Stealthy startup Taproot Medical Technologies raises funds to develop next-gen biomaterials Stealth-mode startup Taproot Medical Technologies has raised $1.25 million out of a $2.25 million round of funding, according to a… Read More
Microsoft will open up AI and machine learning advances to third party developers in next major Windows 10 update Artificial intelligence has become a primary area of focus at Microsoft, and that will be reflected in the next major… Read More
Dropbox adds private network services through Equinix and expands global networking footprint Dropbox customers around the world will now be able take advantage of new private networking services through datacenter giant Equinix… Read More
Microsoft confirms Windows 10 S will become a ‘mode’ in other versions, no longer a standalone product Updated with additional information from Microsoft. Microsoft will make Windows 10 S a “mode” inside other Windows versions, no longer… Read More
VMware and AWS roll out new services for the hybrid cloud and bring their joint product to Europe VMware unveiled the latest step in its evolving partnership with Amazon Web Services Wednesday, bringing the VMware Cloud for AWS… Read More
Reality check: Microsoft Windows gains in U.S. schools in 2017, but Google remains dominant The latest numbers from market research firm Futuresource are slightly better news for Microsoft in a U.S. K-12 education market… Read More
Amazon expands discounted Prime program for people on government assistance to cover Medicaid Amazon has added Medicaid recipients to a program that offers a discount option for the popular Prime fast-shipping program to… Read More
Jeff Bezos named richest person on the planet: Net worth soars to $112B as Amazon’s appetite increases Amazon founder Jeff Bezos seized the title of richest person on the planet, knocking Seattle area next door neighbor Bill… Read More
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye talk science (and pipelines) with students Canada’s highest-ranking science geek, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shared a stage with Bill Nye the Science Guy at the University… Read More
‘Hidden Figures’ no more: New Barbie dolls honor NASA’s Katherine Johnson and 16 other women “Hidden Figures” mathematician Katherine Johnson may have missed out on the Lego toy treatment, but she and 16 other women… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Shepherd Software trots out new tools to help veterinarians manage clinics With more than 20 years in veterinary medicine, Dr. Cindy Barnes believed she knew the field better than the software… Read More
Burger-flipping robot named Flippy is armed with a spatula and ready for a grilling at CaliBurger First the robots proved they can do back flips, now they’re flipping hamburgers. Flippy, the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen… Read More
Why we’re in a ‘different era’ of cancer research, and where things go from here Four decades ago, the overall chance of someone surviving cancer was about 50-50— not exactly a promising outlook. Today, those… Read More
What are memcached servers, and why are they being used to launch record-setting DDoS attacks? Two of the largest distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded on the internet have been launched over the last seven days,… Read More
Magic Leap files preemptive lawsuit against ‘disgruntled’ security exec for alleged extortion Florida augmented reality company Magic Leap filed a lawsuit last week against its current senior director of global security Todd… Read More
How do you service a computer server? Send in the robots, Amazon patent says Does something need checking out in your data center? Before you send out a technician, why not send out a… Read More
Tech Moves: Head of Amazon Prime joins Airbnb to lead Homes business; Azuqua hires Appuri CEO; and more Update: Airbnb announced Tuesday afternoon that Greg Greeley, a longtime Amazon executive who most recently led Amazon Prime and delivery… Read More
Q&A: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks net neutrality, states’ rights and taking on Trump Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is making a habit of taking on the Trump administration. In the past week, he did… Read More
Graduation day: Kubernetes hits key milestone as CNCF lays out a cloud-native road map The Cloud Native Computing Foundation was created when Google agreed to release Kubernetes as an open-source project back in 2015,… Read More
Get your own Kyle! Seattle startup vet creatively asks for help in finding his next adventure In search of his next work challenge and life adventure, Kyle Kesterson has decided that there really should be no… Read More
Diamond Kinetics uses embedded sensors to help MLB batters and pitchers improve performance From inside a lab at the University of Pittsburgh to a local Dunkin Donuts shop and finally to Major League… Read More
Amazon’s $15B buying spree: Tech giant’s acquisition activity reaches new heights Amazon is on an unprecedented acquisition spree, dropping $15 billion since the start of last year and buying up companies… Read More
BlackSky shows off first next-generation Global satellite for Earth observation Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky geospatial intelligence service is taking the wraps off its first operational satellite, Global-1, which will blaze the… Read More
Amazon adds San Francisco and Atlanta to Whole Foods grocery delivery service, now in 6 cities Amazon is expanding its new Whole Foods grocery delivery offering, adding San Francisco and Atlanta to the service. Amazon first… Read More
SpaceX sends Spanish telecom satellite into orbit with 50th Falcon 9 rocket launch SpaceX sent a Spanish broadband telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the 50th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. The… Read More
Scientists say there’s a link between taking out ‘fringe loans’ and reporting health woes For some low-income workers, short-term fringe loans — coming from payday lenders and check cashing services — are a fact of… Read More
It’s official: Washington governor signs landmark net neutrality bill into law Internet providers will be required to treat all lawful content the same in Washington state under a landmark net neutrality… Read More
Amazon discreetly visits HQ2 cities in Phase 2 of extraordinary second headquarters competition Amazon is on tour. The Seattle tech titan is visiting the 20 cities competing for its second headquarters, collecting data and… Read More
IBM reaches settlement with new Microsoft diversity chief, ending unusual non-compete suit Updated below with IBM comment. IBM has settled a lawsuit with one of its longtime human resources executives who jumped… Read More
Salesforce wants to make it easier to extract analytical data from its service with support for natural-language queries For lots of people, trying to use powerful analytics tools without a little training in the language of data science… Read More
