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Articles from 2018

F5 Networks cutting 230 jobs, 5 percent of workforce, as it continues cloud transition

F5 Networks announced a round of job cuts Wednesday as part of its third quarter earnings, as it continues to… Read More

Marketing vet Shauna Causey joins Madrona Venture Labs, heads up new kids clothing startup

Long-time Seattle marketing veteran Shauna Causey has joined Madrona Venture Labs. Causey will become a partner at the startup studio… Read More

F5 Networks bests Wall Street expectations, posting $542M in revenue amid cloud shift

F5 Networks beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter as the company continues to transition its business to focus… Read More

Facebook shares sink 8% as Q2 revenue and user growth miss analyst estimates

Update: Facebook lost around $120 billion in market value on Thursday following its disappointing earnings. Facebook missed quarterly revenue expectations… Read More

Internet littered with cat poop headlines after study links parasite to entrepreneurial drive in humans

My aversion to scooping poop out of my cat’s litter box could be preventing me from realizing my career potential!… Read More

Amazon pays $1.5M to fund more public bus service around its Seattle HQ

Amazon is paying $1.5 million to fund increased public bus service around its Seattle headquarters in South Lake Union. The… Read More

The case for Amazon HQ2 in Toronto gets stronger amid Trump attacks and tech boom

Amid a steady drumbeat of attacks from President Trump that probably don’t make Amazon feel particularly loyal to the leader… Read More

AI-powered robotic hand takes top prize at Microsoft Imagine Cup student competition

Confetti littered the stage as one lucky team raised the cup. No, it wasn’t the World Cup, or the NBA… Read More

Seattle police join lip-sync video challenge with cameo-filled version of Macklemore’s ‘Downtown’

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they sing for you? From the top of the… Read More

Cast your vote: Which of these reader questions about homelessness do you want us to answer?

Homelessness is a complex, thorny, and heartbreaking crisis that all of us are trying to better understand. A few weeks… Read More

Google rolls out Gmail redesign to G Suite customers, plus new Google Voice beta

A few months after unveiling a new design for Gmail, Google is ready to roll that out to G Suite… Read More

Google adds machine-learning capabilities to its BigQuery cloud data warehouse

Google’s history of machine-learning research increasingly informs its cloud product development strategy, and it introduced a preview of machine-learning capabilities… Read More

How Google is turning its own difficult security lessons into tools for its cloud customers

If you have been one of the biggest tech companies on the planet for over a decade, a lot of… Read More

Google bolsters edge computing strategy with new version of its TPU AI chips for edge devices

Now that the internet of things is really a thing, Google plans to release a version of its machine-learning chips… Read More

Mars Express

Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south pole

Radar readings from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter point to the location of what appears to be a… Read More

An inside look at Create33: Madrona’s new ‘founder center’ attempts to spark Seattle entrepreneurs

Micah Baldwin answers quickly when asked about the vision for Create33, a new “founder center” opening next month on the… Read More

Iridium satellite deployment

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent 10 more Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites into space today from a fogged-in California pad, then… Read More

Ignition’s John Connors: Seattle is becoming the most important tech market behind Silicon Valley

Seattle’s tech scene has a lot of mojo going on right now. That’s the word from John Connors, managing partner… Read More

Jill Tarter

Scientists come up with revised ‘Rio scale’ to rate claims of extraterrestrial contact

For almost 60 years, efforts to pick up signs of extraterrestrial civilizations have yielded a big fat zero, but there… Read More

TLDR: New Xbox consoles, how to save money on housing, Nest doorbell cam captures unwelcome visitor

Today’s featured stories Microsoft reportedly building two new Xbox consoles, including a lower-priced streaming device Zillow analysis finds Seattle among… Read More

Electron ion collider concept

Expert panel calls for U.S. to move ahead with construction of electron ion collider

News Brief: A report from the National Academies endorses the idea of building a large-scale electron ion collider to probe… Read More

Jay Inslee on automation and AI

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee voices concern over impact of AI and automation on jobs

News Brief: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the coming age of wider automation and smarter artificial intelligence will require upgrades… Read More

‘Brain gain’ helps Seattle land title of second best North American tech market

Seattle is the second strongest tech market in the U.S. and Canada, thanks to its growing population of young, brainy… Read More

Facebook to end ad targeting that excludes ethnicities and religions in deal with Washington State AG

Facebook has agreed to stop allowing third-party advertisers to exclude ethnic and religious groups when targeting ads for housing, credit,… Read More

Network monitoring giant Gigamon acquires Seattle security startup ICEBRG

Gigamon has acquired Seattle startup ICEBRG to strengthen its networking and security technology. Gigamon, previously a publicly-traded company that was… Read More

Google’s serverless computing strategy starts to take shape as it chases Amazon Web Services and Microsoft

While Google’s cloud business enjoyed some natural advantages as containerized applications became popular over the last few years, things are… Read More

Tech Moves: Google director moves to Facebook; Amperity adds first chief revenue officer; and more

Former Google director Darcy Nothnagle has started a new role at Facebook, GeekWire has learned. Facebook confirmed Nothnagle’s new role… Read More

Echo 5G unit

The signal is inside the building! Pivotal Commware demonstrates 5G wireless link

Pivotal Commware, the Kirkland, Wash.-based startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s demonstrated its solution to a wireless… Read More

Redfin compete score

Redfin’s new ‘Compete Score’ ranks markets based on competition for homes and Seattle is toughest

Redfin has launched a new feature called Compete Score to help home buyers better understand what they’re up against when… Read More

Stealthy Carewave Medical raises cash for pain relief device using ‘Pulsed Heat Technology’

Carewave Medical, a stealth mode startup backed by big names in Seattle’s biotech industry, has raised just over $3 million… Read More

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