Articles from 2017

Did you miss totality? Relive the solar eclipse’s climax in this 3-minute video

MADRAS, Ore. – Some skywatchers spend thousands of dollars on telescopes, cameras and other hardware to document a solar eclipse. John… Read More

I watched a flock of chickens during the solar eclipse so that you didn’t have to

One of the most anticipated effects of the eclipse was the impact on chickens. OK, maybe not chickens exactly, but… Read More

House Speaker Paul Ryan to visit Boeing in Everett and discuss tax reform at employee town hall

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making a trip to the Pacific Northwest this week to lay out the Republican… Read More

Total eclipse dims the sun over the U.S., bringing delicious darkness

MADRAS, Ore. – The spectacle that skywatchers made years’ worth of plans to see finally happened today, darkening the sky… Read More

Hello, yellow bikes: Testing Ofo, the third bike-sharing service to hit Seattle’s streets

Welcome to Seattle, yellow bikes. Beijing-based Ofo just launched its bike-sharing service in the Emerald City, joining other companies like… Read More

BetterDoctor partners with Washington state to bring tech solutions to health insurance exchange

BetterDoctor, a San-Francisco-based startup, announced Monday that it will partner with the Washington Health Benefit Exchange to improve Washington Healthplanfinder,… Read More

NFL expands esports play with new $400K ‘Madden NFL Club Championship’ for all 32 teams

The NFL is getting more involved in esports. The league today announced that it is partnering with EA Sports to… Read More

This Bay Area startup is arming retailers with the technology to take on Amazon Go

Amazon is still tinkering with the checkout-free technology behind its Amazon Go retailer concept, but Palo Alto, Calif. startup Standard… Read More

Microsoft claims new speech recognition record, achieving a super-human 5.1% error rate

Microsoft says its speech recognition technology has achieved a new industry milestone, reducing its error rate to 5.1 percent, matching… Read More

Solar eclipse traffic and weather: Oregon feels the calm before totality

MADRAS, Ore. – Traffic to Oregon’s total eclipse zone has been surprisingly light over the past couple of days, but… Read More

NASA science aircraft using Seattle as base during mission to capture first video of eclipse

The Museum of Flight in Seattle is no stranger to unique aircraft, and Monday’s total solar eclipse is attracting a… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 13, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 13, 2017. Read More

Pivot Health aims to disrupt healthcare hiring with new tech-fueled job matching platform

Hiring and job searching are both difficult tasks — and in the healthcare world, those tasks are even harder. Clinical workers… Read More

Inside Funko’s funkalicious new HQ: Pop culture toymaker makes a bold statement in its hometown

Pop culture toymaker Funko opened its brand new headquarters and flagship store to the public Saturday. Thousands of fans of… Read More

Paul Allen helps find lost wreckage of USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea with latest sonar technology

With the help of a remotely-operated vehicle and new historical information, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and a team of researchers… Read More

Inside UW’s cutting-edge Clean Energy Testbeds, researchers seek breakthroughs to help the planet

The students and technicians in white lab coats look like they could be testing and developing processes and prototypes for… Read More

Seattle’s BitMitigate now protecting pro-Nazi site The Daily Stormer from web attacks

After a week in which tech companies abandoned neo-Nazi web publication The Daily Stormer following the murder of a woman… Read More

Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman among Seahawks players wearing new high-tech Vicis helmet

Several Seattle Seahawks players, including stars like Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman, are wearing the new Vicis helmet during games.… Read More

Can Seattle avoid Bay Area problems? Researchers using data to predict how neighborhoods will evolve

Seattle is experiencing unrelenting population growth, driven largely by its booming technology industry. If policymakers are to avoid some of the… Read More

Education tech company Promethean picks ‘global tech hub’ of Seattle for new HQ

Seattle just added a new corporate headquarters. Promethean, an educational technology company owned by Chinese Internet powerhouse NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited,… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: A scary game bot, snooping via smartphone, and Google’s Seattle startup deal

On this episode of the Week in Geek Podcast, we start with two fascinating tech advances with not-so-great implications for… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Ada Developers Academy is looking for a new executive director

Tech has a big diversity problem, and Ada Developers Academy tackles that problem head-on. The non-profit, fast-growing coding school offers a… Read More

Geek of the Week: Mystery solved! Accolade security director Mike Sheward wrote the book on digital forensics

Mike Sheward was born and raised “in the middle of nowhere” in the United Kingdom, but he found his second… Read More

Tech in the era of extremism: How the industry is grappling with its new political reality

Ride-hailing giant Uber sent a message to its riders and drivers expressing outrage over the deadly white nationalist demonstration in… Read More

Redfin predicts this Seattle neighborhood will be the hottest in the nation to close 2017

Seattle’s housing market is hot as ever, and tech-powered real estate brokerage Redfin predicts it will stay that way, particularly… Read More

This unconventional education group draws support from video game pioneer Gabe Newell, using hip hop, auto mechanics and more to inspire students

Seattle’s Foundry10 is a fascinating, enigmatic research organization that investigates learning and supports education through a crazy constellation of programs… Read More