Google unveils Cloud AutoML, a new set of cloud services that promise easier machine learning Google has figured out a way to make sophisticated machine-learning techniques available to cloud customers who want to use that… Read More
LumaTax raises $3M and partners with Square to help small businesses file taxes LumaTax has raised more funding and inked a key partnership with Square to help small businesses automate their sales tax… Read More
Boeing and Adient create joint venture to sell airplane seats … yes, the actual seats Boeing says it has entered into a joint venture with Adient, the global leader in automotive seating, to manufacture and… Read More
Amazon patents a robot that can tailor clothes with glow-in-the-dark guidance Amazon has taken one more conceptual step toward an integrated system that can size up fashion customers and sell them… Read More
Usain Bolt at CES: Talking chicken nuggets and tech with the world’s fastest man Should all athletes eat hundreds of chicken nuggets before competition? Probably not. But it sure did work for Usain Bolt.… Read More
As Amazon’s Spheres near opening day, website launches to showcase unique Seattle structures Five years after they were first proposed as an indoor space filled with plants and tall trees, The Spheres at… Read More
Zillow sued over how it displays Zestimate home valuation tool in some partner listings A group in New Jersey sued Zillow Group this week, alleging that letting some partners move the Zestimate valuation tool… Read More
Washington among 22 states suing over FCC’s net neutrality repeal News Brief: A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia have filed a petition to appeal the Federal… Read More
Will streaming kill off movie theaters? An argument for why Amazon and Netflix should buy big screens My kids had the day off from school on Monday, and went to the movie theater to see “Jumanji: Welcome… Read More
Amazon’s health ambitions confirmed? Company seeks medical data compliance leader for mysterious new initiative Amazon appears to be preparing for a serious move into the world of health. GeekWire has unearthed an Amazon job… Read More
Twitter COO predicts streaming devices like Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast will go extinct in 5 years Google Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and other streaming devices won’t be around in five years. That’s the prediction… Read More
Seattle writer who wrote viral cinnamon roll post is ‘tired and paranoid’ after being hacked on Twitter Seattle writer — and viral baking sensation — Geraldine DeRuiter is back on Twitter after having her account taken over, wiped… Read More
Google announces plans for five new cloud computing regions, as well as new undersea cables In 2018 Google will launch five new cloud computing regions around the world, adding capacity as it gears up to… Read More
Shortcut to Silicon Valley? Alaska Airlines will fly to 8 cities from Everett’s Paine Field Alaska Airlines says it’ll offer daily nonstop flights to eight cities including San Jose, Calif., from Paine Field in Everett,… Read More
Comcast Cable signs new cloud deal with Amazon Web Services, building on its hybrid cloud strategy Amazon Web Services will start out the new year with an expanded cloud commitment from Comcast Cable to deploy new… Read More
Smartsheet makes first acquisition, buys Converse.AI to integrate voice assistants and AI into workflow automation Smartsheet is making its first acquisition ever as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company aims to integrate artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology… Read More
Jama Software acquires Notion, a fellow Portland-based product-development tool maker Portland’s Jama Software has snapped up some new business intelligence technology with the acquisition of Notion, in hopes of adding… Read More
Tech Moves: Concur co-founder Mike Hilton joins Apptentive board; Samsung cloud leader lands at AWS; and more Mike Hilton, the longtime Seattle tech executive best known as the co-founder of expense management company Concur, has signed onto… Read More
Microsoft and Alibaba AI programs beat humans in Stanford reading comprehension test for 1st time Machines can already outplay us in chess, poker and other games, and now they are becoming better readers as well.… Read More
Biologists sniff out another method that microbes use to make methane News brief: Every year, microbes produce hundreds of millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s more potent than… Read More
WeWork to double Seattle footprint in 2018 as co-working giant continues global expansion WeWork this month opened its fifth location in the Seattle area, with a lot more on the way. WeWork will… Read More
Researchers unveil biomaterials that ‘act like autonomous computers’ to deliver drugs Drugs and other treatments can be life-saving, but sometimes those life-saving abilities can also have harmful side effects. Researchers at… Read More
Scientists want future space telescopes to look for risky signs of alien civilizations Global warming and nuclear blasts may be bad for humanity, but astrobiologists say they could be good indicators of the… Read More
JetClosing raises more cash to expand mobile-first real estate closing platform JetClosing is finding traction with its mobile-first real estate closing platform. The Seattle startup just raised another $800,000 via a… Read More
Amazon and Seattle’s NBA dreams: Steve Ballmer on the city’s prospects for bringing back the Sonics Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a unique perspective on Seattle’s chances of bringing back the NBA, as the owner… Read More
Amazon leases 2 more Seattle office buildings, continuing hometown growth as HQ2 looms Amazon has leased two office buildings in its home base neighborhood of South Lake Union, showing yet again that its… Read More
Chart: Here are the U.S. states that attracted the most venture capital in Q4 Looking for venture capital? You better cruise the streets of San Francisco and the boulevards of Silicon Valley. California remains… Read More
Charles Barkley on why we don’t need smart toilets and more tech talk from our CES interview Wipe your own ass, America. That might not be the best campaign slogan if Charles Barkley decides to run for… Read More
Indie survival game ‘The Flame in the Flood’ finds new life on Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch may be the most indie-friendly game console the company has ever released. Every week more and more indie… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 7, 2018 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 7, 2018. Read More
