Articles from 2017 – Page 60 of 175

Google unveils a new, cheaper networking option for cloud customers: the public internet

Google Cloud Platform customers will have a new option when selecting the type of network used to deliver their traffic… Read More

Elon Musk reveals SpaceX’s spacesuit: ‘This actually works’ … and also looks really cool

The spacesuit designed to be worn aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule turns up the coolness dial for spaceflight, as befits a… Read More

Whole Foods shareholders approve $13.7B acquisition by Amazon

Whole Foods shareholders on Wednesday approved the company’s pending acquisition by Amazon. The vote paves the way for the $13.7… Read More

Homebuying startup Open Listings expands to Seattle with backing from Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian

When Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian started looking for a new place about two years ago, he didn’t opt for a… Read More

Amazon’s TenMarks education unit expands beyond math with new writing curriculum

Amazon is diving deeper into the education market, with a new set of digital tools designed to help teachers mold… Read More

Watch out Amazon: Google and Walmart form e-commerce alliance to battle online retail giant

Google and Walmart are teaming up to take on mutual e-commerce rival Amazon. Starting in late September, customers will be… Read More

Battle of the retail blimps: Amazon and Walmart propose airship drone stations

We already know about Amazon’s concept for airship warehouses to support drone deliveries, but here’s a new twist: Now the… Read More

Interview: Why Cloudflare’s CEO is still torn over his call to drop a controversial white supremacist site

Nearly one week after his company, Cloudflare, decided to part ways with a particularly controversial customer, CEO Mathew Prince doesn’t… Read More

Fast-growing marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings raises another $58M to fuel expansion

Privateer Holdings is raising another big investment round to fuel rapid growth of its marijuana-related subsidiaries as more governments legalize… Read More

Microsoft’s Project Brainwave puts ‘real-time artificial intelligence’ into high-tech chips

Microsoft has developed a new system for deep learning, dubbed Project Brainwave, that embeds deep neural network technology into the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Customer-focused telecom software company Audian boasts big growth

Early in his career as an IT executive, Brandon Bazemore encountered a problem many business leaders face. He wasn’t satisfied… Read More

GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving to retire after five-year run at domain name giant

GoDaddy announced Tuesday that its CEO Blake Irving is retiring from his role at the domain name giant. Irving’s last day… Read More

Offered without comment: Report uncovers the most troll-ridden places in the U.S.

Unless this is your first time on the internet, chances are you’ve come across your fair share of nasty comments… Read More

Watch: Netflix teases Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy special with a few classic jokes

When Netflix and Jerry Seinfeld agreed to a deal that would bring his internet series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”… Read More

Here’s the video you need to make you feel better about every time you’ve broken your phone

I follow an Instagram feed called Drunk People Doing Things because it serves as a reminder that sobriety can sometimes… Read More

Amazon’s $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods set for key shareholder vote this week

Amazon’s blockbuster deal to acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion could surpass a major milestone this week. On Wednesday,… Read More

Treasury secretary’s wife rips ‘out of touch’ Portland woman on Instagram after high-style humblebrag

First rule of flight club: Never reply to the comments on an Instagram photo in which you brag about your… Read More

AT&T will expand G.fast internet service to 22 markets, including Seattle and Portland

Northwest folks living in apartments or condominiums have a new high-speed internet option. AT&T announced today that it is expanding… Read More

Podcast

Science fiction has won the war: Best-selling author Greg Bear on the genre’s new ‘golden age’

From the perspective of one of science fiction’s best-selling and longtime authors, the state of science fiction is golden. Golden… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The business value of being a parent; tour The Riveter’s new Fremont location; and more

Being a working parent — and particularly a working mom — is hard. But can being a parent also make you a… Read More

Microsoft turns its physical stores into esports gaming arenas with new League of Legends events

There may be some heated League of Legends competitions going on the next time you pass by a Microsoft Store.… Read More

Microsoft and Red Hat expand partnership with focus on containers and hybrid cloud

Microsoft and Red Hat are expanding the parameters of a relationship first struck in 2015, bringing Microsoft Azure and SQL… Read More

Versive raises $12.7M to solve security problems using artificial intelligence

If you’re working on a security startup in 2017, you’re more than likely applying artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques… Read More

Skytap raises massive $45M funding round, led by Goldman Sachs, to move legacy apps to the cloud

Seattle’s Skytap has raised a big funding round to help companies that never thought they’d be able to take advantage… Read More

AI greenhouse startup lands $6M from Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian, NFL legend Joe Montana and others

A Seattle startup that makes artificial intelligence for commercial greenhouses and indoor farms — using machine learning and computer vision… Read More

Nintendo opens pre-orders for $80 Super NES Classic Edition

Good news for Nintendo fans who stayed up late on Monday. Nintendo opened up pre-orders of its Super NES Classic Edition… Read More

Totality Awesome: Epic photos of the solar eclipse from an Idaho mountaintop

Ketchum, ID – Normally it is a powder day that brings the masses to Sun Valley for skiing, but today… Read More

President Trump looks at eclipse without protective glasses and the internet gives him a black eye

They told us not to look directly at the sun during the eclipse. But there’s always that guy in the crowd.… Read More

Microsoft sells out pre-orders for new Xbox One X ‘Project Scorpio Edition’

Gamers are excited about the “world’s most powerful console.” Microsoft on Sunday opened pre-orders for its new Xbox One X… Read More

Bill Gates learns engineering like a 5-year-old in lesson from Washington’s Teacher of the Year

Despite all of his success, Bill Gates is always eager to learn something new. And the Microsoft co-founder is inspired… Read More