Articles from 2018 – Page 114 of 161

High-tech light therapy kiosk aims to combat Vitamin D deficiency, launches with clinical trials

Vitamin D deficiency is one of most common health problems in the United States. Studies have found that as many… Read More

Forget the machines, fear the man-made dinosaurs in new ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ trailer

Most of the television and film science fiction we watch these days makes us fearful of the coming rise of… Read More

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

The Home Depot said it will hire 1,000 technology workers this year as part of a three-year, $11.1 billion strategic… Read More

In dogged pursuit of more business, Rover’s ‘Walk It Out’ ad campaign pairs happy pets and people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umlfvg29Rzc Rover, the network for pet sitters and dog walkers, is all about finding the perfect match between humans and… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Vote for a do-gooding tech leader for Geek of the Year

The 2018 winner of the GeekWire Awards‘ Geek of the Year will join the ranks of Northwest heavy hitters working… Read More

What the tools Facebook built for Europe’s new privacy regulations mean for users everywhere

Facebook fatigue may be setting in after weeks of headlines, hours of Congressional testimony, and a deluge of updates that… Read More

Whole Foods ending rewards programs as grocer teases new ties to Amazon Prime

Whole Foods Market will retire its various rewards programs and online accounts May 2, as it continues to integrate with… Read More

Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail

Best Buy will sell new TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV Edition in an unusual partnership that will make the electronics… Read More

Government data startup Socrata finds a buyer in Tyler Technologies

Socrata, an 11-year-old Seattle company that helps government agencies better utilize and display data, has been acquired in a deal… Read More

Microsoft Translator beefs up offline capabilities with new AI-powered translations

The Microsoft Translator app’s most accurate translations, powered by the company’s emphasis on artificial intelligence, are now available offline. Microsoft… Read More

T-Mobile to spend $500M to bring 5G to military bases, hire 10K vets in sweeping initiative

T-Mobile is embarking on a military initiative that the company says includes its biggest hiring push ever, largest discount program… Read More

Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’

The latest spinout from Intellectual Ventures, EarthNow, says it’s coming out of stealth mode with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More

VPNs are your safest bet for public Wi-Fi: A security pro’s tips for getting started

If you ask a security professional for tips on improving your privacy and security when connecting to public Wi-Fi or… Read More

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

[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

Acting NASA administrator’s parting words: Accept risk wisely, with ‘eyes wide open’

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — NASA should rethink its approach to the risks of spaceflight as it prepares for a new wave… Read More

Starbucks will close 8,000 U.S. stores, corporate offices on May 29 for racial-bias education

News Brief: In the wake of the controversial arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks store, the Seattle-based… Read More

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross lays out his plan to streamline space regulations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today pledged to make outer space more business-friendly as part of his drive… Read More

Supreme Court drops lawsuit over Microsoft customer data stored overseas due to CLOUD Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a case that pitted Microsoft against the Department of Justice over emails the company… Read More

IRS electronic filing system reportedly down as midnight deadline to file taxes approaches

News Brief: The IRS systems that allow U.S. taxpayers to file tax returns electronically partially failed Tuesday, less than 24… Read More

Scoop launches carpooling service in Portland, partners with OHSU

News Brief: Scoop is bringing its carpooling service to Portland, Ore. The Bay Area-based company offers an app that lets… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Cashier-less store, synthetic biology, ‘parallel reality,’ and more

A display technology that creates “parallel reality.” A machine learning platform that predicts when patients get sick. And a cashier-less… Read More

Watch: Live from ‘America’s Shareholder Meeting’ with Steve Ballmer and USAFacts

REDMOND — It’s tax day in the United States, and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is hosting a first-of-its-kind “shareholder… Read More

Longtime Amazon Web Services customer Netflix said to be cozying up to Google

Netflix was arguably Amazon Web Services’ most important customer during its rise to the top of the public cloud market… Read More

Facebook, Microsoft and other top tech companies vow to fight government-sponsored cyberattacks

More than 30 leading tech companies launched a new cybersecurity accord Tuesday in the hopes of one day inspiring a… Read More

DocuSign ups IPO target to $417M on stock price of $24 to $26, new filing reveals

DocuSign aims to raise up to $417.5 million when it goes public, according to a new filing with the U.S.… Read More

Apple expands again in Seattle as it aims to best rival tech giants in fierce battle for top talent

Apple is significantly expanding its downtown Seattle engineering center, giving itself enough capacity for potentially close to 500 people across… Read More

With support for Kubernetes now baked in, Docker makes its case as the most flexible container management platform

Docker lost the Container Orchestration War of 2017, as brief and relatively amicable as it was. Now the company is… Read More

VMware bets that new versions of vSphere and vSAN will make the hybrid cloud easier to manage

There was a time when it looked like the public cloud might consign VMware to the long list of bygone… Read More

Startup studio Pioneer Square Labs raises $80M fund, aims to ‘flip VC model on its head’ in Seattle

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs is launching a new $80 million venture fund, expanding beyond its original company-building model… Read More

Orbital ATK christens its next-generation rocket: Say hello to OmegA with an ‘A’

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Orbital ATK’s entrant in the competition for national security launches has a new name: OmegA. The… Read More