Articles from 2018 – Page 9 of 161

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Wizards of the Coast enters the esports ring with $10M for Magic: The Gathering tournaments

Games that have been around for more than two decades need to shake things up to stay relevant. That’s exactly… Read More

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Interview: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on privacy, regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are debating how to regulate the tech industry, but the other Washington may beat them to… Read More

Before and after: Nordstrom reboots our geeks as they show up in style for the GeekWire Gala

Lana Neyolova looked at herself in a mirror and twirled. “Why am I an engineer?” she laughed. Kellen Ball sat… Read More

GeekWire Gala highlights: Seattle tech celebrates the holidays in style at our 8th annual event

It was an electric scene at the historic Showbox on Thursday evening as the Seattle community came out in full… Read More

Planning documents give 1st look at Amazon’s Nashville ‘Operations Center of Excellence’ project

Amazon’s plans for a “Operations Center of Excellence” in Nashville are starting to take shape. New plans submitted to Nashville’s… Read More

Expedia sees Google as a continuing threat, but its CEO sets aside calls for regulating the search giant

Expedia is beating the drum that Google is a serious threat to its business — if not an existential one.… Read More

Move over, Elon: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg ‘absolutely’ would go to Mars

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg often says that the first person to set foot on Mars will get there on a… Read More

Study: Global health ecosystem in Washington state is robust and growing, now employs 14,000 people

Washington state’s global health organizations employ more than 14,000 people and contributed about $8.8 billion to the state’s economy in… Read More

Seattle tech scene takes center stage as Microsoft and Amazon become most-valuable companies

Silicon Valley is thought of as the technology capital of the U.S., but it is the Seattle area that now… Read More

More cash for Seattle startups: Local TiE network partners with Bay Area firm to create new fund

More cash is available for Seattle startups and it’s coming from a familiar place. TiE Seattle, a local non-profit startup… Read More

Ably launches pop-up store to bring high-tech innovation to everyday fashion

When most people think about cutting-edge technology, they picture electronics, software, robotics, medicine. Raj Shah thinks fashion. “There is so… Read More

Could ‘1984’ become reality by 2024? Microsoft’s Brad Smith calls for regulation of facial recognition

Microsoft President Brad Smith is optimistic about the potential of facial recognition technology to solve a range of societal issues, like… Read More

DocuSign beats Wall Street expectations, reveals executive and board shuffle

DocuSign beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter and raised its guidance to finish the year, sending its stock… Read More

Showtime’s ‘Halo’ project loses its director, but production will continue

Rupert Wyatt, director on Showtime, Microsoft, and 343 Industries’ TV adaptation of “Halo,” has left the production, citing time conflicts.… Read More

Xbox head Phil Spencer foresees expanded cloud gaming, and more game monetization options

The cloud will increasingly enable you to play the game of your choice on any device of your choice. So… Read More

NASA’s Mars InSight lander snaps selfies galore, including a name check for its fans

One week after landing on the Martian plain of Elysium Planitia, NASA’s InSight lander is on a selfie-snapping spree — and… Read More

Thomson Reuters shuttering Seattle-area office of tech affiliate Legal Tracker as part of broader cuts

Thomson Reuters will close the Bellevue, Wash. headquarters of Legal Tracker, an online billing and analytics affiliate, as part of… Read More

How climate change choked ancient life to death — and why it could happen again

Scientists say rapidly warming oceans played a key role in the world’s biggest mass extinction, 252 million years ago, and… Read More

How startups spend their money: New data shows how burn rates differ by industry and region

After a startup raises venture capital, where does all that money go? What types of services do they purchase? Do… Read More

Stop the presses! WaPo employees tell HuffPo what they think of Amazon, that other Bezos company

Getting Amazon employees to talk candidly about their company isn’t the easiest assignment in journalism. But what if you technically… Read More

Microsoft CEO joins tech leaders at White House summit on emerging technologies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is heading to the nation’s capital for a meeting at the White House Thursday. He’ll be… Read More

Seattle biotech scores $67.5M to treat migraines and Parkinson’s with drugs delivered deep into the nasal cavity

Seattle-based biotech firm Impel NeuroPharma closed its latest round of funding, bringing in $67.5 million to develop treatments for central… Read More

Microsoft confirms Chromium is the future of its browser, and Edge is coming to Windows 7 and 8

Microsoft is giving its Edge to Chromium. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will adopt the Chromium open source project… Read More

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and two other series help lead Amazon to nine Golden Globes nominations

Amazon made another strong showing among the streaming TV pack on Thursday with nine nominations, and it also picked up… Read More

New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’

When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search… Read More

This entrepreneur went from selling cookie dough to running one of Seattle’s fastest-growing startups

It was a normal day for Cole Morgan. The former collegiate quarterback was making the rounds, visiting different high schools… Read More

Bill Gates engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

WTF is wrong with Bill Gates? That was the question, literally, from “The Daily Show” and correspondent Ronny Chieng as… Read More

Amazon is crowdsourcing Alexa’s ability to answer questions, says safeguards will keep out offensive content

Amazon is enlisting customers to help make its digital brain Alexa better at answering questions. The tech giant today unveiled… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere dishes leadership advice and recipes in new #SlowCookerSunday cookbook

All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and… Read More

Amazon X-Ray lets viewers take a deeper dive into shows, as 2018’s most popular are revealed

Some 29 stories above the streets of Seattle, in a faux living room with a picture-perfect view of the Space… Read More