Pittsburgh Profile: Seattle native Cathy Wissink leads Microsoft’s civic engagement in the Steel City Cathy Wissink moved to Pittsburgh only four months ago but she’s already experienced the collaborative nature of the Steel City.… Read More
The Wizard of Arts: Karla Boos and the Quantum Theatre Company use tech to stage plays anywhere PITTSBURGH — Karla Boos describes herself as a high-level, outside-the-box wizard. For the past 27 years, as the founder and… Read More
Inside the mind of Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn as $700M language learning startup eyes IPO in 2020 PITTSBURGH — At times, it’s hard to keep up with Luis von Ahn. The Duolingo CEO and co-founder speaks quickly,… Read More
Nightfall in Bellevue: Destiny 2 update will bring scoring changes to popular online game Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer Bungie has made a reputation for itself over the last couple of decades by, well, taking… Read More
Airbus’ Vahana venture shows off video of its flying car’s first test flight in Oregon News brief: Vahana, the Airbus-backed venture that’s developing a fleet of electric-powered air taxis, shared the results of its first… Read More
Event technology startup eventcore raises $4.1M to fuel national expansion Eventcore, a Seattle startup focused on event planning and management, has raised $4.1 million to grow on a national level.… Read More
GeekWork Picks: AI2 seeks engineer to manage machine learning annotation pipelines The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is doing some of the most interesting AI and machine learning work in the… Read More
Podcast Geared Up: Rumors hint at mysterious new phones from Sony and Samsung Sony and Samsung both hinted at — or had leaks about — upcoming smartphone releases this week. What are they up to?… Read More
HPE surprises Wall Street with strong first-quarter results on storage and networking growth It’s been a rough few years for old-school IT companies, but HPE easily outpaced Wall Street expectations for its first… Read More
Redfin brought in $370M in 2017 revenue, stock stumbles despite beating Wall Street expectations Redfin brought in $370 million in revenue in 2017, an increase of 38 percent over the prior year, while cutting… Read More
University of Central Florida is taking charge of gigantic Arecibo radio telescope The 1,000-foot Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, made famous by such movies as “Contact” and the James Bond thriller… Read More
HQ2 clue? Pittsburgh leaders optimistic as Amazon announces plans to expand engineering outpost PITTSBURGH — Local politicians weren’t coy about their desire for Amazon’s second headquarters during a media event Thursday to announce… Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft expands Teams into government clouds; Unified Logic taps Dell EMC exec as CRO; T-Mobile COO joins board Microsoft Teams is expanding into a new market: Government employees. The company hired Avanade technical evangelist David Rosenthal for the initiative, Rosenthal… Read More
Fascinating Jobs application: Apple co-founder listed ‘tech, design’ as skills in 1973 hunt for work Three years before he co-founded Apple, Steve Jobs filled out a job application at Reed College in Portland in which… Read More
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi takes up Elon Musk’s challenge on flying cars vs. tunnels Pop up some more popcorn: Billionaire Elon Musk has gotten himself into another CEO vs. CEO challenge, this time with… Read More
As net neutrality repeal becomes official, here is where Washington state’s open internet fight stands The Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of net neutrality was cemented today with the publication of the ruling in the Federal… Read More
Report: Amazon eyes additional Amazon Go stores in Seattle and Los Angeles Amazon is going ahead with an expansion of its cashier-free convenience store concept Amazon Go, according to a report from… Read More
SpaceX launches its first Starlink internet satellites (and Spain’s Paz satellite, too) SpaceX put its first two prototype Starlink broadband satellites into orbit along with a Spanish radar imaging satellite today. The… Read More
From Campbell’s to Commodore: How the Warhol Museum uses tech to illuminate the iconic artist PITTSBURGH — Andy Warhol made his mark as a pop artist throughout the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, but his pioneering spirit… Read More
Inside PPG’s secretive R&D lab, where paint giant creates high-tech coatings to aid self-driving cars PITTSBURGH — After pulling off Route 8 and rounding the corner up a steep hill lined with leafless trees, it… Read More
Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyard PITTSBURGH — Asked if he will eventually land a robot on the moon, William “Red” Whittaker doesn’t hold back. “Oh,… Read More
Don’t shop with Bill Gates: Software mogul appears on ‘Ellen,’ badly flunks grocery price quiz Bill Gates may be one of the richest men on the planet, but don’t hit the grocery aisles with the… Read More
Twilio co-founder promises ice cream to students facing detention for attending walkouts Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson has a message for students facing detentions for walking out of school to protest gun violence.… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: MIT’s president on human intelligence and the quest for smarter machines Can a better understanding of human intelligence make for smarter machines? We explored that topic this week with Rafael Reif,… Read More
NASA fires shuttle rocket engine to the max during test for Space Launch System Like a “Spinal Tap” guitarist, NASA turned the dial up to 11 today on a souped-up rocket engine from the… Read More
Seattle region invites mobility companies to pilot shared employer shuttles for commuters King County Metro — which covers Seattle, Bellevue, and surrounding communities — is launching a pilot program for commuter shuttles… Read More
2Morrow launches pain management app, as tech industry addresses opioid crisis In 2016, more than 16,000 people died from an opioid overdose related to a prescription drug. That’s more than 46 people… Read More
Startup Spotlight: PeopleMaven helps you create and share personal ‘who’s who’ lists For all of the times a friend asks on social media, “Can someone suggest a person for (fill in the… Read More
Amazon Studios to adapt Iain M. Banks’ space-opera Culture novel, a ‘huge personal favorite’ of Jeff Bezos Iain M. Banks’ sweeping Culture science-fiction book series finally has a video home. Amazon Studios announced this morning it’s acquired… Read More
National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the… Read More
