Articles from 2018 – Page 129 of 161

Valve moves The International to Vancouver, B.C., as Seattle loses huge esports event

Update, March 19: Valve provided this statement to GeekWire: “Rogers Arena is a great venue, Vancouver is a great city,… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek podcast: A time machine back to the ’80s, and a juicy dispute over a new apple

On this episode of the Week In Geek podcast, we take a trip back to the heyday of Walkmen and the… Read More

Portland to Seattle to Vancouver: B.C. kicks in $300,000 for rapid transit study

News Brief: British Columbia will contribute $300,000 toward a study that will look into the business case for an ultra-high-speed… Read More

Aging icebreaker Polar Star returns to Seattle after challenging Antarctic voyage

The U.S. Coast Guard’s only active heavy-duty icebreaker, the 42-year-old Polar Star, returned to its homeport in Seattle today to… Read More

Video: Relive the GeekWire Bash 2018 with Sounders, startups, and our Impact Partners

If you didn’t have a chance to win a dodgeball championship, battle a Sounders player in FIFA, fly through the… Read More

Amazon reportedly hiring former FDA official as part of health tech push

News Brief: Taha Kass-Hout, former chief health informatics officer at the FDA, is reportedly joining a secretive Amazon team that works… Read More

Boeing’s 737 MAX 7 jet aces first flight

For its first test flight, the newest and smallest sibling in Boeing’s top-selling 737 family of jets, the 737 MAX… Read More

Amazon wins $5M tax break in exchange for bringing 2,000 jobs to Boston

Boston officials agreed to give Amazon $5 million in tax breaks if the Seattle e-commerce giant brings 2,000 jobs and… Read More

After intense GeekWire Bash battles, champions crowned in dodgeball, ping pong, foosball and more

Seattle is definitely a sports town. Or, a geeky sports town. At least it was Thursday night at the seventh… Read More

GeekWire Bash 2018 recap: Epic competition and lots of fun at our 7th anniversary extravaganza

Intense competition, awesome networking, and a whole lot of fun. It was another epic geek carnival at our GeekWire Bash… Read More

Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency

A city in the U.S. has passed the country’s first ban on cryptocurrency mining after residents saw their electricity bills… Read More

What’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene? Despite top talent, a lack of venture capital stunts growth

After nine years of building a robust cloud services business with thousands of customers, Geeman Yip was ready to raise… Read More

Microsoft defends its record after court docs disclose data on harassment complaints

After court documents suggested Microsoft had a particularly low rate of taking action in sexual harassment or gender discrimination cases… Read More

Did space scramble Scott Kelly’s genes so much he’s no longer a twin? Um, not really

My Twitter feed was buzzing this week with reports that Scott Kelly’s genes were knocked permanently out of phase because… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up podcast: Hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy S9, and why Apple bought the ‘Netflix of magazines’

Samsung’s newest smartphone, the Galaxy S9, is set to launch this Friday, but Geared Up podcast co-host Andru Edwards already… Read More

Social media analytics company Dataminr opens stealthy Seattle office

Dataminr, a New York company that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to scrape social media and quickly spot breaking… Read More

Microsoft releases new details on Gamarue malware botnet and its ‘sprawling infrastructure’

Microsoft on Thursday revealed additional details about the notorious Gamarue botnet, which was considered one of the world’s largest malware… Read More

Jeff Bezos and National Reconnaissance Office talk about space and innovation

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos paid a visit to the National Reconnaissance Office this week — which fits right in with his… Read More

Working Geek: Gensler architect Karen Thomas says Seattle’s the hub of a modern Renaissance

When architect Karen Thomas surveys Seattle’s transformative growth, she sees something even more profound taking place. “What I see happening… Read More

Boeing HorizonX gets in on $15M funding round for Fortem drone radar venture

Boeing’s HorizonX venture capital arm signaled that it’s doubling down on autonomous flight technologies by participating in a $15 million… Read More

GeekWire ‘TLDR’ sneak peek: Our new video show is a quick daily rundown of the latest tech news

GeekWire is launching a new daily video show, featuring three stories in just about 3 minutes — a quick, convenient… Read More

Microsoft aims to woo game developers with new cloud gaming division

Microsoft has established a new gaming cloud division, giving the tech giant another way to stand out in its quest… Read More

Lawsuit brought by Microsoft and Princeton University could revive ‘Dreamers’ program

A federal judge said he is considering ordering the Department of Homeland Security to revive the “Dreamers” program Wednesday, according to The… Read More

Intel says ‘partitions’ in new chips will correct the design flaw that created Spectre and Meltdown

After security researchers were able to exploit design flaws in modern processors that lay undetected for up to 20 years,… Read More

As key rival fades, Microsoft doubles down on SwiftKey mobile keyboard with big new update

SwiftKey — the Microsoft-owned third-party mobile keyboard for iOS and Android — is out today with its biggest update in… Read More

Cryptocurrency startup Strix Leviathan raises $1.6M from Joe Montana, Doug Baldwin, VC firms

The world of cryptocurrency looks a lot like the wild west right now. In just the past week, Google announced… Read More

Boom buddies: Jobs in tech and construction are tops on Indeed’s 25 best in the U.S. list for 2018

Indeed’s list of the Best Jobs in the United States for 2018 is still loaded with tech titles, but construction… Read More

Drake plays Fortnite, breaks Twitch streaming record with 600K concurrent viewers

Drake helped create a moment of game streaming history on Wednesday night. The world famous rapper joined top streamer Ninja… Read More

Bill Gates to meet with President Trump at the White House, plans to stress importance of foreign aid

After meetings with Ireland’s prime minister and the American Petroleum Institute, President Trump on Thursday will sit down with Microsoft… Read More

Built to take a beating: Kymeta introduces portable KyWay Go satellite data terminal

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the communications company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s starting to roll out a… Read More