Articles from 2018 – Page 2 of 161

Year in Space: From the Falcon Heavy’s first flight to the solar system’s last frontier

Launches, launches, launches! 2018 was a big year for liftoffs, particularly for SpaceX and its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk. The… Read More

Working Geek: Act-On CEO Kate Johnson on the tech talent upsides of a Portland headquarters

For Act-On Software CEO Kate Johnson, Portland is a perfect fit. She loves her walkable West Coast city that boasts… Read More

Steam’s top sellers of 2018 show “games as a service” isn’t going away anytime soon

One of the big trends in video games over the past couple of years has been the concept of “games… Read More

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Geared Up: Alexa from end to end, a hot-selling Elon Musk keepsake, and more crazy moments of 2018

A voice-activated microwave. A smart toilet. And a flamethrower … not. Those products represent a handful of the highlights for… Read More

Watch: Netflix releases ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ trailer and it’s another dark take on tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM “Relax, don’t do it,” sings Frankie Goes to Hollywood in a new trailer for the Netflix movie event “Black… Read More

John Legere all but confirms T-Mobile TV’s launch will be delayed to 2019, and promises ‘real, live’ 5G

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is outlining how he sees 2019. It’s a vision of 5G, taking on cable and satellite… Read More

Instagram releases major update to feed, users trash it on Twitter and the update disappears

Updated at 8:20 a.m. PT. First, they came for your chronological feed. Now, Instagram appears to be gunning for the… Read More

2019 could be a blockbuster year for tech IPOs as Uber, Lyft, Slack, Airbnb, others prep to go public

Several high-profile U.S. tech companies completed initial public offerings in 2018, from Spotify to Sonos to Smartsheet. But with an… Read More

A virtual-reality virgin finally takes the leap when Portal VR opens its second arcade

BELLEVUE, Wash. — My wife was a VR virgin. Tonia Boyle isn’t exactly a thrill-seeker. Skydiving, bungee jumping and zipline rides… Read More

Online cosmetics retailer Julep lays off 102 employees as parent company files for bankruptcy

Seattle-based online cosmetics retailer Julep is laying off more than 100 employees after its parent company filed for bankruptcy last… Read More

Amazon India faces new e-commerce regulations designed to ‘maintain level playing field’

India is shoring up its e-commerce regulations, announcing expanded rules Wednesday that are likely to hit Amazon in one of… Read More

Ho, ho, Juno! NASA orbiter delivers lots of holiday goodies from Jupiter’s north pole

Santa Claus isn’t the only one bearing gifts from the north pole at this time of year. NASA’s Juno orbiter… Read More

Flight or fright? Action-packed movies top Alaska Airlines’ list of most watched inflight entertainment

Depending on what kind of air traveler you are, the inflight movie entertainment could either serve as a welcome distraction… Read More

Why Filld shut down mobile fueling in Seattle as it wrestles with fire marshals across the country

A few months after launching a pilot in Seattle, mobile fueling startup Filld hit a roadblock. On July 25, the… Read More

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Interview: NYPL’s chief digital officer says public is better off when libraries are ‘risk averse’ about tech

First: It’s not just about digitizing books. That’s the biggest misconception that the public has about the role of digital… Read More

Will rogue AI chatbots emerge in 2019? Here’s what to watch — and listen — for in the new year

“Hello, I’m John. Do you need any assistance today?” asks a pop-up window randomly as you browse a shopping site.… Read More

Amazon reports ‘record-breaking’ holiday season with its own devices selling ‘millions more’

If you bought an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, or Echo as a gift —… Read More

That’s no Moon! How my son and I built our own ‘Death Star,’ and had a ton of fun doing it

In 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising… Read More

A talking ugly Christmas sweater? Check out this Seattle couple’s very geeky creation

When Paul and Cathy Dietz learned they could score free tickets to the GeekWire Gala earlier this month by winning GeekWire’s… Read More

Startup MindAntix empowers kids with creative thinking to keep job-stealing robots at bay

Pronita Mehrotra has a plan for helping kids stay a step or two ahead of the machines and robots that… Read More

How engineers (and astronauts) made Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ trip to the moon possible 50 years ago

It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but… Read More

Analysis: Microsoft, Google, Apple — why is Amazon the lagging tech giant in the classroom?

Is Amazon a sleeping giant of education technology? Or one of its biggest, underreported failures? Those are questions to which… Read More

Amazon reportedly balks at SEC request for more details about Prime memberships

For the first time earlier this year, Amazon announced that its popular Prime membership program had topped 100 million accounts worldwide.… Read More

Former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan will take over Pentagon after his boss quits

President Donald Trump says Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, will take charge of the Pentagon on… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 16, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 16, 2018. Read More

After four delays, SpaceX launches Air Force’s first next-gen GPS III satellite

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a next-generation GPS satellite into orbit today for the U.S. Air Force, marking a couple… Read More

Bill Gates delivers another epic Secret Santa gift to lucky Reddit user, with help from Hank Green

Bill Gates is getting pretty good at this Secret Santa thing. The Microsoft co-founder delivered another epic box of gifts… Read More

Stop mousing around: I tested a ridiculous number of computer mice, and this was the clear winner

Honestly, I don’t know what got into me. My old, blue Logitech mouse was showing its age. The scroll wheel… Read More

Trump signs legislation to boost quantum computing research with $1.2 billion

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation ramping up quantum computing research and development. The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R.… Read More

Working Geek: ConDati co-founder and chief marketer Linh Ho reminds us to dream big

Linh Ho has some cool ideas, some bigger and some smaller, some realized and some still just dreams. One was… Read More