FedEx doesn’t see Amazon as a major threat, even as the tech giant plows major resources into expanding its shipping and delivery operations. On a call with investors Tuesday, FedEx… Read More
A Seattle architecture firm is suing the federal government for denying a work visa to one of its employees, an increasingly common practice that has the tech industry reeling. When… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly stays clear of the day-to-day operations of The Washington Post. But for a better understanding of the day-to-day news being produced by the newspaper he… Read More
Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a new deal between the Mariners and the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More
Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published an extensive report on the social giant’s privacy practices, this… Read More
BMW and Daimler are on the verge of combining their urban mobility services after U.S. regulators approved the merger on Tuesday. Originally announced in March, the joint venture will create… Read More
Between its corporate offices, fulfillment centers, Whole Foods stores, and other retail operations, Amazon now employs more than 600,000 people worldwide. That’s more than the entire population of Luxembourg. Similar… Read More
A technology company working with Vulcan Inc. is seeking to install and test an AI-powered scanning system outside the company’s Seattle headquarters building, capable of sensing whether people walking by… Read More
The Boring Company’s hole in the ground in Hawthorne, Calif., got a Hollywood-style debut tonight courtesy of the company’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk. Musk stood just outside a 1.14-mile-long test… Read More
Haiku Deck’s roller coaster startup journey — which included a mobile game featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot and an award-winning presentation app — came to an end on Tuesday as the Seattle… Read More
At some point, it starts to get a little sad. Oracle co-founder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison uncorked another barb at Amazon Web Services Monday following the release of… Read More
The Pacific Northwest is typically in the “bush league” when it comes to tornadoes, but the National Weather Service says a twister hit a grand slam today south of Port… Read More
As it continues to expand around the globe amid reports of a potential acquisition by Uber, transportation startup Lime today touted new metrics that reflect the company’s growing footprint. Lime… Read More
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced that it will induct Microsoft and 343 Industries‘ Bonnie Ross into its Hall of Fame at the next DICE (Design Innovate… Read More
Facebook and Google have settled dual lawsuits with the Washington attorney general over alleged violations of the state’s political advertisement disclosure laws Tuesday, court documents revealed. Each company agreed to pay… Read More
CNBC reported Tuesday that Diego Piacentini, a longtime Amazon executive who took a 2-year hiatus in 2016, will not return to the company. Piacentini spent 16 years at Amazon, most… Read More
Coming out of hugely successful Thanksgiving weekend, Nintendo has now announced the Switch is the fastest-selling game console in the United States of the current generation of consoles. Nintendo Switch… Read More
President Donald Trump today authorized the Pentagon to set up the U.S. Space Command as its own combatant command, in preparation for creating a Space Force as a separate branch… Read More
Pike Street Capital Partners, a new Seattle-based private equity firm, made its first acquisition today, swooping up Seattle-area medical testing company US BioTek. Pike Street launched earlier this year and… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint got approval from U.S. national security organizations for their proposed merger as the deal continues to go through the regulatory wringer. T-Mobile announced the Committee on Foreign Investment in… Read More
More than a dozen Amazon employees are using their power as shareholders to pressure their employer to be more thoughtful and transparent about climate change. The group filed a shareholder… Read More
A pair of trees spring up from a coffee table. Gardens grow out of coffee cups and couch cushions. A miniature island sits in the middle of a living room… Read More
RELATED: Latest game for Magic Leap AR headset gives a taste of device’s potential mass-market appeal In its early days, Magic Leap was the darling of the virtual reality/augmented reality community… Read More
With seed deal size rising, more non-traditional investment vehicles, and an increasing amount of companies going public, the venture capital industry continues to evolve. How will it change in 2019?… Read More
SpaceX is set to raise $500 million in new investment to boost the development of its Starlink internet satellite service, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The funding round sets… Read More
Indeed, the online job search engine, has leased a huge new office space in a flashy new tower under construction in downtown Seattle, continuing its rapid growth in the city.… Read More
Black Pixel, a Seattle-based creative agency that develops apps for ESPN, Twitter, Starbucks, and other top brands, has been acquired by Hypergiant, a Texas-based studio that helps large companies implement… Read More
A new survey released by LinkedIn shows a disconnect between what types of skills the youngest workers think are important to succeed in the workplace, and how employers view those… Read More
Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a year, since opening its first location to the public in Seattle on Jan. 22. Tuesday the… Read More
Astronomers say they’ve discovered the most distant body ever observed in our solar system, a potential dwarf planet that’s about 11 billion miles from the sun. Its nickname? “Farout.” The… Read More