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Articles from 2018

Amazon offers Whole Foods drive-up grocery pickup for the first time, starting at two stores

Amazon plans to offer drive-up grocery pickup at Whole Foods Market stores for the first time — the latest integration… Read More

Working Geek: A star in science ed, astrophysicist Dennis Schatz wants to expand minds

Dennis Schatz, president-elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and senior advisor at the Pacific Science Center, draws inspiration… Read More

Salesforce names President and COO Keith Block as co-CEO alongside co-founder Marc Benioff

Salesforce announced late Tuesday that there will now be two sheriffs atop the Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco, now… Read More

What the repeal of net neutrality regulations means for cyber security

COMMENTARY: Security issues aside, the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality pisses me off. I know – that’s an unusual introduction… Read More

TLDR: Buy food and drinks with just a fingerprint, Seattle’s complex history of urban internet access, T-Mobile’s tech truck

Today’s featured stories Seattle sports stadiums all Clear for new biometric security, payments and alcohol ID verification Comcast’s Seattle expansion… Read More

Financially strapped Planetary Resources gets set to auction off equipment at HQ

In a fresh sign of the financial straits facing Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company will be auctioning off hundreds… Read More

Is this Ofo bike graveyard in Dallas a glimpse into Seattle’s future?

Ofo is shutting down in cities across the U.S. and a new photo from Dallas shows just how hazardous speeding… Read More

Image: Elon Musk

Oh, wow, man! Elon Musk’s tweets about taking Tesla private spark a stock spike

Tesla’s stock shot up sharply today after the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla… Read More

Mike Davidson

Mike Davidson, former VP of design at Twitter and founder of Newsvine, takes new role at InVision

After four years as the VP of design at Twitter — and two years on his couch — Mike Davidson is… Read More

3-D metal printer

Boeing HorizonX joins in $12.9M boost for Digital Alloys’ metal 3-D printing tech

Boeing HorizonX says it’s investing in Digital Alloys, a Massachusetts-based startup specializing in metal additive manufacturing, which adds to more… Read More

Comcast’s Seattle expansion highlights complex history of urban internet access

Comcast will start serving two dense and popular Seattle neighborhoods for the first time Aug. 18. The company’s internet and… Read More

How kids quacking at a cartoon duck fuels bigger ideas about voice technology and access

To win the bonus game in Cookie Monster’s Challenge, a player must say “quack” to a small, white cartoon duck… Read More

Zillow shares hammered, stock falls 16% after purchase of Mortgage Lenders of America

Shares of Zillow Group tumbled more than 16 percent on Tuesday, a day after the Seattle online real estate powerhouse… Read More

Downstream raises almost $2M in seed funding to ride the growing Amazon advertising wave

The founders of Downstream are betting that Amazon’s somehow-stealthy surge in advertising revenue will attract lots of brands that need… Read More

Seattle Children’s launches into solid tumor treatments with new CAR T immunotherapy trial

Seattle Children’s Research Institute is launching a clinical trial that will examine a new kind of cancer-fighting treatment. The treatment… Read More

SpaceX launch

SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite and kicks off new round for rocket reusability

SpaceX sent Indonesia’s Merah Putih telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the first reuse of its new-generation Falcon 9 Block… Read More

T-Mobile takes its 5G wireless pitch on a road trip with giant ‘Tech Truck’

The Internet may not be a big truck (it’s a series of tubes of course), but in a way, the… Read More

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

Thomas Zurbuchen

‘Smallsats are big’: NASA official details initiatives to boost tiny science satellites

LOGAN, Utah — NASA is already deep into small-satellite science, but today the space agency’s associate administrator for science signaled that… Read More

Tim Wagner, leader of Amazon Web Services’ Lambda serverless team, moving over to Coinbase

Thanks to its early start, Amazon Web Services is pretty far ahead of its cloud competitors when it comes to… Read More

Clear

Seattle sports stadiums all Clear for new biometric security, payments and alcohol ID verification

The Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC are joining the Mariners in adopting a new biometric screening platform to help… Read More

Bizible beats Snap! Raise to capture crown in third season of Seattle’s IT Sports League softball

Bizible meant business in the third season of Seattle’s IT Sports League. The Seattle startup, which helps marketers manage and… Read More

Zillow acquires Mortgage Lenders of America, posts $325M in Q2 revenue, up 22%

Zillow Group is acquiring Mortgage Lenders of America in its quest to own more of the home buying process. The… Read More

Medium-class small satellite

Aerospace Corp. lays out ‘Launch Unit’ standard for medium small satellites

LOGAN, Utah — Tiny satellites have their own 4-inch CubeSat standard size, and bigger satellites have a size standard as well.… Read More

Looking to reboot digital efforts, Nordstrom taps Edmond Mesrobian as new CTO

Nordstrom is doubling down on its technology efforts, naming Edmond Mesrobian as the retailer’s new chief technology officer. A veteran of… Read More

Tony Reid

A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI

Inside its corporate headquarters in Seattle, Amazon provided NBC’s “Today” show with an exclusive look behind closed doors at the… Read More

Don’t call it a chat app! How Slack is sharpening its focus to compete against Microsoft and others

Slack is facing plenty of competition from some of the biggest tech companies on earth. In fact, Microsoft just recognized… Read More

Spin bike

Will Seattle become a one-bike town? Spin’s future in city uncertain under new ordinance

Last week, Seattle established permanent rules for dockless bikeshare companies but questions remain about the shape this new mobility service… Read More

Satellite deployment

Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch

LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch… Read More

HaloSat

How small satellites tackle big challenges, from orbital manufacturing to exoplanets

LOGAN, Utah — No one has ever built a satellite in space, but thanks in part to a team of students… Read More

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