Articles from 2018 – Page 116 of 161

Jeff Bezos spends rainy Seattle day whipping up pancakes for Ciara and Russell Wilson

Just another rainy day in Seattle. So what to you do if you’re the richest person on the planet? Make… Read More

Game Review: Fight hot dogs and wink at the camera in Massive Monster’s ‘Adventure Pals’

I wasn’t expecting The Adventure Pals to be this easy. It’s an independently-made game that draws a lot of its… Read More

From Rhapsody to Napster: How this pioneering music service coulda been Spotify — and why it isn’t

In streaming music, Spotify gets the celebrity. Spotify gets the global reach. Spotify gets the IPO. Yet the music service… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: What’s next for Facebook?

The fallout around data privacy scandals has put Facebook in a tough spot. After CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent two days… Read More

Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that… Read More

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

[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

GeekWork Picks: Diversity-focused Ada Developers Academy seeks new software development teacher

The tech industry has a real struggle when it comes to attracting diverse talent, and Ada Developers Academy is doing… Read More

Here’s how much Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff made in 2017 compared to the company’s median worker compensation

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff made close to $7.9 million between base salary, stock options and other compensation in 2017, a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: WeSolv connects Fortune 500 companies with a network of MBA students

WeSolv is putting a new spin on today’s recruiting market, bringing together MBA students — and potential future employees —… Read More

Geek of the Week: With an eye on AI, teen coder Zoe Sheill applies real intelligence to future goals

Zoe Sheill hasn’t completed her senior year at Mercer Island High School. But she can’t wait for school to start… Read More

Healthcare companies raise $6.8B in Q1, topping tech and every other industry

Healthcare has been a winner so far in 2018, at least in terms of venture capital. That’s the takeaway from… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Deal of the Year recognizes the top venture rounds, acquisitions and IPOs

Zulily. PopCap. Blue Box. PitchBook. Those are just a few of the past winners in the Deal of the Year… Read More

Monitoring continues to be a valuable part of the hybrid cloud, as Sensu raises $10M

Modern cloud deployments are a tough thing to keep a handle on, which is part of the reason why Portland’s… Read More

‘Myst’ turns 25: Cyan Worlds celebrates seminal game with an anniversary Kickstarter

Cyan Worlds, the game developer based outside of Spokane, Wash., launched a Kickstarter this week to mark the 25th anniversary… Read More

Look out, Amazon: Trump’s USPS task force to review ‘expansion and pricing of package delivery’

President Donald Trump appears to be escalating his war on Amazon. He issued an executive order Thursday that vows to… Read More

Breakthrough Discuss turns spotlight on search for life elsewhere in solar system

STANFORD, Calif. — Are there microbes falling in the snows of Enceladus? Could a drone fly to biological hot spots… Read More

TLDR: Uber CEO still believes in self-driving cars, ESPN’s new streaming service, RED iPhones

[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

Working Geek: iDatalabs CEO Lokesh Dave says startup life actually supports a work-family balance

Since college, Lokesh Dave had an itch to start his own tech company. But a Microsoft internship led to a… Read More

Report: Google wants the Pentagon cloud deal, but doesn’t want its employees to know

All major and minor vendors in cloud computing are currently polishing their bids for one of the biggest cloud deals… Read More

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says that humans could get to Mars within a decade*

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says it’s possible that humans will set foot on Mars in the next decade, and he’s… Read More

Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n Rocket

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to raise up to $507 million in a new funding round, according to documents filed… Read More

Zillow Group will start buying and selling homes, taking on Opendoor and expanding real estate footprint

Zillow Group will start buying and selling homes for the first time later this month, expanding its real estate business… Read More

$100K Google grant to fund King County Library System’s first regional makerspace

The King County Library System is opening its first makerspace this weekend. And it’s doing so with the help of… Read More

Apple’s HomePod struggling to gain a foothold in competitive smart speaker market, report says

Excess inventory of Apple HomePods is piling up at Apple stores, as the smart speaker has struggled to make a… Read More

AI-powered horse monitoring: Magic AI raises $1.2M to expand equine technology

Horse monitoring might not be the first application of computer vision-based machine learning that comes to mind. But investors like… Read More

Tech Moves: Jenny Lam joins Oracle as design SVP; Starbucks engineering VP joins DefinedCrowd; and more

Jenny Lam, a longtime Seattle tech design leader, is now at Oracle. Oracle confirmed to GeekWire that Lam has joined the… Read More

Plenty of growth in store for cloud computing, according to Gartner, will hit $186B in 2018

Most people no longer need to be convinced that cloud computing is the next big thing in enterprise technology, and… Read More

Bots are responsible for two-thirds of links shared on Twitter, Pew Research finds

The majority of links on Twitter are shared by bots, a term for accounts that use automation in place of… Read More

What you need to know about ESPN’s new $5/month ESPN+ streaming service

ESPN on Thursday debuted its new ESPN+ service, reflecting larger trends in the sports industry and marking the first big… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Cast your ballot for Hire of the Year, recognizing top talent and excellent execs

The Oscars and the Grammys have passed, but awards season is far from over. We’re just a few weeks away… Read More