Articles from 2017 – Page 122 of 175

Report: Uber claims revenue growth exceeds losses after burning through billions in 2016

Uber opened up its books in an interview with Bloomberg this week, and claimed that its revenue growth is outpacing its losses,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to… Read More

M3 Biotechnology gets another $1.4M in funding, prepares to start clinical trials of leading drug candidate

Seattle-based M3 Biotechnology announced it has received a $1.4 million investment from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, allowing it to begin… Read More

SpaceX schedules Hyperloop II contest in August, and UW’s team is in the race

SpaceX’s second Hyperloop competition for student-led teams is coming up in August, with the University of Washington’s crew listed among two… Read More

Five-year Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition awards $2.5M first place prize to Final Frontier Medical Devices

After five years and 300 applications, Qualcomm’s Tricorder XPRIZE competition — named after the sci-fi Star Trek medical device — has awarded… Read More

Geek of the Week: Museum of Flight’s Matt Hayes has hand in the history and eye on future of aviation

As a young boy growing up in rural Western New York, Matt Hayes had an interest in aviation and astronomy… Read More

Seattle startup TurboPatent raises $1.4M to expand patent automation capabilities

Seattle startup TurboPatent has raised $1.45 million in a convertible note as it gets ready to release the second version… Read More

And so it begins: First trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ turns to the dark side

Did you feel a disturbance in the Force? As if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in delight? That… Read More

Washington state passes bill to prevent sale of biometric data without consent

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill to forbid businesses from obtaining or selling biometric information from individuals without their consent is now… Read More

A serverless nirvana? Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich on the future of the cloud

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft’s push into “serverless” computing aims to change the way developers use the cloud, and Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich says… Read More

Uber drivers sound alarm over teen rider program, call for additional protections

A new program that allows parents to book Uber rides for their teenagers has some drivers pumping the brakes. Uber… Read More

Fashwire raises cash for fashion app that gives designers real-time consumer feedback

New Seattle startup Fashwire is taking a new approach to software for the fashion industry. “Most fashion apps are consumer solutions masquerading… Read More

T-Mobile spends $8B on low-band spectrum to strengthen LTE network across the U.S.

T-Mobile talks a big game as it seeks to stand out as competition for what it calls the “duopoly” of… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire podcast special: Behind the curtain of the GeekWire Awards

The GeekWire Awards are just under a month away, and this year’s finalists are in a race to prove they are… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Groundbreaking tech for driverless cars, VR, data centers and more

Each year, as part of the GeekWire Awards, we recognize game-changing technologies in the category of Innovation of the Year.… Read More

Hubble spots more signs of Europa’s watery plumes, lifting hopes for habitability

Saturn’s moon Enceladus wasn’t the only ice-covered world making waves today: Scientists say Europa, a mysterious moon of Jupiter, has… Read More

Here’s how Migo wants to become a search engine for on-demand transportation

A decade ago, if you were trying to get around in a city without a personal vehicle, there were a… Read More

Elon Musk keeps on truckin’: Tesla to unveil Semi in September, pickup by 2019

Getting the Tesla Model 3 electric car on the road clearly isn’t enough to occupy Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO… Read More

Microsoft would shift 80% of its HQ power to renewable sources under new deal with Puget Sound Energy

Microsoft and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) have struck a deal that would allow the Redmond, Wash. software giant to shift… Read More

Consumer PC market’s struggles show challenge for Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update

As Microsoft rolls out its Windows 10 Creators Update and announces new Surface Studio apps, new reports on the state of the traditional… Read More

Pluto VR raises $13.9M to build out virtual reality communication platform

Pluto VR, the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey, has raised $13.9 million in a… Read More

Donald Trump gets an astronaut’s words thrown in his face from stratosphere

If someone can send a Donald Trump bobblehead tribute up into the stratosphere on a balloon, we suppose it’s only… Read More

Seattle angel investors launch ‘Flying Fish’ venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups

For the past few months, Flying Fish Venture Partners has been flying under the radar. The firm, founded by Seattle… Read More

Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 jet makes first flight

The newest sibling in Boeing’s 737 family, the MAX 9, made its first flight today from the company’s assembly plant… Read More

Scientists unveil new CRISPR tool, dubbed SHERLOCK, which could revolutionize how we detect diseases

A coalition of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard unveiled a new CRISPR tool today that could… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout analyzes live cells of a patient’s cancer to make treatment more effective

There are hundreds of drugs that treat cancer, and every patient reacts differently to each of them. That means doctors… Read More

Seattle startup Viro Media raises $2.5M to ‘democratize VR development’

Danny Moon believes we’re on the cusp of a virtual reality revolution that’s held back by a lack of content. Getting… Read More

Enceladus’ plumes suggest that Saturn moon’s ocean could support microbial life

Scientists have detected molecules of hydrogen in plumes of watery material erupting from cracks in the ice of Enceladus, a… Read More

Scientists zero in on how artificial intelligence absorbs all-too-human biases

There’s fresh evidence that artificial intelligence software absorbs human biases about race and gender, and it may be due to… Read More

Report: Uber used secret ‘Hell’ software to track drivers from competitor Lyft

Between 2014 and early 2016, Uber employed an internal software program to track critical information about drivers for competitor Lyft,… Read More