Articles from 2017 – Page 24 of 175

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Code.org’s president; The true story of a NASA scientist’s espionage; and more

Code.org has quickly become a name known around the world. The nonprofit’s goal is to make sure every student across… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 29, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 29, 2017. Read More

The new world of tech: How Amazon and Google ended up inside a Microsoft database conference

Delivering the keynote address at the PASS Summit 2017 in Seattle this week, Microsoft’s general manager of database systems, Rohan… Read More

25 years ago, I predicted the future of media and tech — here’s how I did

In digital tech, 25 years is more than just a generation. It is an epoch. In pre-iPhonic 1992, there was… Read More

Bay-Area biotech startup Zymergen opens Seattle office, signaling big growth plans in the city

Seattle is the second home to yet another startup based in the San Francisco area. That company is Zymergen, a… Read More

T-Mobile and Sprint end merger talks, saying they were ‘unable to find mutually agreeable terms’

T-Mobile and Sprint made an official announcement this morning, but not with the news many expected. After another round of… Read More

Microsoft and Princeton University sue Trump administration to keep ‘Dreamers’ program alive

Microsoft and Princeton University are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to preserve the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program.… Read More

Political skills in high-demand at tech companies in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco

Political skills are becoming a hot commodity on the tech talent market. That’s according to LinkedIn’s monthly workforce report for… Read More

Technology, a president and Russia: Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Moscow microchip speech

As an American historian, University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara says she’s particularly interested in understanding “how did we get… Read More

Move fast and fix things: Why the social web needs to start thinking differently about its products

The people and companies who created social media told us it would be a democratizing force that would bring the… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: Twitter, Facebook and Google take on Congress

Should tech companies be responsible for how people use their products? That’s one of the tough questions Congress is facing as… Read More

Spaceflight Industries issues $150 million investment offer amid high-flying plans

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is seeking as much as $150 million in new investment as it gets ready for a key… Read More

Bugged by budget cuts, state aerospace chief John Thornquist says he’s ‘moving on’

The head of Washington state’s Office of Aerospace, John Thornquist, says he’s returning to the private sector next month due… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Finding Dark Army’s Exploits in Episode 4

[Spoiler Alert] This article deeply analyzes the technical details of the latest Mr. Robot episode (Eps3.3_m3tadata.par2). If you haven’t watched… Read More

Jeff Bezos sells more than $1 billion in Amazon stock

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than 1 million shares of company stock in the past three days, worth nearly $1.1… Read More

Where does consciousness come from? Brain scientist closes in on the claustrum

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, neuroscientist Christof Koch has been searching for the seat of consciousness — a quest that has taken… Read More

Twitter adds safeguards after Trump account deactivated; report says employee was contractor

A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work,… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa now lets users shop through Best Buy as frequent electronics competitors make nice

Amazon and Best Buy are often thought of as competitors, but the two companies seem to have found some benefits… Read More

Testing electrical muscle stimulation; World Series champs embrace analytics; and more from the 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

GeekWork Picks: Discuss.io seeks senior UX/UI designer to help build market research platform

Discuss.io is targeting a very specific niche: Making it easier and more affordable for companies around the globe to do… Read More

Amazon doubling Vancouver, B.C. workforce with new office with room for 1,000 people

Amazon today announced plans to open a new office in Vancouver B.C., doubling its workforce there from 1,000 to 2,000… Read More

Uber AI Labs releases a programming language, its first public project

Uber is sharing the fruits of its research into self-driving cars and artificial intelligence in general, releasing a new programming… Read More

iPhone X launch: Apple turns away walk-up buyers in Seattle, tells customers to order online

Those hoping to buy an iPhone X today at the Apple Store in Seattle’s University Village are leaving empty-handed. Apple… Read More

Report: Amazon Fresh shutting down in some neighborhoods across the country

Amazon Fresh is shutting down in neighborhoods in at least nine states across the U.S., Recode’s Jason Del Rey reports. Customers… Read More

T-Mobile-Sprint merger may not be dead after all as CEOs Legere and Claure reportedly revive talks

The will-they-won’t-they status of a long-rumored T-Mobile-Sprint merger continues, as the two companies are reportedly continuing negotiations following reports earlier… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed indoor farming startup Plenty opens 100K square-foot facility in Seattle region

An indoor farming startup backed by some of the biggest names in tech has arrived in Seattle, expanding its effort… Read More

Newfound dust belts suggest that Proxima Centauri has more than one alien planet

Astronomers created a stir last year when they reported that the closest star beyond our own solar system harbors a… Read More

Our week with Microsoft’s new Xbox One X: Is the ‘world’s most powerful console’ worth your $499?

Microsoft’s new Xbox One X is an incredible piece of hardware. Playing games and watching movies in 4K resolution is… Read More

Departing Twitter employee goes rogue, deactivates Donald Trump’s account for 11 (joyous) minutes

Fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who has ever wished they could just pull the plug on President Donald Trump’s Twitter… Read More

New water taxi pilot project will connect cities across Seattle’s Lake Washington, funded by developer seeking to land big tech tenant

Real estate company Seco Development plans to fund a water taxi pilot project to ferry passengers across Lake Washington, between… Read More