Articles from 2017

A secret Amazon team is reportedly working on disruptive healthcare tech

Amazon is on a mission to disrupt everything from retail to data storage to entertainment media, so it should come… Read More

Whole Foods profits dip more than 11% with big Amazon acquisition pending

Whole Foods Market reported profits of $106 million for the quarter ended July 2, down more than 11 percent despite… Read More

Breakthrough Starshot tests smallest space probes for interstellar mission

Breakthrough Starshot says it’s been testing prototype interstellar spacecraft no bigger than postage stamps in orbit for the past month,… Read More

Facebook now has 2B monthly users as it beats earnings expectations with $9.3B in revenue

Facebook reported its 2017 second quarter earnings today. Here’s what you need to know: Facebook reported GAAP earnings per share of $1.32… Read More

F5 third-quarter revenue comes in lighter than expected as customers ponder the cloud

F5 Networks missed third-quarter revenue expectations by a sizable margin, as slower demand outside the U.S. and customer hesitation around… Read More

In updated IPO filing, Redfin says its co-founder is threatening patent suit

Two days before its initial public offering, Redfin disclosed in an updated regulatory filing today that its co-founder and former… Read More

Amazon revs up its robotics challenge at RoboCup, with $250,000 in prizes at stake

Teams from around the world are competing to help create more efficient robots for Amazon — robots that can pick… Read More

United Launch Alliance agrees to deliver Astrobotic’s lander to the moon in 2019

In two years, it will be the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, and Astrobotic Technology wants to… Read More

It’s not a ‘win-win outcome’: Let’s ‘close the loop’ on the most overused corporate cliches in all 50 states

I always knew I should have looked for work in Hawaii. After all, that’s where the “magic happens” according to… Read More

UW researchers discover a recipe to regenerate retinal cells in mice

University of Washington researchers have found a way to activate cells in the retinas of adult mice to turn into… Read More

Nintendo beats earnings expectations as Switch console sales reach 4.7M in 4 months

Nintendo beat expectations for its quarterly earnings report today thanks to higher-than-expected demand for its new Switch hybrid console. The… Read More

Amazon hiring another 50K fulfillment employees, holds new ‘Jobs Day’ events at warehouses

Amazon needs more workers. The Seattle tech giant announced today that it plans to hire another 50,000 employees who help… Read More

How T-Mobile is using containers in production to increase uptime and save money

After a year of running containers in production, T-Mobile felt comfortable enough Tuesday night before a crowd of Seattle techies… Read More

Microsoft unveils Azure Container Instances, joins Cloud Native group, isolating AWS on Kubernetes

Microsoft’s cloud business is making two notable moves involving containers Wednesday — unveiling a new service that aims to make… Read More

The Amazon Effect: Seattle is the top city, and retail the top industry, for software job growth

Seattle is the fastest-growing U.S. city for software developer jobs, according to a new report from job database Glassdoor. The… Read More

Elon Musk shows off car elevator test for the Boring Company’s fast-track tunnel

Billionaire Elon Musk’s grand scheme for underground car tunnels will require elevators to get the cars in those tunnels – and… Read More

AI2 lists top artificial intelligence systems in its Visual Understanding Challenge

Some of the world’s top researchers in AI have proved their mettle by taking top honors in three challenges posed… Read More

After breaking free from Intel, McAfee lays off some Portland-based employees

Security software developer McAfee has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in marketing-related roles based in its Portland office,… Read More

All along eclipse ‘zone of totality,’ small towns make big bets to cash in on total darkness

(I’ve just spent a month driving back and forth across America, with Rusty, as I do every summer, visiting small… Read More

Augmented-reality shopping on your phone? Patent hints at Amazon’s ambitions

It’s no secret that Amazon is intrigued by the potential applications of augmented reality for e-commerce – and one of those… Read More

Seattle-area clean water tech startup HaloSource raises $2.2M, inks distribution deal in China

HaloSource, a clean water tech company based in Bothell-Wash., said it has raised $2.2 million and landed a distribution agreement… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s startup Kwontified aims to help fashion retailers navigate e-commerce

In the retail world, Amazon is becoming inescapable, with Kenmore and Nike recently joining the ranks of big-name companies selling the… Read More

Giant Chewbacca, Harry Potter, Batgirl and more Funko figurines added to new HQ building

If you ever want to pop on by the new headquarters and flagship store for Funko in Everett, Wash., giant… Read More

Convoy founders cautious about self-driving trucks after raising $62M; many regulatory and logistical hurdles to overcome

There’s been a lot of talk about self-driving trucks and how autonomous technology will impact the freight industry, even before… Read More