Articles from 2018 – Page 65 of 161

Tech Moves: Nohla Therapeutics hires chief medical officer; Apptio adds to board; and more

Seattle biotech startup Nohla Therapeutics has an ambitious goal: Make umbilical stem cell transplants, currently a rare procedure, the new… Read More

Ofo officially shutting down in Seattle after $250K bikeshare fee passes

Ofo confirmed it will shut down operation in Seattle Monday afternoon after the city adopted a new $250,000 annual fee… Read More

Seattle adopts 250K annual fee for bikeshare companies that could pump the brakes on the new mobility service

Seattle approved a new $250,000 annual fee for dockless bikeshare companies that want to operate in the city Monday in… Read More

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene on wane of cloud pricing wars: “You never want to win on price”

After years of precipitous declines in the price of cloud computing, things seem to be stabilizing, and Google Cloud CEO… Read More

Washington leads multi-state lawsuit against Trump admin over 3D printed guns

Washington is leading a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration over its plan to allow the online distribution of guides… Read More

Amazon canceling Echo Spot orders after Alexa device was briefly offered for free

This story has been updated with comments from Amazon. Shoppers were thrilled over the weekend when one of Amazon’s newest… Read More

Interview: How Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene is navigating the tricky world of cloud-based AI

It has been a weird year for Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene. Just as the company’s cloud-computing division has started… Read More

Steth IO raises $1.23M to expand smartphone-based intelligent stethoscope to new markets

StratoScientific, the Seattle-based startup that makes the Steth IO smart stethoscope, has raised $1.23 million to expand the use of… Read More

With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance

T-Mobile and Nokia have formed a new $3.5 billion partnership to speed up deployment of a next-generation nationwide 5G wireless… Read More

Ofo prematurely tells Seattle riders it’s shutting down but future in the city remains uncertain

On Friday, Ofo sent emails to Seattle riders announcing plans to shut down its bikeshare program in the city. But… Read More

‘Magic: The Gathering – Arena’ faithfully replicates everything about the card game, good and bad

Here’s my history with Magic: The Gathering: I played it compulsively about 20 years ago, until I ran into That… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 22, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 22, 2018. Read More

How Paul Brainerd’s extraordinary career went from revolutionizing publishing to empowering enviros

The sale in 1994 of Seattle’s Aldus to Adobe for $525 million didn’t end Paul Brainerd’s entrepreneurial run. It just… Read More

‘I wouldn’t have been homeless if I had benefits.’ Gig economy workers demand better protections

Of the six workers who gathered to share their experiences in the gig economy at a Seattle event last week,… Read More

HyperSciences wins support for ram accelerator from NASA, Shell — and from crowdfunding

Things are looking up, and looking down, for HyperSciences Inc. Either way, that’s good news for the four-year-old hypersonic startup… Read More

More than paint on a wall: Hands-on with VR and AR in art museums from Chicago to Seattle

The stereotypical stuffy art museum experience is a thing of the past. At least, it can be if you don’t… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: A reckoning for Facebook and the life-changing tech of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

Facebook settled a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson this week, and as part of the deal, the company… Read More

Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount Rainier

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Warm weather, clear skies and a full moon brought me out in search of… Read More

LinkedIn adds voicemail feature to messaging, for some reason

Just in case you wanted a second voicemail box to fill up with messages you tell yourself you’re going to… Read More

Chinese bikeshare company Ofo is shutting down in Seattle amid widespread US layoffs

Updated July 29: Ofo communications lead Taylor Bennett shared the following statement with GeekWire Sunday: Because the emails were sent to… Read More

Amazon challenges ACLU study on facial recognition tech and police

Amazon defended the law enforcement use cases for its facial recognition technology Friday in an effort to throw water on… Read More

Geek of the Week: Travis Gaertner takes on a new sport in another push for Paralympic gold

As a kid growing up in Canada, Travis Gaertner would push his wheelchair through mounds of snow as a training… Read More

Working Geek: Skilljar CEO Sandi Lin taps insights from Amazon to help run her startup

Sandi Lin left Amazon five years ago to launch her own startup, but her experience at the retail and cloud… Read More

GeekWire Picks: Nonprofit AI2 seeks product manager for academic search engine

Scientists at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence get to work on some cool projects. One of those projects, Semantic… Read More

Nintendo doubles down on Labo cardboard kits with new editions for cars, planes and submarines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6QzU8NXFI Nintendo has always marched to the beat of its own drum among gaming giants and nowhere is that more… Read More

Twitter reports drop in active users as it purges fake accounts — spooking investors despite strong financials

Twitter reported record profits and exceeded expectations for revenue in the second quarter, but a drop in user count due… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Early-bird tickets on sale, CEOs of Boeing, Ring and Gates Foundation highlight agenda

The GeekWire Summit — our biggest event of the year — is coming up Oct. 1-3 in Seattle, and we’ve… Read More

Immigration activists deliver 300K signatures to Microsoft HQ demanding an end to ICE contract

A coalition of advocacy groups delivered a petition with more than 300,000 signatures to Microsoft’s Redmond campus Thursday. The signatories… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Profitable ad automation startup focuses on product development, not VC funding

A lot of businesses outsource to cut costs. But the CEO of Seattle-based startup Advangelists says that keeping all of… Read More

It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see online

It’s no hoax: Mars is bigger and brighter in the night sky than it’s been at any time since 2003.… Read More