Articles from 2018 – Page 158 of 161

Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos’ ownership

The Washington Post had a good year. The newspaper more than doubled digital subscriptions and grew revenue from digital advertising,… Read More

Gravitational waves get to play a starring role in ‘Black Hole Apocalypse’ on TV

Black holes are the collapsed stars of the show on “Black Hole Apocalypse,” a two-hour “NOVA” presentation that’s premiering Wednesday… Read More

Hey Google, come back later: Search giant’s CES booth unveiling washed out due to heavy rain

LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature spoiled Google’s coming out party at CES, as heavy rains forced the search giant to… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ net worth tops $105 billion as Amazon founder declared richest person in history

Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994 as a small online retailer, has been named the richest person in history,… Read More

Microsoft stops distributing Meltdown/Spectre patches for AMD devices after fixes brick machines

Microsoft has temporarily stopped distributing patches to computers and devices running AMD processors after acknowledging that its Windows security updates… Read More

A new innovation in coffee? Starbucks unveils Blonde Espresso in U.S. with social media blitz

OK, coffee, geeks, here’s some real innovation for you, courtesy of Starbucks. The Seattle coffee giant — caffeinating folks across… Read More

Venture capitalists poured $84 billion into startups in 2017, a massive tally not seen since the dot-com boom

Venture capitalists were busy in 2017, pouring $84 billion into 8,035 companies across the U.S. According to a new report… Read More

Intel brings out former NFL star Tony Romo at CES keynote to tout company’s sports technology

LAS VEGAS — First, it was Deion Sanders and Satya Nadella. Now, it’s Tony Romo and Brian Krzanich. During Intel’s… Read More

Mysterious U.S. government spy satellite believed to be lost after SpaceX launch

Turns out this weekend’s SpaceX mission didn’t go off without a hitch, after all. The secret U.S. government payload —… Read More

In unusual CES statement, Intel CEO addresses Spectre and Meltdown bugs

Just how serious are the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities for Intel? Enough for the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich to divert… Read More

LimeBike rolling out electric bicycles in Seattle, San Francisco and several other cities

The hilly streets of Seattle and San Francisco are often intimidating to would-be cyclists. LimeBike hopes to help them get… Read More

Glowforge debuts materials line for 3D laser printer, announces $70M in total sales

Glowforge is touting a new sales milestone as it debuts a materials line and works to fulfill delayed orders from… Read More

Enterprise cloud company Acumatica expands technology into construction industry

Enterprise cloud software provider Acumatica unveiled a new suite of services Monday designed to help construction companies see and update… Read More

Sony sells 5.9M PS4 consoles worldwide during holidays, tops 73M units to date

Sony says it sold 5.9 million PlayStation 4 game consoles during the holiday shopping season, bringing the total installed base… Read More

Tech giant Baidu chasing AI innovation with new products that utilize ‘the Alexa of China’

LAS VEGAS — Harnessing the power of data generated by a population of 1.38 billion people — 1.1 billion of… Read More

Google to challenge Amazon’s Echo Show through smart-screen partnerships with LG, Sony and others

LAS VEGAS — Google has its answer to the touchscreen-powered Amazon Echo Show. Google announced today that it will bring… Read More

Google continues all-out blitz of CES with new smart speakers, TVs and more featuring Google Assistant

LAS VEGAS — If CES 2017 was the year of Alexa everywhere, the theme of 2018 may ultimately be Google… Read More

Report: Intel creates new group to focus on hardware security amid Meltdown and Spectre fallout

As the public fallout from a 20-year-old design flaw that left Intel processors unprotected continues, the company told employees Monday… Read More

Hi, Bixby! At a CES awash in Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, Samsung goes its own way

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are the ubiquitous technologies at CES this week, with integrations into a wide range of… Read More

A week later, the long-term impact of the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws is starting to become clearer

Cloud users and data center managers began to understand the performance effects of the patches required by the Meltdown/Spectre chip… Read More

Zillow CEO invests in tools that help employees anonymously report sexual harassment

The groundswell of sexual misconduct stories over the past few months has revealed a huge problem that affects institutions from… Read More

Are these LG robots going to take your job? Not anytime soon.

LAS VEGAS — LG Electronics has been experimenting with robots that guide visitors through Incheon Airport in Seoul, but they… Read More

Melinda Gates shares 5 tips for banishing ‘imposter syndrome’

There are some of us who feel confident taking on any job — perhaps even as the highest elected official… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Whatever your job, Imperative wants to help you find purpose in it

If you’ve decided that 2018 is the year for a bold resolution, perhaps for finding your purpose in work, this… Read More

Panasonic bringing Alexa and Google Assistant to in-car ‘infotainment’ systems, with offline capabilities

LAS VEGAS — An overriding theme of CES this year is Amazon’s Alexa versus the Google Assistant, but Panasonic isn’t… Read More

LG bets big on Google Assistant, but still hedging its bets with Amazon

LAS VEGAS — The battle of voice assistant platforms has begun at CES 2018, pitting the Google Assistant versus Amazon’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Microsoft and Valve exec joins clean energy company; Jenni Hogan leaves Tagboard; and more

Monica Harrington has worked in a variety of high-profile roles in the tech industry. She was a senior marketing executive… Read More

Toyota reveals e-Palette, a vision for a futuristic ‘Treasure Truck,’ with Amazon among early partners

LAS VEGAS — Beep beep! Will Amazon’s Treasure Truck have to move to the right to let Toyota’s vision for… Read More

Live from CES: GeekWire grabs In-N-Out as we immerse ourselves at the annual technology expo

LAS VEGAS — Before spending a week in the future, we went old school for our first stop at CES.… Read More

Stratos Genomics raises $20M to commercialize fast DNA sequencing technology

Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing technology has revolutionized medicine in the past ten years. The tech provides the backbone for breakthroughs… Read More