Articles from 2017 – Page 90 of 175

FTC aims to block merger of fantasy sports giants FanDuel and DraftKings

FanDuel and DraftKings have run into a roadblock for their proposed merger. The FTC announced today that it will, along… Read More

GeekWire Sports Tech Summit FAQ: What to know for our 2nd annual sports conference

The pioneering gamer who launched League of Legends into an eSports juggernaut. The sports executive who is bringing new technologies to… Read More

Seattle Genetics discontinues trials of cancer drug, sees stock losses

Seattle Genetics, a Bothell, Wash., based biotechnology company developing novel treatments for cancer, announced Monday that it has discontinued the… Read More

Why is PitchBook shifting its infrastructure to microservices? Because speed wins

Customers of PitchBook, a Seattle-based investment guidance company, need up-to-the-second information to make decisions about their money during the trading… Read More

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Can data save the world? We asked ‘Freakonomics’ duo Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt

Journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Levitt are the duo behind the popular “Freakonomics” books and podcast, crunching numbers and… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 11, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 11, 2017. Read More

Students create game to help acrophobes confront their fear of heights in virtual reality

For people afraid of heights, leaning over a wall when rock climbing could cause feelings of terror and nausea. Being… Read More

Lunchtime at Whole Foods in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. (GeekWire photo / Brian M. Westbrook)

Geek on the Street: Here’s what Whole Foods shoppers say about Amazon buying their favorite grocery store

The Whole Foods Market on Seattle’s Westlake Avenue sits at the epicenter of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, just a few minutes… Read More

Whole Foods delivery partner Instacart: Amazon just ‘declared war’ on America’s grocery stores

Whole Foods may love Instacart, but there’s no love lost between the delivery startup and the grocery chain’s acquirer, Amazon,… Read More

Author lays out all you need to know about August’s all-American total solar eclipse

If you’re planning to witness the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, don’t forget the bubbly. That’s one piece of… Read More

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Week in Geek: Why Amazon is suing a former AWS exec, former Swype CEO’s new venture, and more

It was a busy week for Amazon: on Friday, the company announced plans to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion,… Read More

We tested Amazon’s new Dash Wand with Alexa: Here’s what worked, and what didn’t

The news Friday morning that e-commerce giant Amazon is buying grocery chain Whole Foods puts the company’s latest gadget in… Read More

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B; here are its other acquisitions ranked by price

Amazon ventured into uncharted territory with its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, in particular compared to the tech giant’s… Read More

Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon

Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More

Report: Facebook-owned Oculus expands Seattle presence with new office lease

Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook, has upped its presence in the Seattle area. Citing two sources who… Read More

Paris Air Show teasers show off Boeing’s ballet … and Neva’s flying car in Seattle?

If you like airplanes, you’ll love Boeing’s teaser video for the Paris Air Show, which puts a 787-10 Dreamliner and… Read More

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

Shares of Whole Foods closed Friday at $42.68 — topping the $42 per share offer that Amazon put in for… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Why Amazon is buying Whole Foods, and what it means for the tech and retail industries

Amazon’s announcement this morning that it will acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion surprised the technology and retail industries, and… Read More

Deluxe gaming furniture maker Geek Chic, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down

Geek Chic, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of high-end furniture aimed at geeks who love board games, has shut down according… Read More

UW CoMotion innovation hub cuts 15% of staff amid loss of patent revenue, changing model

The University of Washington’s innovation hub CoMotion is cutting approximately 15 percent of its staff as well as eliminating open… Read More

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System liftoff

Elon Musk promises an update on his plan to settle Mars – including how he’ll fund it

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s vision to send a million people to Mars is now in print, but the billionaire visionary… Read More

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the… Read More

Geek of the Week: Keith Smith is the reel deal as IT manager for Seattle International Film Festival

Keith Smith calls himself a “very creative individual” who has more than a decade of experience in various industries and… Read More

IKEA is selling some of its products — even the Swedish meatball sauce — on Amazon now

We had a debate here a few weeks ago over who among us actually likes to subject themselves to shopping… Read More

Progress cargo ship docks with space station, tightening up on orbital parking

With today’s arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship, the International Space Station now has three robotic spaceships and a… Read More

365 by Whole Foods looked like the store of the future — then Amazon and the future stepped in

Last September, when Whole Foods opened a new high-tech “365 by Whole Foods Market” in Bellevue, Wash., I visited to… Read More

Amazon just acquired a training ground for retail artificial intelligence research

Amazon didn’t acquire an iconic grocery store brand just for the quinoa: Whole Foods operates hundreds of retail data mines,… Read More

RFID tag maker Impinj soars on Wall Street as Amazon’s $13.7B deal to buy Whole Foods opens new opportunities for technology in retail

Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion is sending far-reaching ripples across Wall Street, well beyond the grocery… Read More

Wall Street and Twitter react to Amazon’s blockbuster $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods

Amazon’s announcement Friday morning of its intention to acquire Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion sent shockwaves through the tech,… Read More

Holographic beam-forming antenna startup Pivotal Commware raises $17M from Bill Gates and others

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Chalk up another score for metamaterials technology: Bellevue-based Pivotal Commware says it’s raised $17 million in Series… Read More