Articles from 2017 – Page 12 of 175

Disney targets Redbox over resale of digital movie codes, alleging ‘blatant disregard’ of copyright rules

A suit filed against Redbox this week by Walt Disney Co. targets the movie rental kiosk company’s practice of reselling… Read More

Redmond 2.0: Inside Microsoft’s plan to rebuild its longtime home for a new generation

The land that is now the massive Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. has come a long way in the last… Read More

Amazon Web Services ramps up advertising to provide ‘air cover’ for developers

LAS VEGAS — For the first decade of its existence, Amazon Web Services flew a bit under the radar of… Read More

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Week in Geek Podcast: Our lunch with Anthony Bourdain, Microsoft’s campus revamp, and Big Fish jumps again

On this episode of the Week In Geek podcast, we go behind the scenes with GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and… Read More

Science fiction authors Andy Weir and Neal Stephenson look at life after ‘The Martian’

What could be better than hearing a science fiction writer talk about how to create whole new worlds? How about… Read More

Report: Amazon calls for meeting with Seattle leaders as city looks to repair relationship with tech titan

Amazon has responded to a letter Seattle politicians sent to the company in October, seeking to “hit the refresh button”… Read More

Judge overturns Trump administration’s delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter… Read More

NASA turns to Voyager’s dormant thrusters for first time in 37 years – and they work!

Imagine you had a car sitting in storage since 1980, and suddenly you needed to start it up. Now imagine… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Social engineering saves in Episode 8

[Spoiler Alert] We’re about to dive deep into Mr. Robot episode 8 (eps3.7dont-delete-me.ko). While this series focuses on technical elements… Read More

Seattle Genetics COO taking the reins at stealthy biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics

Eric Dobmeier, the longtime COO at public biotech company Seattle Genetics, is stepping down from his role to become CEO… Read More

As global disasters strain financial resources, tech companies reassess their ‘super powers’

The number of disasters this past year — including devastating hurricanes and multiple refugee crises — have strained the charitable… Read More

Geek of the Week: Ex-Microsoft futurist Genessa Krasnow is a cultural designer and activist with a new game

Genessa Krasnow spent several years at Microsoft as a creative strategist, building prototypes to illustrate the future of technology. Focused… Read More

Amazon partners with NFL; Brooks uses biomechanics for new shoes; and more from this week in sports tech

[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every… Read More

Instacart signs up Albertsons, continues to surge following Amazon-Whole Foods megamerger

Last month at the GeekWire Summit Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta said Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion would… Read More

Australia powers up Tesla’s monster battery, with bigger boosts to come

South Australia’s state government turned on the switch for the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery today, marking a signal achievement for… Read More

Melinda Gates dishes on the family rule that ensures she’s not the last one in the kitchen

If you live in or have visited Seattle, and have had access to a boat, perhaps you’ve done the float-past-Bill-Gates’-house… Read More

Curb appeal: This overlooked bit of urban infrastructure becomes a battleground for transportation innovators

Not too far down the road is a transportation revolution that will prioritize creative ways of getting around over single-occupant… Read More

VitalSource acquires Intrepid Learning, will create combined corporate training platform

VitalSource, a Raleigh, N.C.-based digital learning platform with more than 20 million users worldwide, today announced the acquisition of Intrepid Learning,… Read More

Ryanair sues Expedia, accusing online travel giant of illegally scraping its site to sell flights

Ryanair, the budget airline serving Europe, Africa and the Middle East, is accusing Expedia of routinely and repeatedly scraping information… Read More

DroneSeed raises cash to replant trees using drones

Seattle-based DroneSeed has raised more than $5 million in funding for a venture that uses drones to plant trees and… Read More

Why Seattle’s neighbor, Bellevue, is winning the race toward self-driving cars

Seattle is an innovation hub with transportation pain points aching to be solved. For those reasons, the city seems like the… Read More

Amazon FreeRTOS will connect embedded IoT devices with Amazon Web Services’ cloud

The internet of things is here to stay, and Amazon Web Services rolled out several extensions to its IoT product… Read More

Andromeda Galaxy gets photobombed by a couple of monster black holes farther out

It turns out that even galaxies can be photobombed. Imagery from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes reveal what… Read More

Brooks partners with HP to sell personalized running shoes based on foot biomechanics

Brooks is partnering with a tech giant and tapping into your biomechanics for its latest running shoe innovation. The Seattle-based… Read More

Professor who predicted Whole Foods acquisition: Break up Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

As the author of the book “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google,” NYU professor… Read More

Working Geek: Redfin chief economist Nela Richardson believes data science can help with affordable housing challenges

Nela Richardson understands that buying a house can be driven by emotions. But Redfin’s chief economist urges buyers to shop… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now control Hulu, Showtime and more third party Fire TV apps

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa Alexa can now control a variety of third-party apps like Hulu and Showtime on the Fire… Read More

Google Cloud hires the former head of Intel’s data center group, Diane Bryant, as COO

Google is bringing on an experienced enterprise tech leader, former Intel datacenter executive Diane Bryant, to serve as chief operating… Read More

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Holiday gadget letdowns: How to cope with the Apple HomePod delay and Amazon Echo Spot sellout

We’re excited about a lot of gadgets this gift-giving season, but we were also sad to hear some of them… Read More

Watch two wingsuit BASE jumpers fly through the air into open airplane door in must-see viral video

Mountain climbing, BASE jumping, skydiving, flying with a wingsuit — all of those things pretty much make the short list… Read More