Articles from 2018 – Page 111 of 161

Feds announce new restrictions on H-1B visas and plans to rescind ‘startup visa’ workaround

Immigration authorities are cracking down on requirements and conditions for H-1B visas, which many employers in the tech industry use… Read More

High school seniors from across Washington state commit to STEM by signing letters of intent

Top athletes may get much of the attention when it comes to signing days and committing to a university to… Read More

Microsoft teams up with Skype competitor Discord to help Xbox gamers connect with friends

Microsoft is teaming up with Discord, a voice and text chat app for gamers, to let them link up their… Read More

Sequoia Capital will accept up to $350M from Washington State Investment Board, reports say

Top Silicon Valley investment firm Sequoia Capital has reportedly accepted up to $350 million from the Washington State Investment Board… Read More

Vote for Hardware of the Year: 5 high-tech products nominated at the GeekWire Awards

There’s something cool about getting to touch, feel, and use a high-tech hardware product, perhaps more so today than in… Read More

Seattle hits 18 months as nation’s hottest housing market with no signs of slowing down

Seattle has held the title of the nation’s hottest housing market for 18 months and counting, as continued population growth… Read More

Microsoft lends a technical hand as ‘Adventureman’ begins epic 6,000-mile run for charity across U.S.

Jamie McDonald dipped his hand in the Pacific Ocean two weeks ago to mark the start of his latest test… Read More

Smartsheet boosts stock price range to $12 to $14 per share as IPO nears

Smartsheet is gearing up to go public this week, and Wall Street appears to like what it sees. The Bellevue,… Read More

Steth IO launches smartphone-based stethoscope that visualizes heartbeats — invented by teenager

The stethoscope has long been a symbol of medicine, but now the centuries-old device has new competition, with the launch… Read More

Amazon unveils new service to deliver packages to locked cars outside home or work

Your parked car can now be a package delivery hub — thanks to a new service that Amazon unveiled today.… Read More

Tableau revamps subscription offerings to woo enterprise customers, unveils data analysis tool

Tableau Software overhauled its subscription pricing structure, offering several different packages of its data visualization products to gain a stronger… Read More

Amazon expands Whole Foods grocery delivery to 3 additional cities

News Brief: Amazon today expanded its Whole Foods grocery delivery service to three additional cities: Denver, Sacramento, and San Diego.… Read More

Paul Allen’s shipwreck sleuths help Aussies document World War I submarine’s remains

Score another undersea revelation for the crew of the Petrel, a research vessel backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. This… Read More

New Seattle venture fund hooks $27M to bankroll AI startups — and it’s not done fishing for fresh cash

Flying Fish Partners is ready to cast its pole deep underneath Seattle’s iceberg. The new venture firm has raised $27.8… Read More

Boeing HorizonX co-leads funding round for Morf3D additive manufacturing startup

The latest addition to Boeing’s venture-capital portfolio is Morf3D, a California startup that focuses on aerospace applications for 3-D printing.… Read More

TLDR: We can’t make this stuff up — MIT student orders pizza with his mind

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

RFID-maker Impinj expects $4.1M charge related to workforce reduction, office closures

Seattle-based Impinj expects to spend $4.1 million on expenses related to a restructuring that includes layoffs and remote office closures. In… Read More

Data leak exposes 48M user profiles, scraped by startup from Facebook, Zillow and others, researcher says

A cybersecurity firm called UpGuard has tied Facebook — as well as other popular consumer sites — to another data leak.… Read More

NASA’s new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, touts bipartisanship after divisive debate

WASHINGTON — Just hours after his resignation from the House took effect, Jim Bridenstine was sworn in today as NASA’s… Read More

Google spent a lot of money on its cloud business during Q1 as it gears up for a big year

Operating a modern public cloud is an enormously expensive undertaking. It looks like Google expanded its cloud computing capacity in… Read More

Alphabet beats earnings expectations with $31.2B in revenue

News brief: Google-parent Alphabet beat Wall Street expectations for its first quarter earnings report, posting $31.2 billion in revenue ($30.4… Read More

It’s one of the biggest weeks in Seattle tech history: Here’s what you need to know

This week’s going to be a doozy in the Seattle tech scene. On tap are a trio of IPOs from… Read More

Vera Whole Health aims for ‘healthcare revolution’ as it raises $5M, plans six new clinics

Vera Whole Health is not your average healthcare company. Not by a long shot. “The vision is to create… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Vote for the newcomer that made the biggest splash

Seattle’s seen a lot of newcomers over the last few years. And now it’s time to celebrate a few of… Read More

MIT student wows ’60 Minutes’ by surfing the internet and ordering pizza — with his mind

If getting away from your laptop or smartphone any other internet-connected device is your last hope for getting lost in… Read More

Most Americans think tech giants should be regulated like banks but doubt the government can get it done, survey finds

Americans have a growing appetite for government regulation of big tech companies in the wake of Facebook’s recent scandals and… Read More

Amazon reportedly working on home robots with top-secret ‘Vesta’ project

You may have invited Alexa into your home, but are you ready for her to roll around your living room?… Read More

Crowd Cow’s digital butcher case expands beyond beef to introduce sustainably raised pork products

Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup that set out to change the way people think about, order and consume beef, is… Read More

Glowforge raises another $10M, launches long-awaited 3D laser printer to the public

Glowforge has raised more investment dollars as the Seattle startup starts selling its 3D laser printer to the general public… Read More

Heptio launches new open-source load-balancing project with Kubernetes in mind

Heptio added a new load balancer to its stable of open-source projects Monday, targeting Kubernetes users who are managing multiple… Read More