Launches, launches, launches! 2018 was a big year for liftoffs, particularly for SpaceX and its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk. The past year also saw a number of notable trips to… Read More
For Act-On Software CEO Kate Johnson, Portland is a perfect fit. She loves her walkable West Coast city that boasts terrific restaurants and bars, plus plenty of parks for her… Read More
One of the big trends in video games over the past couple of years has been the concept of “games as a service.” Under this sales model, a customer doesn’t… Read More
A voice-activated microwave. A smart toilet. And a flamethrower … not. Those products represent a handful of the highlights for our Geared Up gadget geeks from 2018. On this year-end… Read More
“Relax, don’t do it,” sings Frankie Goes to Hollywood in a new trailer for the Netflix movie event “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” But when it comes to the creepy sci-fi series,… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is outlining how he sees 2019. It’s a vision of 5G, taking on cable and satellite TV, and continued jabs at the company’s mobile competitors —… Read More
Updated at 8:20 a.m. PT. First, they came for your chronological feed. Now, Instagram appears to be gunning for the ability to scroll up. But in the most bizarre update… Read More
Several high-profile U.S. tech companies completed initial public offerings in 2018, from Spotify to Sonos to Smartsheet. But with an increasing number of billion-dollar tech giants readying to test the… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — My wife was a VR virgin. Tonia Boyle isn’t exactly a thrill-seeker. Skydiving, bungee jumping and zipline rides have never been her cup of tea. But when it… Read More
Seattle-based online cosmetics retailer Julep is laying off more than 100 employees after its parent company filed for bankruptcy last week. Julep will cut 102 workers over the next two… Read More
India is shoring up its e-commerce regulations, announcing expanded rules Wednesday that are likely to hit Amazon in one of its most important global markets. The new rules prohibit e-commerce… Read More
Santa Claus isn’t the only one bearing gifts from the north pole at this time of year. NASA’s Juno orbiter also delivered a sackful of presents over the holidays, but… Read More
Depending on what kind of air traveler you are, the inflight movie entertainment could either serve as a welcome distraction during flying or just make matters worse when it comes… Read More
A few months after launching a pilot in Seattle, mobile fueling startup Filld hit a roadblock. On July 25, the Seattle Fire Marshall ordered the company to stop mobile fueling… Read More
First: It’s not just about digitizing books. That’s the biggest misconception that the public has about the role of digital technology in libraries, according to the chief digital officer of… Read More
“Hello, I’m John. Do you need any assistance today?” asks a pop-up window randomly as you browse a shopping site. If you’ve visited an online shopping, product support, or vendor… Read More
If you bought an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, or Echo as a gift — or received one — you’re not alone. Amazon says those… Read More
In 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising seemingly to your waist, and included three floors upon which… Read More
When Paul and Cathy Dietz learned they could score free tickets to the GeekWire Gala earlier this month by winning GeekWire’s ugly sweater contest, the engineers got to work. In just two… Read More
Pronita Mehrotra has a plan for helping kids stay a step or two ahead of the machines and robots that lurk in the wings, ready to make humans obsolete in… Read More
It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but that mission to the moon and back wouldn’t have happened… Read More
Is Amazon a sleeping giant of education technology? Or one of its biggest, underreported failures? Those are questions to which answers have varied, especially in 2018. But now it seems… Read More
For the first time earlier this year, Amazon announced that its popular Prime membership program had topped 100 million accounts worldwide. However, it did not specify the exact number of memberships,… Read More
President Donald Trump says Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, will take charge of the Pentagon on Jan. 1 in the wake of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a next-generation GPS satellite into orbit today for the U.S. Air Force, marking a couple of firsts — as well as a “last.” It’s the first… Read More
Bill Gates is getting pretty good at this Secret Santa thing. The Microsoft co-founder delivered another epic box of gifts to a lucky Reddit user as part of Reddit Gifts, a… Read More
Honestly, I don’t know what got into me. My old, blue Logitech mouse was showing its age. The scroll wheel was creaky. I’d put little round stickers on the bottom… Read More
President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation ramping up quantum computing research and development. The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227) authorizes $1.2 billion over five years for federal activities… Read More
Linh Ho has some cool ideas, some bigger and some smaller, some realized and some still just dreams. One was to create an app to connect kitchen-challenged people like herself… Read More