Articles from 2018 – Page 137 of 161

Alexa AI leader Ashwin Ram leaving Amazon to head up Google’s Cloud AI

Ashwin Ram, the head of Amazon’s Alexa AI research and development team, has jumped ship to lead AI development at… Read More

Google beefs up G Suite with some AI, takes Hangouts Chat out of beta

Google added several new features to G Suite Wednesday in hopes of convincing users to rely on its enterprise software… Read More

Self-driving car startup Aurora speeds forward with $90M, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins board

Aurora, a newcomer in the race to develop self-driving vehicles, put a little fuel in the tank today as the… Read More

Rand Fishkin departs Moz, creates new influencer marketing startup SparkToro ‘with chip on my shoulder’

Rand Fishkin started the marketing software company Moz 17 years ago with his mom at a time when the term… Read More

New Seattle venture fund aims to invest $190M in blockchain startups and apps

A new venture fund is looking to invest a cryptocurrency equivalent of more than $190 million in blockchain apps and… Read More

Microsoft and UPMC unveil virtual AI assistant that listens in and takes notes on doctor’s visits

Every day, doctors and nurses across the country do a complicated dance around patient care. They turn back and forth… Read More

Pittsburgh Profile: Seattle theater vet Marya Sea Kaminski brings a fresh act to a new tech city

PITTSBURGH — Marya Sea Kaminski loved her first date with Pittsburgh. The associate artistic director at Seattle Repertory Theater had… Read More

Space station trio gets warm welcome back to Earth in frosty Kazakhstan

News Brief: Three spacefliers touched down amid subfreezing temperatures in Kazakhstan tonight, closing out their 168-day mission on the International… Read More

New office project in Amazon’s backyard could be welcome news for space-hungry biotech industry

A big new project near Amazon’s Seattle headquarters could provide some relief to biotech and life sciences companies searching the… Read More

Chinook salmon are shrinking, and Alaska’s killer whales may be among the culprits

King salmon, the big fish that are famous in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, are shrinking — not only in numbers,… Read More

Washington becomes first state in the nation to pass net neutrality regulations in defiance of FCC

Washington passed its own net neutrality protections Tuesday, the first state to do so in a direct rebuke to the… Read More

Such a deal? White House reports $3.9B contract with Boeing for Air Force One

The White House says President Donald Trump has struck an “informal deal” with Boeing on a $3.9 billion fixed-price contract… Read More

Tech Moves: OfficeSpace taps former Microsoft GM as CEO; new CTO at drone maker Insitu; and more

OfficeSpace, a leading commercial real estate listing service based in Seattle, is under new leadership. The company appointed longtime tech… Read More

Amazon’s tallest new geek? NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is a ‘home court defender’ in ads for Ring

Seattle may still be without the beloved Sonics, but a huge NBA star now has ties to the city in… Read More

What Amazon’s acquisition of Ring means for the smart home market

Amazon’s acquisition of smart doorbell Ring marks a sea change for the smart home market. Amazon has been upping its… Read More

Microsoft met with skepticism from some Supreme Court justices in overseas data case

In oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, Microsoft argued that the federal government is not authorized to demand… Read More

In Reddit AMA, Bill Gates talks crypto currency danger, the presidency, drinking beer and more

Bill Gates returned to Reddit Tuesday for his sixth Ask Me Anything (AMA), and as always the questions for the… Read More

Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker, cracking open the door in home security market

Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Ring, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based maker of video cameras, doorbells and other smart… Read More

Vodafone and Nokia join PTScientists to put 4G mobile phone network on moon

Can you hear me now, on the moon? Not yet, but Nokia has just signed onto a team that aims… Read More

Diego Oppenheimer, CEO of Algorithmia, speaking at the 2017 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit. (Photo: Kevin Lisota)

Algorithmia launches blockchain-based protocol for machine-learning algorithm shoppers

Researchers working on machine-learning algorithms now have a new incentive to try and help the artificial intelligence community: cryptocurrency. Algorithmia… Read More

T-Mobile and Sprint name first 5G cities, as race to build next-gen network intensifies

The race to the next generation data network — 5G — is heating up. T-Mobile and Sprint — the nation’s… Read More

Apple launching medical clinics for employees, the latest move in tech’s healthcare innovation fight

Apple is launching medical clinics for its employees in the latest attempt by a large tech company to address the… Read More

Model behavior from our robot overlords, as drones carry handbags down the runway in Italy

Embed from Getty Images Burger flippers. Package sorters. Taxi drivers. The list of jobs that will someday be performed via… Read More

Congressional Dems launch plan to bring back net neutrality amid open internet demonstrations from tech companies

Federal lawmakers are fighting to undo a December vote by the Federal Communications Commission that repealed internet regulations known as… Read More

Researchers win $10M grant for ‘super-cameras’ to see through human skin and diagnose disease

You’ve no doubt covered a flashlight with your hand in a dark room. Light from the flashlight’s beam makes your… Read More

Really, New York is the ‘official’ second headquarters of tech? In Seattle, we say not so fast

Every so often New York makes me mad. No, it’s not the congestion or the people or the Yankees (though… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Spruce Up raises $1.5M to use machine learning for interior design

Spruce Up is using machine learning to make personalized interior design less of a luxury and more accessible. The Seattle… Read More

Ready or not: Tech boom brings complex changes to Pittsburgh’s real estate market

PITTSBURGH — It’s Sunday morning and the Strip District sizzles with tourists hitting up President Obama’s favorite breakfast spot. Others… Read More

Rep the Squad jersey rental startup expands to MLB, launches new trade-in program

Rep the Squad today announced the addition of MLB jerseys to its marketplace, as well as a new trade-in program… Read More

‘Keep Pittsburgh Dope’ photographer has his eye on street style, Amazon and whether city will stay ‘cool’

PITTSBURGH — With his photographic eye on Pittsburgh from the inside, Chancelor Humphrey can see why people are becoming more… Read More