Articles from 2017 – Page 55 of 175

Space station trio returns to Earth: NASA’s Peggy Whitson racks up 665-day record

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two other spacefliers capped off a record-setting orbital mission today with their return from the… Read More

Hilarious texts reveal how incoming Uber CEO’s daughter found out about her dad’s new gig

Word to the wise: If you’re taking over as chief executive of one of the most talked-about companies in the… Read More

Photos reveal worst ‘parking’ jobs for bike-share bicycles

You’d have to be completely oblivious to miss the thousands of neon-colored bike-share bicycles that hit the streets of Seattle… Read More

After weak start to the year, layoffs hit F5 Networks

F5 Networks laid off a number of people across the company this week, GeekWire has learned, after two straight disappointing… Read More

No beer goggles required: Brewer turns to AR tech in label to set itself apart in crowded market

Take a look at the selections in the beer aisle at your local grocery store, and you’re sure to notice… Read More

Trump’s choice for NASA chief, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, is likely to boost moonshots

The White House has confirmed long-running rumors that President Donald Trump’s pick for NASA administrator is U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine,… Read More

Working Geek: StrataCore founder Aaron Loehr doesn’t believe in the open floor plan

As CEO and president of StrataCore, Aaron Loehr manages a team of about 20 IT professionals dedicated to helping enterprise… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Uber’s CEO surprise, a milestone in the fight against cancer, and more

It was an unusually busy week for news in the world of business, technology and science. Join us on this… Read More

Stressed out at PAX? The Non Exploding Kittens room has a very cute remedy

The scene at the giant gaming convention PAX can be overwhelming: Dramatically lit booths tower over tens of thousands of… Read More

Game, set, baby: Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian and tennis star Serena Williams welcome a daughter

Tennis star Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have a new baby girl who’s 50 percent jock, 50 percent… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Avvo seeks director of consumer products to build legal services technology

Anyone who’s dealt with a legal problem can tell you the process would benefit from some innovation. Making that process… Read More

Geek of the Week: With ambitious head start, Zane Young heads to WSU to learn more about robotics

Zane Young loves to build things, and as an incoming freshman at Washington State University, he’s going to build on… Read More

All eyes on Nintendo and Microsoft at PAX: Switch and Xbox One X in spotlight

Hold onto your caps! PAX West kicked off this morning in Seattle, and all eyes were on Nintendo’s Super Mario… Read More

Seattle-based RChain takes on Bitcoin and Ethereum with new blockchain technology

A Seattle-based cooperative raised more than $5 million in a single day this week to build a new blockchain technology… Read More

Stanford and Berkeley top new startup ranking, showing split between Seattle and Bay Area tech

Bay Area universities top Pitchbook’s new annual report on the schools producing the most venture capital-backed entrepreneurs. Seattle’s University of Washington,… Read More

New $800 ‘Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon is one of Lego’s biggest sets ever at 7,500 pieces

Han Solo famously told Luke Skywalker, in the original “Star Wars” film, that his beloved Corellian freighter “may not look like… Read More

Inside Microsoft and Taco Bell’s party, featuring the new Xbox One X and the $5 Quesarito box

The scents of juicy Taco Bell beef engulfed my nostrils as I walked inside The VUDE event space in Seattle… Read More

Bezos, Nadella, Cook and other tech leaders call on Trump to preserve ‘Dreamers’ immigration program

Updated below with WTIA statement. Leaders in the technology industry including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple… Read More

Expedia names new chief financial officer, capping whirlwind week with smooth transition

Expedia Inc. named one of its veteran financial leaders, Alan Pickerill, as its new chief financial officer this morning —… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update due Oct. 17, with mixed reality headsets, but no Timeline feature

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the next major revision of the company’s flagship operating system, will be available starting… Read More

Twitch unveils new tools for content creators, including ‘Gear on Amazon’ monetization platform

Amazon-owned live video streaming giant Twitch made one of its biggest announcements of the year on Wednesday as it revealed… Read More

Kymeta wins a big OK from FCC and U.K. for satellite connectivity in a pizza box

Kymeta Corp., the flat-panel antenna startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has won key approvals from the Federal Communications… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Game designers build Triangul8, a modern-day ‘chess killer’

Game designer James Hutt and Microsoft engineer Eric Jorgensen have joined forces to build a game that they think could… Read More

Heads up, Portland: We’re hosting a Tech Crawl after party in the Rose City next week

Yo, Portland peeps: Join us next week as we travel south to host an after party at one of Portland’s… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa hook up, and a twisted tale of wireless earbuds

Microsoft and Amazon surprised the tech world this week with the news that they will be connecting their voice assistants,… Read More

Hubble keeps hope alive for water on potentially habitable TRAPPIST-1 planets

Do some of the Earth-sized planets around a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1, just 40 light-years away, have liquid water? Newly… Read More

New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on the online travel giant’s tech and business strategy

Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That… Read More

Microsoft’s Mixer introduces mobile game streaming apps for iOS and Android

Mixer, the game streaming service that Microsoft acquired last year, unveiled mobile apps for iOS and Android that let players stream on… Read More

Tech Moves: Conversica AI adds to leadership team; Madrona associate departs for AWS; etc.

Conversica — a startup developing artificial-intelligence-fueled sales software — may be headquartered in California, but it has distinct ties to the Seattle area.… Read More

Migo launches transportation search engine app with Lyft and car2go payment integration

After months of beta testing, Migo’s transportation app is out in the wild. The Seattle startup today officially launched its… Read More