Articles from 2018 – Page 159 of 161

Smart water venture with ties to University of Washington unveils $850 leak detection device

LAS VEGAS — Phyn, a joint venture between Belkin International and plumbing products giant Uponor that grew out of technology… Read More

Univ. of Washington opens virtual and augmented reality research lab funded by tech giants

Seattle’s virtual and augmented reality scene just got a boost, courtesy of the University of Washington and three tech giants.… Read More

Alexa is coming to PCs: HP, ASUS and Acer bring Amazon’s assistant onto Microsoft Cortana’s turf

Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft’s built-in Cortana voice assistant. Hardware makers HP,… Read More

Amazon, Hulu, Netflix nab Golden Globes as streaming services take on Hollywood incumbents

Streaming companies made progress in their quest to unseat the entertainment industry’s aging kings Sunday, winning several Golden Globes awards.… Read More

SpaceX launches ‘Zuma’ spacecraft with secret U.S. government payload, lands Falcon 9

UPDATED: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this evening, carrying a secretive U.S. government payload… Read More

Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant emerges as key battle of CES 2018

Last year’s big story at CES was the rise of Amazon Alexa as the voice assistant of choice in everything… Read More

Working Geek: Amazon’s Cynthia Williams wants to help female entrepreneurs as leader of marketplace business

Cynthia Williams wants to use Amazon’s massive reach to help small entrepreneurs — particularly women-run businesses. “Women have always worked hard.… Read More

Tune acquires IP assets from Optimob to bolster HasOffers performance marketing platform

Seattle-based marketing company Tune today announced that it acquired the intellectual property assets of Optimob, a marketing automation startup based… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 31, 2017

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 31, 2017. Read More

Startup advice: Beware of the fakes, the phonies and the frauds

Startups are hard because by definition, you’re trying to do something that has never been done before. There is no… Read More

From cryptocurrency to IPOs, 6 venture capitalists make tech predictions for 2018

No one knows for sure what will happen in the technology world this year. But venture capitalists have their finger… Read More

One year later, the F Bomb Breakfast Club has become a haven for female entrepreneurs

Hannah Lidman arrives before 7 a.m. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. She’s an entrepreneur on a mission: Find a technical… Read More

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Week in Geek Podcast: Inside the Motel 6 data privacy case, and Microsoft’s AI health investment

Consumer data privacy breaches are often in the headlines, but this week brought different type of case: Washington state is… Read More

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What are Meltdown and Spectre? GeekWire’s guide to the problems with the world’s computer chips

Meltdown and Spectre. You’ve probably been hearing these terms a lot. These are vulnerabilities discovered in many of the computer… Read More

Three days after Trump’s nuclear button tweet, Twitter defends world leaders and ‘global conversation’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is most certainly used to getting mentioned in tweets on his own platform calling out other… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen entrepreneur Angela Lin aims to get adults to take her and her peers seriously

OK, let’s be serious. This teenager is worth taking seriously — all you have to do is read some of… Read More

Boom with a view: As time-lapse video of Seattle growth goes viral, look at PanoCam’s best shots

The Space Needle is clearly the most iconic building in Seattle’s skyline, and the 56-year-old structure is currently undergoing a… Read More

Here’s why 30 current and former NFL players are headed to the big Consumer Electronics Show

TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: It’s not uncommon to brush shoulders with celebrities roaming around at the big… Read More

Gene therapy startup Immusoft raises $3M, appoints new CEO as it approaches clinical trials

Immusoft is looking to get its gene therapy technology into clinical trials, and the Seattle startup announced Friday that it… Read More

Software as a Service in 2018: Artificial intelligence and new apps are reshaping a key cloud sector

First, the bad news when it comes to Software as a Service in 2018: The market is maturing. Growth is… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Expedia seeks a security-savvy engineer to join its risk and securities group

From the recent spate of data hacks to this week’s revelation of security flaws in major computer processors, cybersecurity is top… Read More

Major bummer: Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ auto-tuned in wrong key is grunge blasphemy

https://vimeo.com/249694026 It’s like a pop anthem for new Seattle. “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana’s angst-ridden song for a 1990s generation… Read More

The internet’s top lobby joins legal crusade against net neutrality repeal

The lobbying group that represents the nation’s biggest tech companies — including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — will play a… Read More

Alexa headphones and smartwatches? New Amazon development kits open digital assistant to more devices

Amazon’s goal of getting Alexa everywhere is taking a step forward today as the retail giant announced two new development… Read More

Amazon will reportedly bid for Premier League soccer streaming rights next month

Amazon is getting serious about streaming the world’s best soccer matches. Bloomberg reported Friday that Amazon will submit a bid… Read More

Are you dumber than a robot? Amazon ‘Turing Test via Failure’ flips CAPTCHA on its head in nod to AI

To err is human. To prove you’re not a computer by making a mistake is divine. That’s the premise of… Read More

Death threats reportedly behind FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s abrupt CES cancelation

Ajit Pai will not be speaking at next week’s massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to an email… Read More

Microsoft and Johnson Controls unveil 1st Cortana-powered smart thermostat with pre-orders in March

Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana will soon show up in another smart gadget. Microsoft and Johnson Controls today debuted a new… Read More

The rapid rise of new Seattle: Time-lapse video shot over 3 years captures city’s massive growth

Here’s the 4-minute video you’ve been waiting for to illustrate why a 4-mile drive in Seattle takes 45 minutes. Ricardo… Read More

A year later, here is where GeekWire’s Daniel Rossi stands in his quest to radically transform his health

For more than a year, Daniel Rossi has been hitting the gym several times a week, boxing, taking long walks,… Read More