Articles from 2017 – Page 76 of 175

Amazon promises to match $1M in revenue as FareStart opens 5 new restaurants in partnership

Amazon already donated more than 25,000 square feet of space and furnishings to help the nonprofit FareStart open five new… Read More

Amazon patents a power-charging robot that’ll come when you call

Have you ever scrambled around at an airport, hunting down a power outlet for your laptop or smartphone? Amazon’s inventors… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidates answer 6 burning questions from the tech industry

Ballots for Seattle’s contentious mayoral race are out and the Aug. 1 primary is less than two weeks away. Despite… Read More

Baidu taps Microsoft Azure to power its self-driving car tech outside of China

Baidu has been among the most aggressive companies driving research into self-driving cars with artificial intelligence, and it announced Tuesday… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere shatters streaming and Twitter records for HBO

In the heat of summer, all that hype about winter coming really paid off. HBO announced Tuesday that the season… Read More

Google's Transfer Appliance, for shipping data to its cloud servers. (Google Photo)

Don’t forget the tracking number: Google now lets you ship corporate data to its cloud

Cloud companies want your data center business so badly they’re willing to actually come over and pick it up. Amazon… Read More

Modeling agency sues Microsoft, alleging unpaid bills and sexual harassment while working HoloLens account

A Seattle modeling company filed a federal lawsuit against Microsoft last week, claiming that it “incurred hundreds of thousands of… Read More

Banking company Simple opens Seattle office with 20 employees, hires marketing vet Shauna Causey

Another out-of-town tech company is opening up shop in Seattle. This time it’s fast-growing Portland, Ore.-based online banking startup Simple,… Read More

Now that the Bluetooth standard supports mesh networking, connected buildings like this stadium could really start to take off. (Bluetooth SIG Photo)

Mesh networking comes to Bluetooth, which could set off a new wave of smart buildings

One of the most widely used technologies in mobile computing is getting an important upgrade that could accelerate the development… Read More

Tomorrow raises $2.6M to help people buy life insurance, create wills, organize assets on an app

When Dave Hanley lost both of his parents unexpectedly, he wasn’t ready for the difficult financial and legal processes that… Read More

SpaceX’s broadband internet satellite plan reportedly runs into opposition

SpaceX’s plan to provide global broadband internet access using thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit has come under fire from… Read More

Watch: The Seattle mayoral debate hosted by GeekWire, KING 5, KUOW, and CityClub

Seattle’s next mayor will help the city navigate an unprecedented period of growth and change. How that ship is steered… Read More

NASA’s next-generation TDRS-M satellite damaged, potentially pushing back launch

Houston, we may have a problem, and it could come from an antenna that was damaged on Friday during spaceflight… Read More

Medical startup VerAvanti raises $5M to build products to prevent strokes and heart attacks

A startup just down the road from Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Wash. has landed a $5 million funding round… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft bringing in GE tech executive to be corporate VP of U.S. division

Microsoft announced Monday that Kate Johnson, currently an executive with GE, will join the Redmond tech giant as president and… Read More

Congress toes a cautious line on support for commercial space partnerships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Congress spoke to space industry leaders on Capitol Hill last week to show their support for… Read More

Seattle police to wear body cameras after mayor signs executive order

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed an executive order Monday that requires police officers to wear body cameras. Murray made the… Read More

Elon Musk on how our cars will drive us – and how AI could threaten us – by 2037

In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech… Read More

Amazon is already selling pre-packaged ‘Meal Kits’ as it bites into service from Blue Apron and others

Amazon’s newly-discovered desire to begin offering pre-packaged ingredients for home-cooked meals is already a real thing as a selection of… Read More

Netflix stock hits all-time high as streaming giant exceeds 100M global subscribers amid intense competition with Amazon

In what is a traditionally a slow quarter for Netflix, the streaming giant cruised past its own expectations for new… Read More

New ‘Blade Runner 2049’ trailer turns up the action as Ryan Gosling takes on the replicants

A new trailer for “Blade Runner 2049” released on Monday provides a more detailed look at the world and characters… Read More

Facebook testing ads in Marketplace, its Craigslist and OfferUp challenger

Facebook will start testing ads in its local sales tool, Marketplace, according to reports from Recode and Marketing Land. The… Read More

Amazon files trademark for potential meal-kit service as Blue Apron stock sinks

Last week, shares of Zillow went down after reports of Amazon launching its own real estate referral service surfaced. This… Read More

New, simpler sign-in experience for Amazon Web Services users coming soon

Amazon Web Services is simplifying the way users can sign into their accounts, dumping a clunky web address that used… Read More

Microsoft begins rolling out LinkedIn app for Windows 10 following $26.2B acquisition

Microsoft today is beginning to roll out the new LinkedIn app for Windows 10, displaying some of the integration promised… Read More

Webcams and night owls capture subtle photos of the ‘aurora that nearly got away’

You may not have been able to see the northern lights that arced over Western Washington and other northern regions… Read More

Grocery union claims Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods acquisition will hurt consumers and workers

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, an organization that represents more than 1 million retail workers across the U.S.,… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services working with VMware on hybrid cloud product for data centers

In what would be a strategy shift for Amazon Web Services, the public cloud market leader is apparently thinking about… Read More

Tech-powered residential real estate firm Redfin sets IPO terms at $12 to $14 per share

Redfin is inching closer to its proposed initial public offering, with the so-called “technology-powered residential real estate brokerage” setting terms… Read More

Study finds Lee Hood’s ‘scientific wellness’ approach can make people healthier

Scientific wellness is a straightforward idea: use data about a person’s genes, proteins and other biology, along with behavioral coaching,… Read More