Articles from 2017 – Page 163 of 175

Boeing hints that it’ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits – and maybe who’ll wear them

Boeing’s Starliner space taxi won’t be carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for at least another year and a… Read More

Samsung doubles operating profit, announces buyback program after Galaxy Note 7 investigation

Samsung announced Monday that it will buy back or cancel approximately 9.3 trillion won ($8 billion) worth of shares after… Read More

Want to fall in love with Seattle all over again? Watch these 5 short films

Between the breathtaking natural landscape, the fresh seafood, and the vibrant music scene, there’s a lot to love about Seattle.… Read More

Alphabet re-hires former UW robotics professor Yoky Matsuoka as new Nest Labs CTO

Yoky Matsuoka is back at Google. The robotics and AI guru was just re-hired at Alphabet, Google’s parent company, to be… Read More

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta, promises free AI search tool for scientists

The multibillion-dollar Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its first acquisition today: a startup called Meta that is developing an artificial intelligence… Read More

Federal judge in a ‘dilemma’ over Microsoft’s legal case against government secrecy orders

Microsoft today got its first chance to be heard in open court in its landmark lawsuit challenging the U.S. government’s ability… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia vet joins talent management startup; Life Science Washington taps new board chairman; and more

Ajai Sehgal, an early and longtime Expedia employee, is embarking on a slightly different trip than the ones he is familiar… Read More

Trump designates net neutrality critic as FCC chairman; Ajit Pai has pledged to revisit 2015 rules

Embed from Getty Images President Trump on Monday officially designated net neutrality critic Ajit Pai as Federal Communications Commission chairman.… Read More

Oh, what a treat: Ice cream maker Dippin’ Dots responds to Trump spokesman’s odd Twitter rants

The viral Twitter feud involving a member of President Trump’s White House and an ice cream company resurfaced Monday when… Read More

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton and MTV creator Bob Pittman join board of NY-based fine art startup

Rich Barton has a resume that would make even accomplished entrepreneurs swoon. He started his career as a Microsoft executive… Read More

White House press secretary says journalists will be able to Skype into briefings — and that’s a fact!

The first official White House press briefing was an extra-crowded affair on Monday, but Press Secretary Sean Spicer said some… Read More

Watch Aziz Ansari take the weirdest Uber ever on SNL

The awkward Uber trip has become so universally relatable, it’s joining the Saturday Night Live canon, along with the uncomfortable… Read More

Microsoft’s HoloLens joins the military

Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have been used to fight video-game aliens in space, but now they’ve been enlisted for wargames on… Read More

Hey, Seattle: Stop being so humble and tout your city’s innovative companies

When you think about what Seattle is known for, what comes to mind? Salmon? Rain? Nirvana? For folks in China,… Read More

How Seattle’s office market became a ‘modern day gold rush’ thanks to Amazon and other tech giants

Amazon, with its more than 300,000 global employees, has emerged as one of the world’s corporate powerhouses. But the company’s impact is especially evident… Read More

Seattle’s ‘thriving’ indie game community gets creative at the Global Game Jam

Seattle’s SoDo industrial district might not be the place you would expect to find a den of game developers. But just… Read More

America’s newest weather satellite sends glorious pictures of Earth (and the moon)

Two months after its launch, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-16 weather satellite is sending back its first images –… Read More

Startup stories: Join us for a discussion on what it is like in the entrepreneurial trenches

Are you thinking about joining the startup ranks? Or just curious what it’s like to be an entrepreneur? Join us… Read More

Star Wars Episode VIII has official title — and leaves fans wondering what next one could be called

Episode VIII of the main Star Wars film saga has an official title, Disney revealed on Monday: “Star Wars: The… Read More

Geeky toy companies collide as Seattle-area’s Funko acquires London’s Underground Toys Unlimited

Funko, a novelty toy maker out of Everett, Wash., is acquiring London-based Underground Toys Limited (UTL) for an undisclosed sum. You… Read More

Poll: Will you buy a Samsung phone again? Company releases results of Note 7 investigation

Now we know what caused Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 to keep blowing up last year. Samsung on Sunday released the… Read More

Obama: Amazon is ‘killing traditional retail,’ and ‘relentless’ automation is the real threat to jobs

New U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on expanding the U.S. economy through tougher trade deals with countries including Mexico and… Read More

Seattle’s Spiral Genetics acquired by Bay-Area bioinformatics company Omicia

Spiral Genetics — a bioinformatics startup focused on sequencing genomic data — announced today that it has been acquired by San Francisco… Read More

Should online poker really be a crime? High school math teacher makes case for legalization

OLYMPIA, Wash. — High school math teacher David Shick confessed his crime: playing poker online. Shick testified before the Washington Senate… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 15, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 15, 2017. Read More

How Amazon parties: Inside the tech giant’s massive post-holiday celebration and concert

Amazon turned Seattle’s largest event center into its own wonderland on Friday night as a way to say “thank you” to… Read More

Lawmakers want to update distracted driving law for Facebook and Snapchat era

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Texting while driving is illegal under Washington state’s distracted driving law. But by the letter of the law,… Read More

I was a VR skeptic (and then my 7-year-old son gave it a try)

Maybe I am a cynical old journalist, but I’ve been in the anti-VR camp ever since it became the big… Read More

Volunteer crew begins an eight-month mission on Hawaii’s make-believe Mars

Six volunteers – including two with connections to Washington state – have begun eight months of being cooped up in a Hawaii… Read More

Microsoft to cut about 700 jobs next week, following through on previously announced layoffs

Microsoft will cut about 700 jobs in conjunction with its quarterly earnings release next week, according to a report this afternoon… Read More