This year, there’ll be empty spaces at the table for Thanksgiving on space station Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for big gatherings around the dinner table, but this year’s feast on the International Space… Read More
All systems go for Mars InSight landing: Here’s how to watch online and in person After a 300 million-mile, six-month interplanetary cruise, NASA’s Mars InSight robotic lander is heading for a plain-vanilla arrival at the… Read More
New interactive climate tool reveals temperature and rainfall changes in your own backyard (or close to it) When I opened a new online tool for mapping changing temperatures, snow pack and rainfall across the Pacific Northwest, I… Read More
Slowly but surely, the internet of things is rewriting the Farmers’ Almanac as agriculture connects One of the first industries to grasp the potential of the internet of things was agriculture, where changing weather and… Read More
As Zillow stock slumps, co-founder Rich Barton doubles down Zillow Group’s stock has dropped more than 30 percent in the last two weeks, but co-founder Rich Barton is betting big… Read More
As it gears up for re:Invent 2018, Amazon Web Services rolls out several new features that apparently didn’t make the keynotes Improvements to its SageMaker machine-learning tool and new scaling options for cloud computing customers were among the new features rolled… Read More
Ganaz raises $2.1M to grow app connecting farmers with seasonal workers For over a year, Hannah Freeman has dedicated her life to solving a big pain point for farmers and workers:… Read More
Table for one? Solo dining booths designed to tune out hectic world at New York ramen bar So much for this survey about more people craving face-to-face interaction in the digital age. A ramen bar in New… Read More
‘Technical error’ exposes Amazon customer names and email addresses, company says issue is fixed Some Amazon customers had their names and emails “inadvertently disclosed” by the tech giant’s website due to a “technical error.”… Read More
Shopping securely: How to take the ‘Black Hat’ out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday Perhaps you’ve had your eye on that new 4K, HDR, 80-inch TV or you’ve been looking for a deal on… Read More
Two years after $500M acquisition, online jeweler Blue Nile eyes eventual return to public markets In the two years since Blue Nile sold to Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC for $500 million… Read More
Exoplanet climate analysis pinpoints best place to live in TRAPPIST-1 star system If you had to pick a place to set up shop amid the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 star system,… Read More
Amazon releases new tools to help device makers build Alexa into bluetooth products Amazon just made it easier for makers of bluetooth devices such as headsets and smart watches to build in the… Read More
Tech apprenticeship program Apprenti graduates its 1st class, sending workers to Microsoft, Amazon and others Tyler Walser needed a new direction. A born and bred Seattleite, Walser’s studies and career have taken him to a… Read More
NASA reviews safety at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smokes pot on video NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its… Read More
Seattle Genetics drug rides FDA fast-track to the front lines in fight against rare form of cancer Seattle Genetics’ star cancer drug Adcetris has won Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of a fast-growing type of… Read More
Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More
Analysis: Amazon reaches $1 trillion in cumulative revenue at record pace for tech industry Add this to the list of things Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: $1 trillion… Read More
Real human interaction still preferred over texting, email and social media, according to survey For every electronic device or method we use as humans, in an effort to communicate with other humans, the desire… Read More
Amazon reportedly bids for Disney’s regional sports networks being sold as part of Fox deal Amazon is bidding for Disney’s 22 regional sports networks picked up as part of the acquisition of major chunks of… Read More
Jeff Bezos awards $97.5M to the first round of recipients of his Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Jeff Bezos this morning announced the 24 organizations from across the country that will receive a share of $97.5 million… Read More
Want to work at Amazon? Former ‘Bar Raiser’ launches startup to prepare candidates for tech giant’s grueling interview process In his five years at Amazon, Nick Dimitrov learned a thing or two about what it takes to interview stronger… Read More
Boeing and SparkCognition launch SkyGrid venture to build software for air mobility Four months after announcing that they were linking up to create a traffic management system for drones, Boeing and SparkCognition… Read More
Goodbye, BFR … hello, Starship: Elon Musk gives a classic name to his Mars spaceship First it was the Mars Colonial Transporter, or MCT … then it was the Interplanetary Transport System, or ITS …… Read More
Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the… Read More
T-Mobile unveils plans for $160M dramatic refresh of its headquarters campus T-Mobile today unveiled plans for a major renovation project that the company says will transform its Bellevue, Wash. headquarters and… Read More
Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’ Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to… Read More
Democracy Live raises $4.5M to grow cloud-based ballot platform Nov. 6 was a big day for Seattle startup Democracy Live. While the company was busy deploying cloud-based ballots and… Read More
NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover One week before the next Mars mission is due to land, NASA has chosen the landing site for its next next… Read More
Microsoft acquires FSLogix to bolster virtual desktop capabilities in Office 365 Microsoft has acquired FSLogix, an Atlanta-based company that cuts down on the effort of setting up virtual desktops for large… Read More
