Articles from 2018 – Page 118 of 161

NanoRacks lays out vision for turning rockets into space outposts, starting with Independence-1

Don’t call them commercial space stations, or gateways, or portals. NanoRacks is laying claim to a different moniker for its… Read More

Oregon enacts net neutrality law as Pacific Northwest Trump resistance grows

Government agencies in Oregon will be prohibited from contracting with internet providers that don’t uphold net neutrality principles under a… Read More

Walmart teams up with Postmates for grocery delivery service expansion to counter Amazon

Walmart is stepping up its grocery delivery service through an agreement with Postmates to take on Amazon and Instacart in the… Read More

Fintech vet raises $2.5M for startup that gives you stock in a company for buying its products

Bumped wants kill two birds with one stone, helping companies build 1-to-1 relationships with customers while giving people an easier… Read More

Google and Netflix team up on Kayenta, an open-source project for automated deployment monitoring

A new open-source project from Google and Netflix aims to help other companies that want to modernize their application deployment… Read More

Venture-backed U.S. companies raise $28B in Q1, highest amount since 2006

The U.S. venture capital industry is on pace for a record-breaking year. The latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report shows $28.2… Read More

Microsoft is turning down some sales over AI ethics, top researcher Eric Horvitz says

Concerns over the potential abuse of artificial intelligence technology have led Microsoft to cut off significant sales, says Eric Horvitz,… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $780M fund, its 11th, to invest in profitable healthcare startups

Frazier Healthcare Partners today announced the closure of a $780 million fund. It’s the firm’s 11th fund and will be… Read More

TLDR: Congress releases Zuckerberg’s testimony, ?ear-cleaning headphones, ?Elon Musk shows off SpaceX tool

[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’s new portable smart mat aims to beam real items into the digital world

Microsoft’s research arm is working on a portable mat that can sense objects and then project them on to a… Read More

Seattle moves forward with plan to bring Uber and Lyft regulations in line with taxis

The Seattle City Council approved a resolution to explore new regulations for ride-hailing companies, like Uber and Lyft, Monday. The… Read More

Guest Post: How men can create equal opportunities for women at work

Gentlemen, consider this your formal invitation. As we recognize April 10 as Equal Pay Day – the symbolic day women… Read More

‘Depressing and inspiring’: Study finds 5% of Washington tech companies founded by women

New research from the Washington Technology Industry Association shows how wide the gender gap is among the state’s startup founders.… Read More

Report: Probe blames Zuma spy satellite’s loss on Northrop Grumman, not SpaceX

News Brief: Investigators have tentatively concluded that January’s loss of a U.S. spy satellite code-named Zuma was due to problems… Read More

Lawsuit alleges toymaker Funko misled investors about its financials prior to IPO

A federal lawsuit alleges that toymaker Funko overstated its growth and profits in the run up to going public last… Read More

This crazy video from ‘One Strange Rock’ reveals how bat poop keeps forests alive

What do giant fruit bats have in common with Johnny Appleseed? Tonight’s episode of “One Strange Rock,” National Geographic Channel’s… Read More

Uber in Seattle: 15K drivers, 800K riders, and 200-person engineering office — with plans to grow

The local roots of new Uber leaders Dara Khosrowshahi and Barney Harford are helping the transportation giant recruit talent for… Read More

Uber moves into multimodal transportation with acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP

Uber is expanding further into the competitive dockless bike-sharing space with the acquisition of JUMP. JUMP CEO Ryan Rzepecki announced… Read More

Amazon spent close to $23B on R&D in 2017, outpacing fellow tech giants

Amazon powered its prolific 2017, which saw the release of a cavalcade of new products and services, with $22.6 billion… Read More

Ear-cleaning headphones maker SafKan Health raises $1M to launch in U.S. hospitals

Say so-long to Q-tips and those huge, awkward water syringes. If Seattle startup SafKan Health gets its way, antiquated ear… Read More

Facebook is forming a research commission to study how social media impacts elections

Facebook is launching an academic initiative to research the impact of social media on democracy as part of the company’s… Read More

DimensionalMechanics releases second-generation of its AI product, announces new funding

Some of the biggest and most powerful companies in technology are racing each other to make machine learning easier to… Read More

Pixvana creates in-house virtual reality production studio WunderVu

Pixvana has created its own in-house virtual reality production studio. The Seattle startup today announced WunderVu, a new independent consultancy for… Read More

What a tool! Elon Musk shows off what SpaceX will use to build BFR spaceship

To build a big frickin’ spaceship, you need a big frickin’ rack to put it on. And SpaceX has the… Read More

Recode’s Kara Swisher rips Facebook, says tech giant was ‘willfully ignorant’

PORTLAND — Count Kara Swisher among those not surprised that Facebook is going through a political reckoning. The veteran tech… Read More

Starbucks picked an odd time to force WiFi customers to cough up personal data

With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd… Read More

How a Seattle startup is using blockchain and virtual reality to upend the global coffee market

I’m sitting in the cafeteria of Building 25 on the sprawling Microsoft headquarters with an Oculus Rift headset strapped on… Read More

Does Trump hate Amazon and Jeff Bezos? He does in Alec Baldwin’s new ‘SNL’ appearance

President Donald Trump has made a routine out of being up early and on Twitter to take shots at Amazon… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 1, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of April 1, 2018. Read More

Seattle and King County library systems rank at top of global digital lenders as growth continues

Library lending is increasingly going digital. And that global expansion of technology-based borrowing is being led by library systems serving… Read More