Articles from 2017 – Page 14 of 175

Amazon Web Services goes all-in on Kubernetes, launches new container deployment service

LAS VEGAS — As the year of Kubernetes wraps up, Amazon Web Services joined its cloud rivals by rolling out… Read More

Microsoft Windows 10 active devices reach 600M for first time, CEO Satya Nadella says

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached a new milestone: 600 million active monthly devices. CEO Satya Nadella referenced… Read More

Microsoft annual meeting: Shareholders approve biggest board in company history

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft held its annual meeting Wednesday morning, with CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives briefing shareholders… Read More

Amazon Web Services expands cloud business with NFL, Expedia, and Disney deals

Amazon Web Services, aiming to boost its reach among big corporate customers, announced major expansions of its relationships with the… Read More

GeekWire HQ2 search narrows to 4 finalists: Here’s your chance to vote on our second city

It’s down to the final four: Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh. Team GeekWire has been poring over submissions from cities all… Read More

Amazon GuardDuty is a new account-wide cloud security service from Amazon Web Services

Security is a perennial concern for cloud skeptics and cloud enthusiasts alike, and Amazon Web Services hopes to stay one… Read More

Microsoft plans to knock down and rebuild original Redmond campus, creating room for 8K more workers in historic redevelopment project

Microsoft plans to tear down a dozen of the iconic original buildings at the heart of its 500-acre headquarters in… Read More

That’s so metal: Amazon Web Services unveils bare-metal instances for EC2 compute customers

Server virtualization was one of the great breakthroughs in enterprise computing over the last 20 years, allowing people to get… Read More

Meet the deepest fish in the sea: The Mariana snailfish, identified with UW’s help

They look like ghosts of the abyss, but the wispy, pinkish-white, smooth-skinned creatures at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Phony plane hacking in a shocking Episode 7

[Spoiler Alert] This article discusses plot points and full technical details from Mr. Robot episode 7 (eps3.6_fredrick+tanya.chk). Stop here if… Read More

SpaceX raises $100M more in investment, bringing valuation estimate to $21.5 billion

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket venture has filled out its latest funding round by attracting another $100 million in investments since… Read More

Deck the halls with boughs of Dolly: On-demand movers will truck you a tree in spirit of Christmas

If you want to stick to decking the halls rather than decking the kid who makes a sappy mess out… Read More

Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive… Read More

Google eliminates Kubernetes cluster-management fees just before the main event at AWS re:Invent

LAS VEGAS — With the cloud computing industry gathered in Las Vegas for Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference, Google… Read More

Archaeologists confirm that ‘Tomb of Christ’ dates back to ancient Roman times

After more than 15 years of study, experts are laying out the evidence revealing how far back the history goes… Read More

Amazon gives $500K first place Alexa Prize award to Univ. of Washington team’s ‘socialbot’

The winning team of Amazon’s inaugural Alexa Prize competition sits right in the company’s backyard. The Seattle-based tech giant today… Read More

Nonprofit Project Veritas — which targeted Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post — eligible for donations via AmazonSmile

Project Veritas, the nonprofit organization caught this week in an apparent undercover scheme to deceive The Washington Post with a… Read More

Amazon Web Services previews a new partner program alongside new services and competencies

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services plans to make a few changes to its partner program next year, it told… Read More

Tech moves: Groupon adds former Amazon VP as CTO; Juno expands executive team; and more

Daily deals company Groupon announced Tuesday that it has added a new face to its leadership board: Former Time and… Read More

Unique Amazon broadcast, ‘The U2 Experience,’ to provide history of band and hype for new album

With 40 years of rock history behind them, U2 are taking a somewhat futuristic approach to hyping their upcoming album,… Read More

Amazon’s ‘urban treehouse’ revealed in new images of future Seattle office building

Seattle’s once-barren Denny Triangle neighborhood has transformed into a forest of high-rises in recent years, thanks in part to Amazon’s… Read More

19 spacecraft go missing after Russian weather satellite launch goes awry

Russia’s Meteor-M 2-1 weather satellite and 18 nanosatellites went missing today after their launch aboard a Soyuz rocket from the… Read More

Gates Foundation and Facebook quickly match $2M in donations to nonprofits for #GivingTuesday

Like! The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook teamed up again for #GivingTuesday, the annual global charitable event aimed… Read More

Amazon reports another record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for its Alexa devices

Update: Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, said that Cyber Monday was the biggest day ever for small businesses on… Read More

Seattle startup Downticket helps voters follow elections and support candidates with an app

A new Seattle startup wants to make civic engagement more mobile-friendly. Downticket is an app that provides guides to select… Read More

Who are U.S. angel investors? Study shows 78% male; 87% white; 17% in California

The amount of female angel investors is growing — and changing the nature of angel investing in the process. That’s… Read More

Is the traditional VC model broken? This ‘software-infused’ firm just raised a $150M fund to fix ‘medieval’ process

Trulia co-founder Pete Flint and his team at NFX think that the venture capital investment model is outdated — and… Read More

Turner tunes into Amazon Web Services, plans to migrate older apps and videos to the cloud

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services is getting the first big customer announcement of re:Invent 2017 out of the way… Read More

VMware, Amazon Web Services expand hybrid cloud partnership with new app migration services

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services and VMware surprised a few folks last year when they agreed to a sweeping… Read More

RealNetworks’ new product Kontxt aims to manage trillions of texts on mobile networks

RealNetworks today announced a new product called Kontxt that is designed to help mobile carriers figure out how to prioritize… Read More