Articles from 2017 – Page 82 of 175

Richard Branson says SpaceShipTwo is set to blast off into space by year’s end

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has been toning down his predictions about the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane’s future trips to… Read More

University of Washington researchers unveil battery-free cellphone that runs on radio and light energy

Everyone has felt the pain of a device running out of power just when you need it the most. That… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

John deVadoss, Peng Huang, and David Hill have known that they wanted to go into business together for years. They… Read More

Agriculture startup raises $7M to grow apples, cherries, and nuts in high-tech gel

Phytelligence is raising more cash to further develop its technology that helps grow food crops like apples, cherries, hops, and… Read More

Biomedical labs at UW and in Boston win $10M grants from Allen Frontiers Group

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to speed the pace of biomedical breakthroughs, is… Read More

Seattle income tax set for City Council vote following committee approval

A Seattle City Council committee unanimously approved a plan to implement an income tax on the city’s wealthiest residents Wednesday.… Read More

Want to learn how to release quality software at a faster rate? Listen to Heptio’s Joe Beda

“DevOps” is a word that gets tossed casually around cloud computing circles without deeper examination of what it really means.… Read More

New Microsoft tool aims to make teams more efficient by learning how they spend their days

Microsoft today released a new tool that lets company leaders track how teams spend their time. The new program, Microsoft Workplace… Read More

Video: French grocer parodies Amazon Go, claiming checkout-free shopping is nothing new

Amazon is creating a lot of unrest in the grocery world. The company has its fingers in many pots in… Read More

Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers

Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform… Read More

Nvidia, Baidu expand AI partnership to include cloud GPUs and self-driving cars

Baidu plans to announce a sweeping expansion of its partnership with graphics chip maker Nvidia on Wednesday, bringing Nvidia’s latest… Read More

Amazon discounts $20 off Prime membership as part of exclusive Alexa-powered Prime Day deals

Amazon is once again offering up exclusive Prime Day deals to owners of an Alexa-powered device. Starting today, Amazon will… Read More

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Podcast: Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto on MLB team’s usage of analytics, sports science, nutrition

To describe Jerry Dipoto as a baseball geek is probably an understatement. The Seattle Mariners general manager has long been… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa passes 15,000 voice skills, more than doubling since beginning of the year

As more and more companies get into the smart speaker game, a new report shows just how much ground they… Read More

GeekWire recommends 6 wellness apps on New Day NW

There are so many health and fitness apps available today that it can be hard to make sense of the… Read More

Samsung is reportedly developing a voice-controlled speaker to compete with Amazon Echo

Another day, another tech titan developing a smart speaker. A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Samsung is… Read More

See the technology behind Seattle’s Fourth of July fireworks show

Seattle hosts one of the most impressive Fourth of July fireworks shows in the nation. Set to a dramatic soundtrack,… Read More

Founder of Valve’s Steam platform just raised $1.25M for new startup Sharkbite Games

Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder… Read More

Headed to Gas Works for Seattle fireworks? Save the headache and take Uber, bike, or public transit

Gas Works hosts one of Seattle’s most epic Fourth of July parties. Big crowds (and traffic) flock to the iconic… Read More

Stephen Hawking reflects on his 75-year past and Earth’s uncertain future

An auditorium erupted in a chorus of “Happy Birthday to You” followed by traditional cheers of the English “Hip Hip… Read More

Up and running: Young entrepreneur with bad knees learns 3D printing to launch custom shoe company

At 25 years old, Oliver Brossmann is pretty young when it comes to being an entrepreneur. He’s also young to… Read More

Microsoft shows off Windows Timeline running in the Cortana app on an iPhone. (GeekWire photo / Todd Bishop)

Microsoft delays Timeline, a Windows 10 feature that will sync between Android and iOS devices

It seemed like Microsoft had taken another step toward its pledge to be device-agnostic earlier this year, when it announced… Read More

Recycled SpaceX Dragon capsule makes history with its second splashdown

SpaceX already proved it could lower the cost to space with its reusable Falcon 9 rocket, but this morning, it… Read More

Internal memo details big Microsoft reorganization, no mention of layoffs

As Microsoft’s new fiscal year begins, the company this morning sent out an internal memo to employees detailing a shift… Read More

Why is Redfin running its site from a single data center without a backup facility?

Redfin surprised a few people Friday afternoon when it filed for an initial public offering, but inside the standard boilerplate… Read More

6 tech tips for a fun and festive Fourth of July

The Fourth of July is one of our nation’s oldest rituals but tradition shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of… Read More

Drop out, Tune in: Why the twin brothers behind this Seattle startup set up a tech outpost in Alaska

Lucas and Lee Brown, the twin brothers who founded the Seattle mobile marketing analytics company Tune, have found something else… Read More

Elon Musk says Tesla Model 3 car will debut this week, with quick ramp-up ahead

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, says the first production model of the company’s anxiously awaited mass-market Model 3 electric car… Read More

UK regulators slap hospital involved in project with Google’s DeepMind over data handling

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence research was dealt a minor setback Monday after U.K. regulators ruled a hospital it partnered with… Read More

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Here are improvements this health tech startup wants to see in the healthcare reform bill

As many folks in Washington, D.C. have learned over the past decade, healthcare is complicated. But even though it’s a… Read More