Articles from 2017 – Page 62 of 175

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray joins the call for removal of Lenin statue, citing ‘violent atrocities’

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has joined a chorus of voices in his city and online calling for a statue of… Read More

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Don’t panic, but be ready: Last-minute guide to the all-American solar eclipse

It’s prime time at last for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, America’s first coast-to-coast dose of totality in 99… Read More

Microsoft and HashiCorp cozy up to expand options for Terraform customers on Azure

Microsoft extended its existing partnership with HashiCorp Monday to deepen links between its Terraform product, which lets software developers use… Read More

Working Geek: Socrata product lead Franklin Williams makes it easier for citizens to access public data

Franklin Williams believes he has “the best job in the world.” That’s because he spends his days leading Socrata‘s product… Read More

Alexa goes to college: Amazon and Arizona State putting 1,600 Echo Dots in dorm rooms

In a “first-of-its-kind” partnership, Amazon is working with Arizona State University to create a voice technology engineering program, which includes… Read More

New Alexa skill aims to cut food waste by offering storage advice and tips on what’s still OK to eat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k4FJySKUQg You can order takeout or learn how to prepare a meal with the help of Amazon’s Alexa, but what… Read More

Amazon opens up Alexa to commercial device makers with new developer tools

Amazon is taking the next step in a mission to spread its digital brain Alexa in as many ways as… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: Insights from a former Amazon exec now driving innovation in healthcare

Lots of people think they know how to fix healthcare, from legislators in Washington D.C. to your talkative neighbor down… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy director stepping down; Microsoft CFO joins 3M board

Cynthia Tee, a Microsoft veteran and the current executive director of non-profit coding bootcamp Ada Developers Academy, is stepping down… Read More

Mark Cuban-backed Esports betting platform Unikrn looks to sell $100M in cryptocurrency

Seattle-based Esports betting startup Unikrn today announced that it will look to sell $100 million in cryptocurrency “tokens” as part… Read More

Microsoft delays major Xbox One X title Crackdown 3 to 2018, leaving hole in launch lineup

Microsoft is delaying the release of the highly anticipated game Crackdown 3 from Nov. 7, the same day the new… Read More

Seattle adding $1 million neighborhoods at a blistering rate, putting city among top U.S. markets

The Seattle area’s soaring home prices are putting the city and its surrounding neighborhoods in exclusive company when it comes… Read More

VC fundraising on pace to exceed $40B for 4th consecutive year in North America and Europe

Venture capital firms certainly have no shortage of cash to invest in startups. PitchBook released its 2017 PE and VC… Read More

RealNetworks teams up with Chinese broadcaster CIBN to strengthen streaming offerings

Seattle-based RealNetworks has struck a deal with CIBN Oriental Network to help the Chinese broadcaster enhance its TV and mobile video… Read More

Simple lays off 33 employees as top executives depart banking company

Simple is cutting staff as it shifts its focus to building better technology. The Portland-based company slashed about 10 percent… Read More

More bikes?! How the latest entrants in Seattle’s crowded bike-share market plan to compete

Seattle has been inundated by thousands of neon bicycles since Spin and LimeBike launched in late July — and it’s… Read More

Cloudflare drops protection of Daily Stormer as tech fallout from Charlottesville continues

Two days after it tried to have it both ways by keeping the Daily Stormer as a client, Cloudflare has… Read More

Trump supporters converge on Seattle’s Lenin statue, shout ‘tear it down’ and debate passersby

A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal… Read More

Omeros looks to raise $70M in stock offering to fuel drug development pipeline

The Omeros Corporation, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, is looking to raise approximately $70 million in a follow-on public… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith goes back to school to surprise math student who wrote him a letter

When Fernley, Nev., middle school student Sky Yi was assigned to write a letter to a favorite business, to learn… Read More

Amid outcry, Trump disbands two business councils – but tech is a separate issue

President Donald Trump says he’s disbanding two of his business advisory councils, focusing on manufacturing as well as strategy and… Read More

Obama post after Charlottesville is most liked tweet ever; Facebook bans white nationalist’s accounts

Like most news events these days, the violent and deadly clash between white nationalists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va.,… Read More

UW researchers discover how to hack into smartphones and TVs to track body movements

Hackers and spies no longer need special surveillance equipment to track your location and movements. Researchers from the University of… Read More

Amazon expands payment program for top Alexa skills, adding indie developers and new categories

Amazon has expanded its payment program for developers who build popular voice apps for the digital assistant Alexa, opening it… Read More

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Microsoft using artificial intelligence to teach a machine to stay aloft

Paying attention to the “rise of the machines” increasingly means scanning the skies for things other than conventional aircraft or… Read More

A timeline of President Trump’s attacks against Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump’s tweet this morning about Amazon is the latest of many attacks against the Seattle-based tech giant and its… Read More

Here are the fastest growing companies in the Pacific Northwest, according to Inc.’s annual list

Lenora Systems, a Redmond-based provider of IT consulting, software development and project management services is the fastest-growing Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

Less than 6 months after launch, The Riveter to open 2nd co-working space for women in Seattle

Since The Riveter opened its doors in March in Seattle, the female-focused co-working space has hosted Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg,… Read More

Microsoft continues its push into serverless tech with Azure Event Grid

Microsoft is making a big bet on serverless technologies this year, and it continued that push Wednesday with the release… Read More