Articles from 2017 – Page 36 of 175

Washington AG Bob Ferguson tries to block Trump’s latest travel ban

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seeking a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s newest executive order restricting… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft unveil ‘Gluon’ neural network technology, teaming up on machine learning

Microsoft and Amazon, which surprised the tech world with a partnership between their Cortana and Alexa virtual assistants, are back… Read More

Amazon hiring 120k holiday workers in U.S. in 2017 — same as last year, for first time in many years

Amazon says it plans to hire more than 120,000 seasonal workers at its U.S. fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service… Read More

B.S. for Ph.D.s: Not even science is immune from the fake-news epidemic

The controversy over fake news may focus on politics, but it’s also slipping into the scientific realm, says one of… Read More

New study could point to solution for deadly immunotherapy side effects

CAR T immunotherapies — which genetically program immune cells to fight cancer — hold incredible promise for cancer patients who… Read More

Gravitational wave hubbub hints at LIGO’s first sighting of a neutron star smash-up

Another big announcement about gravitational waves is coming up, and this time the hints point to observations in electromagnetic wavelengths… Read More

SpaceX launches a satellite and lands a Falcon 9 booster for second time this week

Good things came in threes for SpaceX today: For the third time, it used a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket… Read More

Real talk about fake news: How the Information Age became the Disinformation Age

Technology has changed just about everything it has touched, and that is especially true when it comes to the distribution… Read More

Inventions We Love: Smart lighting, a smart ball and a DIY pancreas system that is … well, really smart

You can never have too many inventions worth loving. And in Seattle’s bustling tech scene, startups continue to wow us… Read More

GeekWire opens search for ‘GeekWire HQ2’ in quest to find next great North American tech city

GeekWire started more than six years ago in a loft space in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, later expanding to the… Read More

TheBoardlist founder: ‘Silicon Valley is built for people given opportunity they’re not qualified for’

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is calling BS on tech industry leaders who avoid hiring female candidates because they don’t want to… Read More

In pursuit of independence, Todd Stabelfeldt urges techies at GeekWire Summit: ‘Make my life real’

If you’re playing a role, any role, in creating technology, Todd Stabelfeldt — AKA “The Quadfather” — has a message… Read More

GeekWire Summit Live: theBoardlist Founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff

This session isn’t just a talk — it’s also live recording of Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff’s Office Hours podcast. Rascoff will… Read More

Three technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks will shape the future

With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really… Read More

Oculus shows off its first standalone VR headset, $199 Oculus Go, and other treats

Oculus is filling the virtual-reality niche between smartphones and its high-end, wired-up Oculus Rift headset with a standalone mobile headset… Read More

Amazon consumer chief announces $10M donation to Code.org, says STEM education is a key factor in HQ2 search

Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke stressed the importance of computer science education in public schools at the GeekWire Summit… Read More

Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities, says urban history expert

Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on leadership lessons from cricket and team sports

Company executives across all industries can learn a lot from team sports. That was the message from Microsoft CEO Satya… Read More

How Microsoft’s Satya Nadella got Wall Street to look past its cloud battle with Amazon Web Services

About a year after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella became the third chief executive officer in the company’s history, he outlined… Read More

Microsoft HQ2? ‘We are very, very happy where we are,’ says CEO Satya Nadella

Amazon’s decision to open a second headquarters equal to its hometown Seattle campuses is largely unprecedented in modern business history,… Read More

After struggling with ‘Why us?’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella credits son with shaping who he is

When he was 29 years old, Satya Nadella was looking forward to the birth of his first child. Like many… Read More

What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella learned from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer about being a leader

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has brought something of a renaissance to the company. Although many see him as a new,… Read More

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GeekWire Summit Live: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and more

Update: The session has concluded, but you can watch the archived live stream above. Listen to a podcast version below,… Read More

Top Amazon exec Jeff Wilke suggests HQ2 won’t be in the Pacific Northwest

Update Oct 11, 2 p.m: Amazon sent GeekWire this statement regarding its HQ2 search: “We will give serious consideration to every HQ2… Read More

Amazon makes its latest splash with waterproof Kindle Oasis e-reader

Amazon has unveiled its first waterproof Kindle Oasis e-reader, which takes its place on the top end of the Kindle… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2017: Photos and recap from an inspirational and informative Day 1

CEOs, presidents, founders, venture capitalists, scientists, inventors, professors, researchers, and an attorney general — Day 1 at the 2017 GeekWire… Read More

GeekWire Summit Day Two: Diversity & inclusion, Satya Nadella, awesome giveaways; and more

The GeekWire Summit kicked off yesterday with an amazing slate of speakers, and we’ll be back on the stage again… Read More

Food rescue: Tech donors team with non-profits to keep thousands of meals from going to waste

The day’s mission is about to begin. Abid Choudhury checks an iPad for his itinerary, then looks under the hood… Read More

Ask your mother: Amazon to let teens shop through a mobile app with parental controls

A new feature from Amazon will give teens a certain degree of autonomy to make purchases without requiring their parents… Read More

VP Mike Pence visits Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch space ventures in Mojave

Vice President Mike Pence made Mojave, Calif., the latest stop on his nationwide tour of spaceship development sites today, with… Read More