Articles from 2018 – Page 85 of 161

Jeff Bezos teases two new philanthropic causes — and promises the big reveal this summer

After a year of deliberation and thought, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to back two philanthropic initiatives, potentially signaling… Read More

Antarctic ice loss contribution to global sea level

Warming warning: West Antarctic ice loss rate tripled in 25 years, study shows

An analysis of satellite data collected since 1992 suggests that ocean-driven melting has led to a tripling in the rate… Read More

Tech companies are still knocking down myths about container security, but it’s getting better

SAN FRANCISCO – As enterprise companies take up the mantle of “digital transformation,” the modern-day tech marketing moniker for the… Read More

Sleuth solves Puget Sound UFO mystery

Was it an airplane? A missile? An honest-to-goodness unidentified flying object? For a couple of days, a mystery swirled around… Read More

TLDR: Uber could use AI to identify drunk riders, big bets on energy storage, LEGO Seattle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Amazon cancels huge summer picnic and post-holiday party as Seattle employee count swells, plans new post-Prime Day concert

No more post-holiday party or summer picnic for Amazon’s 45,000 employees in Seattle. Amazon has canceled two massive employee celebration… Read More

Blokable aims to solve housing affordability crisis with ‘housing development as a service’ model

Blokable has set its sights on fixing what its leaders deem a broken U.S. housing market. The Seattle startup pulled… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: The best games from E3

E3, the biggest gaming convention in the U.S., started with a bang this week. Geared Up co-host Andru Edwards is… Read More

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employees reunite, raise $2.75M for Fullcast.io to cover back-end work so sales reps can sell more

The co-founders of Fullcast.io knew they wanted to create something together, but they had to wait until the timing was… Read More

Zillow expands new business of buying and selling homes to its second market: Las Vegas

Zillow Group has expanded its new business of directly buying and selling homes to Las Vegas, its second market after kicking… Read More

Opendoor raises $325M as it battles Redfin and Zillow in competitive homebuying and selling market

Opendoor, a San Francisco online marketplace that buys and sells homes, has raised a whopping $325 million to expand to… Read More

Stan Lee, J.K. Rowling among new inductees into Seattle’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame is adding to its roster with four new inductees from across the… Read More

Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million

How much would you pay for a 10-day stay in low Earth orbit? Houston-based Axiom Space has set a $55… Read More

New federated management features could help Docker bolster its pitch as the multicloud container management platform for the modern enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO – The container revolution ushered into place by an earlier version of Docker is here to stay. Now… Read More

One way to grow Seattle’s biotech economy: Start small

Despite some knock-out successes and world-class research, Seattle’s biotechnology industry has remained relatively small compared to other hubs around the… Read More

Monster catfish pulled from Seattle lake by Microsoft employee turns heads in salmon country

It’s not the type of fish you see flying over the display case at Pike Place Market in Seattle. But… Read More

VRstudios raises more cash to expand location-based virtual reality technology across the world

VRstudios has raised more cash as it continues to install virtual reality systems in theme parks, cinemas, family entertainment centers,… Read More

AppViewX names its third CEO in the last year, as former Cedexis CEO Ryan Windham takes over

There’s been a lot of chaos and opportunity in the networking world over the past few years, as companies shift… Read More

Avalara ups IPO target to $198M on stock price of $21 to $23 as it prepares to go public

Avalara plans to raise up to $198 million when it goes public, according to an updated filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More

Marchex co-founder raises $5.5M from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer, others for new video content startup

A husband-wife founding team has raised cash from investors like Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer to build what they hope… Read More

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Microsoft is redesigning Office, making a series of small changes that the company says add up to a simpler and… Read More

Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems, opens new R&D center in Boston area

Tableau Software has acquired Empirical Systems, an eight-person artificial intelligence startup based in Cambridge, Mass., planning to integrate Empirical’s technology… Read More

Salesforce shows off tie-ins with Google Analytics, among new features coming to its Marketing Cloud

Salesforce has seen some of its strongest growth of late from its marketing services, and it plans to roll out… Read More

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

News Brief: NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars has lost touch with its handlers back on Earth, probably due to a… Read More

TLDR: Seattle repeals ‘Amazon Tax,’ AT&T and Time Warner deal approved, the biggest games at E3

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

There was actually a civil, hopeful and energizing meeting at Seattle City Hall: Here’s what many missed

The fireworks were flying Tuesday afternoon at Seattle City Hall. But amid the protest chants, council waffling and constant din… Read More

Amazon says Seattle head tax repeal ‘is the right decision for the region’s economic prosperity’

Whatever bridge existed between Amazon and Seattle government has been slowly burning for weeks as the debate over a new… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures places first bets on power storage

Eighteen months after its founding, the $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund’s first investments have been revealed, and they both… Read More

Seattle repeals head tax 7-2 in dramatic reversal that leaves city divided over homeless crisis

Seattle’s new per-employee tax on large businesses to fund affordable housing is officially dead, bringing an end to one of… Read More