Articles from 2018 – Page 160 of 161

Bill Gates brings his optimistic viewpoint as first guest editor in TIME magazine’s 94 years

Bill Gates is a big-time reader, as we’ve previously noted. But this week we get to see what kind… Read More

CES 2018 preview: Amazon in the spotlight again as it aims to get Alexa everywhere

Many of today’s most valuable tech companies — Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, etc. — don’t make a big splash at… Read More

Critical Informatics raises $1.1M to expand cybersecurity platform that blends human expertise and software

As cybersecurity breaches continue to pile up, a Seattle area startup says it knows what the problem is: too much… Read More

Listen to this tattoo: Woman’s viral video shows waveform ink featuring voicemail from her grandma

A young woman using social media to show off her new tattoo sounds like a story that could have been… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg makes fixing Facebook’s most controversial problems his ‘personal challenge’ for 2018

Facebook’s image suffered some serious blows in 2017. So rather than wear a tie everyday or learn a complex foreign… Read More

Nintendo: Switch is fastest-selling game console ever in U.S., with 4.8M units sold in 10 months

No home video game console has sold more units in the U.S. in its first 10 months than the Nintendo… Read More

Microsoft partners with Adaptive Biotech on AI-driven blood test to diagnose dozens of diseases at once

The human immune system is incredibly complex and incredibly smart. Your immune system knows when you’re getting sick, sometimes days,… Read More

Report: Snowflake Computing poised to raise a second massive funding round in less than a year

Cloud data-warehousing company Snowflake Computing is about to raise a $270 million Series E funding round that would catapult the… Read More

Intel, cloud vendors shed more light on two major chip security issues that emerged this week

Hours after reports spread about design flaws in Intel processors that could have compromised an enormous number of computers, the… Read More

Volvo drivers in Seattle can get their cars fueled up or washed down thanks to new Concierge app

Seattle drivers love their Volvos — perhaps especially so when the cars are clean and full of gas. Now the… Read More

Colorado governor wants Amazon HQ2 but not enough to offer billions in incentives

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper doesn’t think Amazon can be bought. On an episode of CNBC’s Power Lunch, he said that… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: iPhone battery scandal, CES preview, and an Echo Spot giveaway

Apple is under fire after the discovery that the company slowed down older phones as their batteries deteriorated. Many customers see… Read More

Updated: Cloud vendors secretly scramble to patch critical flaw in Intel chips, performance hits expected

Update 5:30pm: Intel held a press conference Wednesday afternoon after this was published, and several researchers released a lot more… Read More

Washington AG sues Motel 6 for giving guests’ personal data to immigration authorities

Checking into a Motel 6 in Washington could get undocumented immigrants checked out of the country, according to allegations from state… Read More

Former Microsoft and Amazon exec Brian Valentine takes helm of Wiserg, raises $19.2M for startup that turns food scraps into fertilizer

Wiserg is making a big bet on a big problem for the U.S. — food waste. The startup has built a… Read More

Quadrantid meteors reach their peak, upstaged by a supermoon’s afterglow

News Brief: The good news is that the annual Quadrantid meteor shower is reaching its peak tonight with relatively clear… Read More

IBM sues Expedia, alleging online travel giant built its business on Big Blue’s patents

IBM is suing Expedia, alleging that the popular travel site has for years been infringing on several of its patents,… Read More

Spotify reportedly files for IPO amid new lawsuit

Spotify has confidentially filed for an initial public offering according to an Axios report citing several anonymous sources. The streaming… Read More

Microsoft acquires flash storage pioneer Avere Systems, less than a year after Google investment

Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire Avere Systems, a Pittsburgh-based company that leverages flash storage to optimize the process… Read More

Alien megastructure? Forget about it, weird star’s discoverers say after further study

The astronomers who once speculated that an alien megastructure might be responsible for the weirdly fluctuating light from a distant… Read More

Taking over the world? Amazon will buy Target in 2018, says analyst Gene Munster

Whole Foods could be just the beginning of Amazon’s physical retail ambitions. Gene Munster, co-founder of Loup Ventures and a… Read More

Amazon finally wins a patent for 3-D printing on demand, for pickup or delivery

News Brief: It’s been a long time coming, but today Amazon can say it holds the patent for a retailing… Read More

Why Alexa and Cortana aren’t BFFs yet: Amazon and Microsoft taking longer than expected to integrate voice assistants

A few months ago, Amazon and Microsoft said their respective digital assistants, Alexa and Cortana, would begin talking to each… Read More

OceanGate and Everest Marine complete construction of Titanic sub’s launch pad

Construction work is complete for an essential part of the dive system that’s due to carry scientists and amateur adventurers… Read More

Facebook and Google push deadline to comply with Seattle’s political ad disclosure law

Facebook and Google have asked for more time to respond to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission mandate that the… Read More

Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data

Microsoft believes we are on the cusp of a “sea change” that will set a new standard for big tech… Read More

What is Facebook doing in Microsoft’s backyard? Building purchases point to Oculus expansion

An entity that shares the same infamous address as Facebook — 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, Calif. — has… Read More

New ‘Brotopia’ book goes inside secret drug and sex-fueled parties for Silicon Valley elite

The entrepreneurial environment around Silicon Valley has helped create some of the most impactful and paradigm-shifting companies of our time.… Read More

Amazon’s blended-reality mirror shows you wearing virtual clothes in virtual locales

How would that glitzy cocktail dress look on you when you’re on the dance floor at the GeekWire Gala? Now… Read More

Sorry, Google: We tried Amazon’s YouTube workaround on Fire TV, and it worked great

Who needs a YouTube app? That’s our conclusion after trying Amazon’s workaround to the popular streaming site after Google pulled YouTube… Read More