Articles from 2018 – Page 68 of 161

Clinical drug screening startup A-Alpha Bio awarded Small Business Innovation Research grant

A-Alpha Bio, a startup aiming to speed up the development of new drugs, announced Tuesday it has won a… Read More

Why Forbes took down that controversial op-ed calling for Amazon to replace public libraries

Forbes has taken down a head-scratching opinion piece that makes the case for Amazon to take over public libraries after… Read More

OfferUp launches new Autos section focused on buying and selling used cars

OfferUp says nearly 10 percent of all U.S. used car sales happen on its platform, so the company has created… Read More

Google doubles down on the service mesh and hybrid cloud as it kicks off its big cloud event

As Google has committed itself to becoming an enterprise technology vendor, it has followed a path it knows very well… Read More

Google introduces new security tool for G Suite customers that helps identify internal threats

Customers of Google’s G Suite office productivity software will soon be able to access an investigative tool that lets them… Read More

CIDR to merge with Seattle Children’s, creating largest pediatric infectious disease org in the US

Infectious diseases can make anyone sick, but those most at risk are almost always children and families. Despite recent advancements… Read More

Zillow analysis finds Seattle among top cities in U.S. where it pays to move away from urban core

Big tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook have made setting up shop in the heart of Seattle all… Read More

RFP response automation software startup RFPIO raises $25M

RFPIO, a Beaverton, Ore.-based startup that develops request-for-proposal response automation software, has raised a $25 million funding round from K1… Read More

Life on the moon? It could have happened billions of years ago, astrobiologists say

The moon is one of the last places in the solar system you’d expect to find life today, but astrobiologists… Read More

On-demand storage startup and WeWork partner Livible raises $16M to expand nationwide

Seattle-based startup Livible has raised an additional $16 million in funding to fuel a nationwide expansion of its storage service.… Read More

Microsoft reportedly building two new Xbox consoles, including a lower-priced streaming device

Microsoft already said it is working on the next version of its Xbox console. But now a new report reveals… Read More

TLDR: Trump’s false claim about Amazon, teleporting holograms & Imagine Cup, balloon-powered internet service

Today’s featured stories Trump falsely claims Amazon lost Supreme Court tax case in ongoing Washington Post tirade Teleporting holograms, a… Read More

Boeing foresees a doubling in demand for pilots by 2037, and works on ways to fill it

If Boeing is projecting a doubling in the global commercial airplane fleet over the next 20 years, it only makes… Read More

Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors

Target is one of Google Cloud’s newest big customers, furthering a trend of major retailers opting to join up with… Read More

Ding dong … yikes! Nest doorbell camera captures large snake slithering near woman’s front door

You never know who or what is going to show up on the video when an alert comes through from… Read More

Google nearly doubles spending on capital projects as it continues major cloud investment

Google parent Alphabet spent a whopping $5.5 billion on capital expenditures in the most recent quarter, nearly doubling that output… Read More

With new equalizer feature, Amazon Echo devices get bass and treble control

Amazon is giving users more control over their Echo smart speakers with a series of new commands to adjust bass,… Read More

Healthcare services company Remote Medical International acquires UK company as it expands

Remote Medical International, a subsidiary of healthcare conglomerate Columbia Pacific Management, announced Monday that it has acquired Newcastle, England, based company HSE… Read More

Casino’s new gambling app will let users play anywhere for real money, but they can only cash out on site

A casino in Washington state will be the first in the U.S. to deploy a new online gambling app that… Read More

187,000 tweets later, New York Times reporter explains why she’s pulling back from ‘toxic’ Twitter

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman has had enough of the “anger video game.” That’s how she describes what it’s… Read More

Artificial intelligence startup DefinedCrowd raises more cash

DefinedCrowd is raising more investment for its artificial intelligence training platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises across the world. The… Read More

Amazon introduces new ‘Tap to Alexa’ accessibility feature for Echo Show

Amazon has added a new accessibility feature to the touchscreen smart speaker Echo Show to help customers who are deaf… Read More

Trump falsely claims Amazon lost Supreme Court tax case in ongoing Washington Post tirade

President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on the “Amazon Washington Post” Monday morning, this time with a peculiar twist. Trump once… Read More

Amazon and Techstars unveil 9 voice tech startups in the second Alexa accelerator cohort

The Amazon Alexa accelerator today unveiled the nine companies in its second cohort. The startups hail from Seattle to Tel… Read More

As thousands set out to hack for Microsoft, book chronicles two defining projects for accessibility

The idea of a hackathon at any company is to harness the energy and creativity of employees to find new… Read More

WARR wins Hyperloop III pod races — and University of Washington raises its profile

Germany’s WARR Hyperloop team made it to the winner’s circle again today in the latest running of Elon Musk’s university-level… Read More

Engine test anomaly deals setback to Boeing’s plans for Starliner space taxi

Boeing confirms that it experienced an anomaly last month during tests of the engines that would be used on its… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 15, 2018

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 15, 2018. Read More

Improving your golf game: How new tech tools can help sharpen swings and lower scores

Watching the world’s top golfers at The Open Championship at Carnoustie this week, I was struck by a juxtaposition of… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Telstar 19V satellite and lands on drone ship

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executed a textbook launch to put the heavy-duty Telstar 19 Vantage telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight… Read More