Articles from 2018 – Page 15 of 161

Amazon Web Services customers can now build applications for robots in the cloud

Companies using robots across a wide variety of industries will now be able to write cloud-based applications for those robots… Read More

Foot on the gas: Fuel delivery startup Booster Fuels is generating $180K revenue per day

Booster Fuels is generating $180,000 per day with its technology-fueled, parking lot-focused gas delivery business. The 3-year-old startup, which originally… Read More

Cyber Monday sales on track to hit $7.8 billion, marks biggest online shopping day in U.S. history

Update: Adobe reported a record $7.9 billion spent on Cyber Monday, with $2.2 billion coming from smartphones. “Buy Online Pick… Read More

Bill Gates: Why renewable energy is not enough to solve climate change

Renewable energy is getting cheaper and more efficient. Environmentalists, like Bill Gates, celebrate that as progress toward reducing our reliance… Read More

Long-time Amazon exec Dave Stephenson to join Airbnb as its new CFO

Veteran Amazon executive — and one-time president of Big Fish Games — Dave Stephenson is joining Airbnb as its chief… Read More

Rev up the video: It’s time for NASA’s InSight lander to touch down on Mars

Today’s the day for the Mars InSight lander’s touchdown on the Red Planet, and NASA is pulling out all the… Read More

Chinese scientist says first gene-edited babies have been born in effort to fight HIV

A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who are said to possess… Read More

What to expect at Amazon Web Services re:Invent 2018: serverless, open source, and traffic

Amazon Web Services will attempt to set the cloud-computing agenda for 2019 this week over four days of keynote speeches… Read More

Elon Musk says there’s a 70 percent chance he’ll move to Mars (and possibly die there)

As NASA prepares for its next Mars landing on Monday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is giving himself a 70 percent… Read More

Analysis: Video game spending hits record $1.5B in October, up 73% as new games drive big sales

2018 has been a rocky year for the video game industry. We’ve seen the closure of several big studios; a… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 18, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 18, 2018. Read More

In ‘The Gift of Global Talent,’ William Kerr argues it’s time to open up, not close, our borders

Migration has been vital for the tech sector for years, but recently global migration has become a political hot-button issue… Read More

Black Friday online sales rise 24% to $6.2B in U.S., including record $2B purchased on smartphones

Online sales rose 23.6 percent to $6.22 billion on Black Friday in the U.S., according to new industry stats released… Read More

Game Review: ‘Wandersong’ is a refreshingly optimistic story about the end of the world

If there is, at some point in human history, an awards category called “most colorful apocalypse,” Greg Lobanov‘s Wandersong ought… Read More

Working Geek: Marketing leader Jeremy Korst is at home in the board room – and the dude ranch

Jeremy Korst has serious Ivy League, Fortune-500, city-slicker bona fides. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the… Read More

White House issues grim Black Friday outlook for wildfires and more climate woe

If current climate trends continue, the Pacific Northwest will have more summer wildfires, less winter snowpack and smaller numbers of… Read More

Podcast

3 weird things about Seattle’s Archie McPhee: It’s original, national, and some of its products flop

Pickles that yodel. Foot-tall punching nuns. Inflatable unicorn horns for cats. A rubber chicken museum. And, of course, a wide… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen photographer Gavriel Staloch builds a brand and a business as an Instagram influencer

Gavriel Staloch didn’t just develop an interest in photography at a young age, he did it in the age of… Read More

Cosmos on your coffee table: These big books make a big impact for holiday giving

If you’re going to give somebody a book for the holidays, why not go big? In this age of ebooks,… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers protest in Europe, but company says shipping network ‘fully operational’ on Black Friday

Workers at several Amazon warehouses across Europe protested for better conditions on Black Friday, though the tech giant says it’s… Read More

Box CEO Aaron Levie on cloud consolidation, the future of AI, and Seattle vs. San Francisco

Box CEO Aaron Levie has seen a lot of change in enterprise technology since he co-founded Box on Mercer Island… Read More

University of Washington researchers develop app to reduce clashes between cars and pedestrians

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a communications system between pedestrians and drivers in the hopes of preventing… Read More

Forget software bugs, this startup is focused on insects that could change the agriculture industry

Some of the most intriguing farming in Washington is taking place not among the valleys or rolling hills of the… Read More

Watch: As Seattle tunnel nears opening, 6-year time-lapse also captures Amazon going up, up up

If it appears, on many days, like Amazon’s Seattle headquarters has seemingly popped up overnight to transform the look of… Read More

With millions in funding and a U.S. expansion in the works, Deako’s ‘plug-and-play’ smart lighting casts a bright future

With $15 million in funding and a “laser focus” on customers, Deako is ready for serious growth in the smart lighting market.… Read More

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Gadgets, gizmos and pure fun: Great holiday gift ideas from our Geared Up consumer tech show

It’s gift buying season: Get ahead of holiday shopping with the annual Holiday Gift Guide from Geared Up, the consumer… Read More

Alexa, heat up our leftovers: GeekWire gives Amazon’s new voice-controlled microwave a spin

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa boasts more than 50,000 skills, and one of its newest is microwave chef. That’s thanks to… Read More

Geeks Give Back: It’s time for the technology community to step up and give!

This is embarrassing to admit. While the Seattle area is first in the nation in percentage of residents who give… Read More

In ‘The End of Animal Farming,’ Jacy Reese lays out a meat-free future thanks to science and tech

This week, millions of Americans will gather around their turkeys, enjoy some sausage-filled stuffing, and pies filled with butter for… Read More

Expedia CEO: ‘We haven’t given up on China’

Expedia wants to be the world’s travel platform. China is standing in its way. Expedia faces fierce competition in the… Read More