Articles from 2018 – Page 117 of 161

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: self-driving cars today are ‘student drivers,’ will ultimately be safer than humans

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he is personally overseeing a “top-to-bottom” audit of the company’s safety procedures for self-driving cars,… Read More

Secret footage of a hopscotch court in downtown Seattle proves a lot of us are still kids at heart

Busy commuters might be a hop, skip, and a jump away from work but that doesn’t mean all of them… Read More

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning and dropped the price of the Santa Monica, Calif.-company’s… Read More

Coinstar partners with doxo for new bill pay feature at coin-counting kiosks

Coinstar is known for its kiosks that count coins. But now the machines will also offer a bill pay service… Read More

Protestors in Amazon HQ2 cities around the country demand more transparency in bidding process

Activists from Chicago to Atlanta held demonstrations and town halls Wednesday to demand more transparency from their cities, as local… Read More

Paul Allen’s hunt for historic shipwrecks scores another WWII find: the USS Helena

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s seagoing sleuths are reporting one more find in their quest to locate sunken military vessels from… Read More

Going hypersonic: Boeing joins in $37.3M investment round for Reaction Engines

Boeing’s HorizonX venture investment arm is placing a big bet on hypersonic flight. Today it announced that it’s going in… Read More

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

[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

Microsoft-owned Mixer’s new partnership aims to simplify livestreaming as it battles Amazon’s Twitch

Microsoft is teaming up with Lightstream Studio to help people broadcasting games on Mixer improve the look of their streams. The… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Spocket helps small online retailers with on-demand inventory sourcing

When Saba Mohebpour created an online store to sell smartphone accessories, he became frustrated with the time and effort it took to… Read More

Geek on the Street: Will people keep using Facebook despite data privacy concerns?

For many people, Facebook is the swiss army knife of their social lives. They use it to message friends, stay… Read More

Apple to develop Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation novels into a new video drama series

The classic Foundation trilogy is the latest science-fiction property to be adapted for a video series, and this time it’s Apple… Read More

Congresswoman lists 6 things Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn’t know, but really should

During two days of marathon testimony before Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to avoid answering some critical questions about… Read More

Study shows how mobile games can help treat depression and anxiety symptoms

As smartphones have become more ubiquitous, we’ve grown used to carrying our entertainment, work life and social media profiles with… Read More

Google readying new design for Gmail that includes a snooze email button and better G Suite integration

Get ready for a few changes to the screen millions of people wake up to: Google is contemplating a new… Read More

Uber adding shared bikes, rental cars, public transit tickets to app in big multimodal transportation push

Uber wants to be your remote control for transportation — and not just for ride-hailing — if its latest announcement is… Read More

Facebook at Congress, Day 2: Watch Zuckerberg field questions on regulation, privacy, and elections

Mark Zuckerberg faces a second round of questioning from Congress Wednesday, with lawmakers challenging him on Facebook’s privacy scandals, disinformation… Read More

Box admins now have improved tools for managing user activity and governance policies

Box users generate a lot of data that administrators might find very interesting, and the latest edition of the Box… Read More

Former Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke to lead Seattle’s NHL group as president

Tod Leiweke is headed back to Seattle. The veteran sports executive will be officially announced as the CEO and president… Read More

Hints of next generation Snap Spectacles camera glasses pop up in FCC filing

Snapchat parent company Snap may be gearing up to release a new version of its Spectacle video sunglasses. Overnight, an application… Read More

Cambia Health and Livongo partner to bring personal, tech-driven diabetes program to Pacific Northwest

Portland, Ore., based health collective Cambia Health Solutions announced a new partnership Wednesday with Bay Area health technology company Livongo… Read More

Video: Affordable housing activists protest at Amazon HQ, demanding higher taxes on corporations

Amazon is getting used to fielding jabs from politicians. President Donald Trump spent most of last week berating the company.… Read More

Policy experts trade ideas for intelligent ways to regulate artificial intelligence

Regulations for the proper use of artificial intelligence are almost as inevitable as the rise of AI itself — but the… Read More

OceanGate’s Titan sub passes initial tests, gets set for Bahamas – then the Titanic

OceanGate has finished putting its Titan submersible through its first round of shallow-water tests in Puget Sound, and is packing it… Read More

TLDR: Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, ?Seattle wants to regulate Uber and Lyft, Microsoft’s new smart mat

[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

Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hours in the hot seat Tuesday, answering questions from a joint hearing of the U.S.… Read More

Tech Moves: Blokable adds co-CEO; Salesforce PR exec jumps to Google; and more

Law and real estate expert Nelson Del Rio is taking on a new role at Seattle startup Blokable, one of last… Read More

Four gaming companies hit with online gambling lawsuits over ‘free-to-play’ casino games

A spate of lawsuits filed over the last few days target online gaming companies, alleging their digital casino offerings constitute… Read More

Shares of Sprint and T-Mobile spike after merger talks reignite

Sprint and T-Mobile are talking about a merger — again. CNBC and The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the two… Read More

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

Update: Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing All eyes and ears are on Mark Zuckerberg today as… Read More