NASA’s Kepler probe suspends planet hunt to download data as fuel runs near empty News Brief: NASA has hit the pause button on observations by its most prolific planet-hunting probe, the Kepler space telescope,… Read More
Naveen Jain’s Viome raises another $5.5M, triples employee count as it ramps up wellness service Viome, the wellness startup founded by Seattle-based tech entrepreneur Naven Jain, has raised $5.5 million in a new round of… Read More
Grappling with Google Duplex: What happens when our AI assistants suddenly seem more human When I first saw Google’s new Duplex technology, it was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. It’s the kind of technological evolution… Read More
Sonos IPO filing reveals new details of tenuous partnership with potential frenemy Amazon Sonos revealed new details of its delicate detente with competitor and partner Amazon as part the smart speaker maker’s filing… Read More
HTC’s monthly sales plummet 68% in latest sign of trouble for smartphone maker Smartphone and virtual reality headset maker HTC posted its biggest monthly sales decline in two years Friday morning, signaling flagging… Read More
Podcast The best tech of 2018 (so far): Virtual reality, driveable gadgets and cutting-edge AI We’re halfway through 2018, and the year has already given us some super cool technology. Here on Geared Up, we’re… Read More
Researchers find white supremacist propaganda for sale across Amazon marketplace Sellers across Amazon’s marketplace are peddling goods that promote bigotry and violence, according to a new report from two progressive… Read More
How Amazon’s expanding U.S. brick-and-mortar footprint stacks up against other big retailers Amazon’s rapidly growing brick-and-mortar footprint — including a second Amazon Go store opening in Seattle this fall — has already… Read More
Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy Virgin Galactic and a pair of Italian companies today signed a framework agreement aimed at bringing Virgin Galactic’s launch system… Read More
Microsoft Azure CTO: AI and machine learning “are going to transform every industry” Now that the basic appeal of cloud computing has been established — compute and storage resources managed by your vendor… Read More
Elon Musk sends Boring Company and SpaceX experts to Thai cave rescue effort Billionaire techie Elon Musk is sending a team of engineers from SpaceX and the Boring Company to help with the… Read More
Washington regulators want to turn around state’s bad rep on blockchain and cryptocurrency Earlier this year, a blockchain company called Mobius undertook an initial coin offering, an increasingly popular method of tech fundraising,… Read More
Visualizing the cloud: Time-lapse takeaways from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit Visual strategist Guillaume Wiatr has become a mainstay at GeekWire conferences, partnering with us to sketch out drawings and notes… Read More
TLDR Editor’s Picks: The state of the tech economy, from Seattle to Wall Street and beyond This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups… Read More
Scary or reassuring? This vision-free robot can feel its way through dark danger zones Boston Dynamics’ scary-smart robots make use of sophisticated computer vision, but MIT is following a different strategy with its Cheetah… Read More
Ex-Peach execs launch tech-powered escrow startup Modus to make home closing less ‘painful’ Alex Day had already been chatting about getting into real estate with his colleague, Jai Sim, at the lunch delivery… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Get curious about making games; GeekWire’s Playbook series; and more For many people, games are more than just a fun past time. From cutting-edge virtual reality games to some old-fashioned live-action… Read More
Dark mode for Microsoft’s Outlook.com is on the way Many Microsoft products have long supported a “dark mode” to make late night work easier on the eyes, though that… Read More
Boeing and Embraer forge $4.75 billion jet venture to counter Airbus and Bombardier After months of negotiations, Boeing and Brazilian jetmaker Embraer today announced a tentative agreement to form a $4.75 billion joint… Read More
Startup Spotlight: LifeID uses blockchain technology to build secure digital identities Current tools for managing our digital identities are falling short — unless you enjoy maintaining a binder full of passwords… Read More
#SeaHomeless Q&A: GeekWire and The Evergrey want to hear your questions about Seattle homelessness We’re half-way through 2018 and so far in Seattle, the year has been defined by a fierce debate over how… Read More
Even Morgan Stanley’s conservative estimate of the next five years of cloud growth looks pretty good We already know cloud computing is going to be a huge business; that’s why we devoted a full day to… Read More
Happy 4th of July from GeekWire – Fireworks over Lake Union Lots of GeekWire readers checked out our behind-the-scenes tour of the fireworks barge on Lake Union. In case you missed… Read More
Tired of long airport lines? For biometric screening company Clear, frustration is a sales pitch “Skip the lines! No wait times,” yelled the Clear salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport last week. The standard… Read More
Working Geek: After decades at Microsoft, Tammy Savage applies big-picture thinking to startup that connects volunteers When it came to volunteering, Tammy Savage wondered what prevented people from jumping in to help. Was it a failure… Read More
The American Dream: What the U.S. means to immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders Manny Medina was 20 years old when he came to the United States to pursue opportunities in engineering. “For me,… Read More
In wake of Toys ‘R’ Us demise, Amazon reportedly planning new holiday toy catalog Amazon is looking to take advantage of the recent demise of retailer Toys “R” Us with plans to launch a… Read More
Meteorite-hunting ship picks up two promising bits from Pacific Ocean seafloor A research ship has recovered at least two bits of molten rock from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that… Read More
Otto Robotics rebrands as Vivid Robotics, wins $4.9M boost for food automation The stealthy Seattle-based food automation venture formerly known as Otto Robotics has a new name: Vivid Robotics. It also has… Read More
Paul Allen-backed Blokable delivers first unit as part of housing project in Seattle suburb Blokable, the Seattle startup looking to transform how housing is developed, delivered its first unit as part of a larger… Read More
