Articles from 2018

Japan’s ispace strikes deal with SpaceX for launches to the moon in 2020 and 2021

SpaceX has been signed up to provide rides to the moon for a pair of payloads built by ispace, a… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures lists seven new investments

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion energy innovation fund spearheaded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has revealed seven more companies… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name

Today’s featured stories Green Bay Packers and Microsoft win domain name fight after family sought cash, tickets and tablets Amazon… Read More

Tech Moves: REI names tech vet as first chief digital officer; new CEO at Element Data; and more

REI is hoping technology can play a bigger role in better connecting people to the outdoors. The Seattle co-op announced… Read More

Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items

Amazon unveiled its newest brick and mortar store concept, Amazon 4-star, which stocks items with a rating above four stars… Read More

Here’s everything Facebook announced at its Oculus Connect virtual reality event

A new virtual reality headset, the $399 Oculus Quest, headlined the fifth edition of the Oculus Connect event in San… Read More

Photos: Inside look at the University of Washington’s new computer science building

More than 20 months after construction commenced, the University of Washington’s new computer science building is nearing completion. GeekWire took… Read More

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in… Read More

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

Uber expanding Seattle engineering office, scooping up space with room for 750 people

Ride-hailing giant Uber is expanding its engineering office in Seattle to fit up to 750 people, which is more than… Read More

Amazon invests in homebuilding startup, continues foray into the smart home

Amazon’s march into the smart home continued this week with an investment in Plant Prefab, a Rialto, Calif.-based startup that… Read More

After getting $1B from Amazon, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gets another knock from ‘Shark Tank’

“Shark Tank” investors didn’t bite five years ago when Ring founder Jamie Siminoff pitched his video doorbell on the popular… Read More

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More

Facebook unveils standalone $399 Oculus Quest virtual reality headset, shipping next spring

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s next big virtual reality release, the $399 Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest is the… Read More

New Alexa skill from Seattle and Boston children’s hospitals takes on flu season

Kids already have a lot of AI friends to chat with, whether they’re asking Siri to play their favorite song… Read More

New Seattle-based VC firm aims to help startups bridge gap between seed and Series A rounds

As Series A investment rounds continue to get bigger and bigger, Mike Self and Devin Wade see opportunity to fill… Read More

iSpot raises $30M to accelerate growth of TV advertisement analytics technology

Seattle-area startup iSpot has raised more cash to fuel growth of its technology platform that measures TV advertisement performance. The… Read More

Microsoft employees say goodbye to original buildings as massive campus refresh rolls on

Microsoft staff are beginning their building farewells as the company prepares for a major overhaul of its Redmond, Wash. headquarters… Read More

Cloudflare enlists Microsoft and other cloud companies in the Bandwidth Alliance, promising cheaper cloud networking costs

With one notable exception, Cloudflare has brought several major cloud and data center companies together in a new industry group… Read More

Japan’s ispace strikes deal with SpaceX for launches to the moon in 2020 and 2021

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures lists seven new investments

TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name

Tech Moves: REI names tech vet as first chief digital officer; new CEO at Element Data; and more

Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items

Here’s everything Facebook announced at its Oculus Connect virtual reality event

Photos: Inside look at the University of Washington’s new computer science building

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Uber expanding Seattle engineering office, scooping up space with room for 750 people

Amazon invests in homebuilding startup, continues foray into the smart home

After getting $1B from Amazon, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gets another knock from ‘Shark Tank’

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Facebook unveils standalone $399 Oculus Quest virtual reality headset, shipping next spring

New Alexa skill from Seattle and Boston children’s hospitals takes on flu season

New Seattle-based VC firm aims to help startups bridge gap between seed and Series A rounds

iSpot raises $30M to accelerate growth of TV advertisement analytics technology

Microsoft employees say goodbye to original buildings as massive campus refresh rolls on

Cloudflare enlists Microsoft and other cloud companies in the Bandwidth Alliance, promising cheaper cloud networking costs

100th launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket sends a pair of telecom satellites into orbit

Amazon sues over malicious ads, alleging a ‘sophisticated and widespread’ scheme to deceive consumers

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

TLDR: Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the company

Microsoft adds Xbox One keyboard and mouse support, partners with hardware maker Razer

Startup MyPeopleNow features some of the oddest ‘odd job’ services that you can imagine

Green Bay Packers and Microsoft win domain name fight after family sought cash, tickets and tablets

Internal memo: Big Fish Games cutting 15% of its workforce, including key executives

Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

Alexa, who has the best pitch? GeekWire teams up with VC firm for Amazon Alexa Accelerator prize

Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation