Articles from 2018 – Page 51 of 161

Online-only voting? Don’t do it, experts say in report on America’s election security

Chastened by Russian interference and hacking attempts in the 2016 election, academic experts on voting technology say electronic voting machines… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Artist in Residence’ builds his cardboard creation — and finds a way to survive in Seattle

Clyde Petersen has spent years on the road as a tour manager for a variety of musical acts. He probably… Read More

Tech Moves: Airbnb hires Groupon CMO, former eBay exec; Moz CPO joins BrandVerity; and more

Just three months after it opened its new Seattle office, Airbnb is making an even stronger bet on the city… Read More

Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears

It has been a year since Amazon surprised and captivated the world by announcing plans to open a second headquarters… Read More

One Seattle company cracks the top 25 in LinkedIn’s new list of most sought-after startups

Outreach is on a roll. The enterprise software startup raised $65 million this spring, announced it was moving into a… Read More

Why this VC thinks augmented reality will enable the ‘second great gold rush in mobile’

Gene Munster, the venture capitalist and former analyst well known for predicting Apple’s success, is bullish about augmented reality. Munster,… Read More

‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One

Xbox owners have another way to control their console: Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft expanded its voice support for Xbox One… Read More

Amazon refreshes Fire HD 8 tablet to add hands-free Alexa integration

Amazon today unveiled the next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet and Fire HD 8 Kids Edition, refreshing the… Read More

Salesforce updates its flagship Sales Cloud software-as-a-service with new features for managers and inside sales reps

Salesforce plans to release some previously announced features and introduce a few new ones Thursday for its Sales Cloud product,… Read More

51 years after discovering pulsars, Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3M Breakthrough Prize

British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell missed out on a share of the Nobel Prize for her part in the discovery… Read More

A tale of two Penny Arcade Expos, on my first time to the show

Why I Hate the Word “Gamer” and You Should Too I’ve been in Washington state for 11 years now, and… Read More

Why this top Amazon exec just placed a bet on a future Seattle NHL franchise

Andy Jassy runs the world’s largest cloud computing business. He also just joined an NHL franchise ownership group trying to… Read More

Tozai Games bringing classic shooter compilation ‘R-Type Dimensions’ to Nintendo Switch and Steam

Tozai Games, publishers of Spelunker and Lode Runner Legacy, announced Wednesday that it’s bringing R-Type Dimensions to the Nintendo Switch and the… Read More

TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

Today’s featured stories Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media Fresh patents served up… Read More

Blue Origin and other aerospace ventures offer ‘Brookie’ fellowships for women

News Brief: The online application window has just opened for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program, which offers paid internships for… Read More

Backstage Capital partners with Microsoft to launch accelerator for underrepresented founders

Backstage Capital continues to push forward on its mission to invest in women, people of color, and LGBT founders. Its… Read More

Watch: Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson airs it out as Alaska Airlines puts his face on a plane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4-Oy8rM478&feature=youtu.be While the focus may return to the ground game during the upcoming Seattle Seahawks football season, quarterback Russell Wilson… Read More

Experts urge NASA to build huge new space telescope to look at alien Earths

NASA should add a large, technologically advanced space telescope to its lineup to capture direct images of Earthlike planets beyond… Read More

Domain name registry Donuts to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

Donuts, a domain name registry based in Kirkland, Wash., has agreed to be acquired by Abry Partners, a private equity… Read More

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The biggest iPhone leak in history? Plus, hands-on with Microsoft’s giant new Xbox controller

The Geared Up Giveaway is back! See the bottom of this post for a chance to win an Xbox Adaptive… Read More

DocuSign quarterly revenue climbs 33% in second quarterly report since IPO

Digital signature giant DocuSign reported $167 million in revenue for the July quarter, up 33 percent, in just its second… Read More

Some Microsoft Azure issues stretch into a second day, as Active Directory and Office 365 stabilize

A series of failures at Microsoft’s San Antonio data centers continued to cause issues for some customers stretching into the… Read More

Another doggone bikeshare bicycle: Ofo reaches peak performance by being left on mountaintop

No one would ever confuse any of the bikeshare bicycles on the streets of Seattle as mountain bikes. But a… Read More

Tech Moves: Xnor.ai taps former Auth0 leader as CEO; Microsoft adds first CVP of retail; and more

Xnor.ai, an AI edge computing startup that spun out from the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence, has tapped former Auth0… Read More

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy joins NHL ownership group aiming to bring pro hockey to Seattle

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has joined the investor group aiming to bring an NHL expansion team to… Read More

Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ to require employers to cover federal aid for workers

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are donating $10 million to With Honor, a cross-partisan, veteran-focused super PAC. The donation,… Read More

Microsoft invests in $30M round for Raytheon robotics spinout Sarcos

Sarcos, a Salt Lake City-based robotics startup that spun out of Raytheon in 2015, today announced a $30 million Series… Read More

Amazon orders 20,000 vans for Delivery Service Partners program, more than quadrupling initial order

Amazon has boosted its order for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans to 20,000 vehicles for its Delivery Service Partner program, up from… Read More

Amazon doubling San Diego presence with new office with room for 500 people

Amazon is expanding its presence in San Diego, scooping up a new 85,000-square-foot office space with room for 500 people.… Read More