Articles from 2017 – Page 134 of 175

Startup Spotlight: Valid8 takes the complexity out of analyzing financial records

The idea for Seattle startup Valid8 came from a Ponzi scheme — but not in the way you might think.… Read More

Who needs fireworks? Amazon’s MARS attendees go gaga over Intel’s ‘droneworks’

The synchronized drone display that accompanied Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show may have been recorded in advance, but a similar… Read More

Wow! Portland is … boring? Twitter bot mines Google Streetview to mock city’s hip image

Keeping Portland weird isn’t as easy as it used to be as the city grapples with the same struggles related… Read More

News Brief

BMW’s ReachNow expands car-sharing service in Portland

ReachNow is expanding in Portland. BMW’s car-sharing service, which first launched in Seattle last year, is now available in Portland’s… Read More

Appuri raises another $2M to help companies assess and predict customer behavior

It’s been a busy start to 2017 for Appuri. The Seattle-based startup just landed $2 million in funding from existing… Read More

Microsoft outage: Office 365, Xbox Live, Outlook, and more suffer account sign-in issues

Update: Here’s Microsoft’s statement, via a spokesperson: “We’re aware that some users are having difficulties logging in to some services. Our… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. seeks engineer to lead executive IT support

Vulcan Inc. has the pretty exciting job of managing the investments, philanthropic projects and other business activities of Microsoft co-founder… Read More

Scoop launches carpooling service in Seattle, helping workers get to and from the office

Seattleites have yet another way to get around town thanks to technology. San Francisco-based startup Scoop just launched its carpooling… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks ‘crisis of trust’ in the world and jobs in the era of AI

Artificial intelligence is going to transform and impact many jobs, and it is up to the companies building the technology… Read More

You can buy “virtual tickets” for March Madness thanks to Intel’s VR partnership with NCAA, Turner

Intel is upping its virtual reality game. The tech giant today announced a multi-year deal with Turner Sports and the NCAA… Read More

Watch dramatic new video shot by a drone flying high over the Amazon Spheres in Seattle

Rudy Willingham, a Seattle drone photographer with a thing for architecture, has captured dramatic new video footage of the Amazon… Read More

IBM announces new data center in China, aims to use Watson to beat out cloud competitors

The cloud is becoming a bigger part of IBM’s business, and the technology giant is expanding its data center offerings.… Read More

SheerID reels in $2.9M to expand customer verification software platform

SheerID is having a good run. The startup, based in Eugene, Ore., makes software that helps companies verify the identity of… Read More

Apple’s new millennial-minded ‘Clips’ video-editing app could be a game-changer

Could this be a plot twist in Act Three? While we were all watching Facebook’s attempts to take on newly-public… Read More

Hyperloop reality check: Explaining the campaign to travel from Seattle to Portland in 15 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fze5spdN3nU Just how realistic is the concept of zipping people between Seattle and Portland in 15 minutes, at 760 miles… Read More

Actor and musician Will Smith explains how he honed his career with data, ‘like an African American Watson’

LAS VEGAS — At a conference full of news on cloud storage, enterprise device management and other technical advances, Will Smith… Read More

‘Alexa, order beer:’ Amazon adds Prime Now two-hour delivery voice ordering to digital assistant

Amazon has added Prime Now rapid delivery voice ordering to its Alexa-powered family of devices. That means owners of any… Read More

Big cities see early benefits from the Internet of Things, and grapple with ongoing challenges

As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities”… Read More

Arcadia on the map: For future Mars landing sites, SpaceX thinks ice is nice

SpaceX’s current favorite place to land on Mars is reportedly Arcadia Planitia, which combines flat terrain, potential deposits of water… Read More

Jeff Bezos does a deep dive into bearings in Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine update

What’s the difference between ball bearings and hydrostatic bearings? You should have more of an inkling after checking out Amazon… Read More

Atlas Informatics cuts staff as Napster co-founder’s startup sharpens focus on universal search engine

Atlas Informatics has cut nearly a third of its staff. Atlas CEO Jordan Ritter, who was previously a co-founder of Napster,… Read More

U.S. Supreme Court set to hear arguments in decade-old Xbox 360 scratched-disc case

The U.S. Supreme Court is planning to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Xbox 360 users against Microsoft over scratched… Read More

Reports: A dozen Middle Eastern and African airlines will temporarily ban large electronics on flights to the U.S.

Twelve or more airlines from countries in the Middle East and Africa will not allow passengers to carry electronics beyond… Read More

Amazon Prime Air delivery drone drops off sunscreen during semi-public U.S. debut

Amazon’s Prime Air drone made its first package delivery in December, in England, but regular folks haven’t seen it in action… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2017: Early-bird tickets on sale, nominations now open

The Pacific Northwest is one of the most creative and vibrant places on the planet, a mossy-covered corner of the… Read More

Watch these drone film festival winners to see what’s possible with the high-flying technology

A film festival out of New York dedicated to the art of drone cinematography went to great heights to pick… Read More

Delivery robots and robo-farms: Here’s what’s headlining Amazon’s MARS meet-up

Walking robots that could potentially delivery your Amazon Prime package … robotic bees and robo-farms … a cheetah robot controlled… Read More

IBM’s new ‘cognitive assistant’ uses Watson to manage and secure devices on corporate networks

LAS VEGAS — IBM today announced a new initiative to tackle a big challenge for IT professionals in the enterprise:… Read More

LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer says software can enable new camera angles for NBA games

Steve Ballmer is still big on the idea of using technology to give NBA fans new perspectives while they watch games. The… Read More

Bills Gates tops world’s richest list again; Jeff Bezos at No. 3 after adding $27.6B to his fortune

Bill Gates is the richest person on the planet for the fourth straight year, in what was a record year… Read More