Africa

The paleontologists who discovered a previously unknown line of human ancestors in South Africa say that they’ve found more fossils… Read More

Google's Dot of Light

Google film ‘Dot of Light’ features pioneering female astronauts and dramatic views from space

Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the… Read More

Amazon is organizing its own series of concerts in London, but just for Prime members

As far as Amazon Prime benefits go, this one is a show-stopper. Amazon is launching a new concert series called Prime… Read More

Artemis

‘The Martian’ author’s next book, ‘Artemis,’ will be ‘adrenaline-charged crime caper’ set on moon

Real life space racers may be setting their sights on putting a human on Mars, but author Andy Weir has been… Read More

Tech Moves: Meet Microsoft Research Labs’ new director; Accolade adds key execs; and more

In a surprise move last week, Jeannette Wing — a noted computer scientist and corporate vice president of Microsoft Research — announced she… Read More

PopCap Games

Labor filing shows that layoffs at Seattle game studio PopCap will affect 45 employees

When game developer PopCap announced last week that it was cutting staff at its Seattle headquarters, the company didn’t say… Read More

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