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Articles from 2017

Google Container Engine update adds the latest version of Kubernetes and new security features

Container orchestration products are becoming extremely important for companies that have embraced modern software development principles, and Google updated its… Read More

Amazon will become top U.S. grocer by 2030, and Walmart should buy Costco to compete, former insider says

If the Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods goes through, Amazon could become the top grocer in the U.S. by 2030,… Read More

Moon Express MX-1E

Moon Express unveils its roadmap for giant leaps to the lunar surface … and back again

Moon Express has laid out the plan it intends to follow to send probes to the surface of the moon… Read More

Microsoft’s new AI app describes the world for the visually impaired — now available on iPhone

Microsoft released a new artificial intelligence app for iPhone this morning that can read text from signs and documents aloud,… Read More

Photos: Qualtrics’ Seattle office has grown so fast it is now the company’s ‘co-headquarters’

Two years after “experience management” company Qualtrics set down roots in Seattle, the office has grown rapidly enough to become… Read More

Zillow Group makes first investment, leads $10M round for augmented reality home design app

Zillow Group is not only a leading online real estate portal, but now the company can call itself an investor,… Read More

Ignition Partners Managing Partner Frank Artale resigns after ‘misconduct’ allegations

Frank Artale, a managing partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners, has resigned at the firm’s request after allegations… Read More

Sexual harassment in tech is a big problem — here’s what startup founders can do about it

Editor’s note: Kristina Bergman is the co-founder of Seattle-based startup Integris Software. She wrote this guest post in response to… Read More

Elon Musk

When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled… Read More

Cybersecurity startup RiskLens raises $5M to help businesses understand the cost of cyber risk

RiskLens, a cybersecurity startup based in Spokane, Wash. that helps businesses understand how much cyberattacks could cost them, has landed… Read More

Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused investment arm, steps out of the shadows

Google’s mysterious artificial intelligence venture capital project is finally ready to talk about its work. Gradient Ventures, which made one… Read More

Airport robot

Cute robots are taking over as guides at Sea-Tac airport (but don’t worry, humans)

I, for one, welcome our cute new robot overlords at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport – as long as they don’t boss… Read More

Amazon Echo devices are top Prime Day sellers, doubling last year’s total in the U.S.

Alexa-powered devices are flying off the virtual shelves during Amazon’s supersized Prime Day shopping event.  Amazon said it has already… Read More

Seattle startup ReplyYes joins Disney Accelerator to grow retail chatbot service

ReplyYes has been accepted into the Disney Accelerator’s 2017 class to continue building out its chat commerce platform that allows… Read More

New breed of microbrew: UW chemists use 3-D printing to blaze a trail for better beer

Long before you take that first sip of an ice-cold beer, the ingredients that went into that beverage had to… Read More

Microsoft is closing its Surface Hub manufacturing plant outside Portland and laying off 124 workers

Starting in September, Microsoft plans to shut down a manufacturing facility outside of Portland where it built the Surface Hub.… Read More

We’ve come a long way since ‘Gangnam Style’: Wiz Khalifa video is now YouTube’s most watched ever

YouTube users love Wiz Khalifa. Or the late actor Paul Walker. Or both, it seems. The video for “See You… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates

Gates Foundation commits $375M to expand access to contraception, calls out Trump for cuts

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it has committed $375 million in funding over the next three… Read More

Ad Lightning raises more cash to fuel growth of digital ad quality monitoring service

Programmatic advertising has helped digital marketers and advertisers with automation and scale. But it can also cause headaches for publishers… Read More

Tech Moves: Meet Social Venture Partners’ new CEO; Seattle hires new Chief Privacy Officer; and more

Social Venture Partners isn’t your typical venture fund. It’s a nonprofit, community-focused group that acts as an important hub for… Read More

Navin Shenoy, executive vice president and general manager, Intel's Data Center Group (Screenshot)

Intel looks to maintain its data center dominance with powerful new server chips

Intel took the wraps off its newest processors for data centers Tuesday, promising a significant boost in performance compared to… Read More

Stranger Things season 2

‘Stranger Things’ returning to Netflix in October and new trailer shows a scary storm is brewing

Winter might be coming with the return of “Game of Thrones” this Sunday, but fans of fantasy television are headed… Read More

Amazon is throwing a free ‘mini music festival’ in Seattle today

Amazon Music will host a “Prime Day mini music festival” in its backyard today. Pop-punk band All Time Low will… Read More

Shampoo Buddy

Seattle mom engineers a remedy for bath-time tears and launches Kickstarter for Shampoo Buddy

Tiffany Platt was tired of the crying that came with trying to wash her young daughters’ hair. Sure, some of… Read More

(L to R): Oliver Gould, CTO, Buoyant; William Morgan, CEO (Buoyant Photo)

Former Twitter engineers land $10.5M for startup Buoyant, leveraging lessons from the ‘fail whale’

Buoyant, a 13-person startup led by former Twitter engineers and now backed by a former member of Twitter’s board of… Read More

VC firms invest $21.8B in 1,958 companies during Q2 as part of ‘self-correction period’

U.S. venture capital investment activity is returning to steadier times. That’s one takeaway from the latest Venture Monitor from PitchBook… Read More

Microsoft outlines plan to help bring broadband internet to 2M rural Americans within 5 years

Microsoft wants to work with the government to help connect rural Americans to broadband internet. The tech giant on Monday… Read More

Permit filings point to another Amazon expansion in highly visible office building along I-5

Even as Amazon builds out millions of square feet of new offices in the Seattle area to accommodate its rapidly… Read More

Seattle City Council unanimously approves income tax for the rich

The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved a plan to levy a 2.25 percent tax on the income of… Read More

Norman plasma generator

With Paul Allen’s backing, Tri Alpha Energy revs up ‘Norman’ device for fusion research

Tri Alpha Energy, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has achieved first plasma in… Read More

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