Articles from 2017 – Page 41 of 175

Report: Amazon acquires Body Labs, an AI-powered 3D body modeling startup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=DL1FM2_l7ZA Amazon’s newest acquisition is a New York-based company called Body Labs, according to a report by TechCrunch this afternoon,… Read More

Amazon leases major new Seattle office tower, pointing to continued growth in its hometown

Amazon has leased a massive new office tower that will be Seattle’s second tallest building, showing it’s not done growing… Read More

Veteran entrepreneurs and investors share the best advice they’ve ever received

Five veteran entrepreneurs and investors shared the stage on Monday at Seattle Startup Week on a panel called “navigating the… Read More

Microsoft acquires virtual reality startup, announces new Samsung mixed reality headset

Microsoft has acquired a San Francisco Bay Area virtual reality startup ahead of a major milestone for its “mixed reality”… Read More

‘Fake news’ video game HEADLINER lets players destroy society with propaganda

I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it… Read More

Domicile goes after business travel market, combining Airbnb-style lodging with hotel amenities

Business travel is lucrative but it’s still dominated by big hotel chains with the resources to provide reliable experiences around… Read More

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini, key figure of the Wintel era, dies at the age of 66

Paul Otellini, who steered what was then the world’s largest chip maker through the decline of the Wintel duopoly and… Read More

No-surprise Nobel: LIGO physicists win prize for gravitational wave discoveries

This year’s Nobel Prize for physics is going, unsurprisingly, to three people who represent the hundreds of researchers behind the first… Read More

New images show design for Space Needle’s glass restaurant floor in remodel 500 feet above ground

Looking down is part of the point of going up in Seattle’s Space Needle. For visitors to the landmark’s restaurant… Read More

Walmart acquires New York-based Parcel to take on Amazon in rapid package delivery

Walmart this morning said it has acquired Parcel, a New York company that does scheduled same-day deliveries of packages and… Read More

Plot twist: How this startup founder went from writing plays to reshaping U.S. immigration policy

Doug Rand probably didn’t know that the play he wrote in high school — “The Idiot and the Oddity,” a… Read More

Boeing borrows a tech tradition to build airplanes more efficiently

Hackathons have become commonplace at Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies, bringing together employees from different groups to identify… Read More

Amazon flies cargo plane into hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico, loaded with donated supplies

Amazon flew a Prime Air cargo plane into Puerto Rico earlier today loaded with donations of supplies for the hurricane-ravaged… Read More

Realtors vs. robots: Redfin CTO says artificial intelligence shouldn’t replace real estate agents

Artificial intelligence is set to disrupt industries of all sorts, and threaten a lot of jobs, but don’t expect your… Read More

High-tech Apple Maps van spotted in Seattle — could ‘street view’ be part of future update?

Apple’s use of high-tech vehicles to collect data in locales around the world — for some sort of improvement to… Read More

Tech recruiting advice: How startups can compete against big companies to find the best talent

For startups needing to hire employees, it can be tough to compete against the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and other… Read More

Oracle cloud acquisitions bear fruit, with a new serverless platform and container services

Eager to court developers and tech executives who have long seen it as a cloud also-ran, Oracle unveiled a new… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi takes flight: Uber CEO heads for London to deal with company’s latest crisis

Dara Khosrowshahi is headed overseas on a big trip in his relatively new role as Uber CEO. A paparazzi-style photograph… Read More

Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch services

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s been awarded its first contract for launch and integration services from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in… Read More

Microsoft discontinuing Groove Music Pass streaming service Dec. 31, teaming up with Spotify

Microsoft said Monday it plans to discontinue its Groove Music Pass streaming service, and it will instead partner with streaming… Read More

Sen. Cantwell and Rep. DelBene seek $220M/year in federal funding for ‘smart city’ programs

A new bill introduced by Washington state Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Suzan DelBene would set aside $220 million a year in federal… Read More

So you want to be a competitive gamer? Women in esports offer advice to encourage more women

Esports — organized, competitive video gaming — is booming. Games like “Dota,” “League of Legends” and newcomer “Overwatch” are driving a competitive… Read More

Immigrant’s Journey: 7 foreign-born tech leaders talk about the impact of changing U.S. policies

With chants of “build the wall” and the pursuit of policies to stem the flow of new immigrants and refugees,… Read More

Watch Ryan Gosling lose it over a font as ‘SNL’ spoof rips on ‘Avatar’ and the use of Papyrus

Ryan Gosling will hit theaters this week as the star of the hotly anticipated “Blade Runner 2049.” But before he… Read More

UW alumnus shares medicine Nobel Prize for research into biological clocks

The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine was awarded today for research into biological clocks that was conducted by three… Read More

New AI-oriented cloud business apps and a blockchain service highlight Oracle OpenWorld news blast

Oracle unveiled nearly a dozen new products and services Monday morning on the second day of Oracle OpenWorld 2017, beefing… Read More

Jeff Bezos muscles way to top of Vanity Fair’s ‘New Establishment’ list again above other tech big shots

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has retained his top ranking on Vanity Fair magazine’s annual “New Establishment” list which weighs the… Read More

One month in: Whole Foods in-house items on the rise among Amazon’s top-selling brands

Whole Foods’ in-house brands are quickly rising up Amazon’s charts to become top sellers for the online retailer. Citing data… Read More

Twitch debuts first official merchandise store, powered by Amazon

For the first time, Twitch is opening up an official merchandise online store — and of course, it’s powered by… Read More

Tech Moves: Law tech company Axiom announces new Seattle R&D office, led by Microsoft vet Doug Hebenthal

Axiom, a private, New York-based legal technology company, caught the eye of many in Seattle when it recruited former Concur… Read More