Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 25, 2018.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker, cracking open the door in home security market
Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Ring, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based maker of video cameras, doorbells and other smart home technologies, GeekWire has learned. … Read More
Washington becomes first state in the nation to pass net neutrality regulations in defiance of FCC
Washington passed its own net neutrality protections Tuesday, the first state to do so in a direct rebuke to the other Washington. … Read More
Amazon’s $1B Ring deal ‘probably the biggest miss’ in Shark Tank history
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. … Read More
Widespread outage at Amazon Web Services’ U.S. East region takes down Alexa, Atlassian developer tools
Problems with Amazon Web Services’ Direct Connect service took down several customers Friday morning using the cloud leader’s creaky U.S. … Read More
Pet-sitting startup Rover and ex-‘Baywatch’ actress named in lawsuit after woman’s dog is run over
Update, Monday, 6:30 p.m. PT: This story has been updated throughout with comments from a Rover representative. … Read More
Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch picks up the pace in runway tests of world’s biggest airplane
Stratolaunch Systems, the space launch venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it put its super-duper-sized carrier plane through a fresh round of revved-up taxi tests last weekend at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. … Read More
Alexa AI leader Ashwin Ram leaving Amazon to head up Google’s Cloud AI
Ashwin Ram, the head of Amazon’s Alexa AI research and development team, has jumped ship to lead AI development at Google Cloud. … Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reminds everyone that his company has in-house silicon expertise
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella trotted out many of his usual lines during an interview this morning, but, unprompted, also chose to address an area he usually doesn’t talk about: silicon. … Read More
The largest DDoS attack yet recorded staggered Github on Wednesday
Web companies are starting to get pretty good at deflecting denial of service attacks, and Github and Akamai largely fended off the biggest attack ever recorded by security engineers this week thanks to some quick action and forethought. … Read More
Microsoft and UPMC unveil virtual AI assistant that listens in and takes notes on doctor’s visits
Every day, doctors and nurses across the country do a complicated dance around patient care. … Read More