Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 20, 2019.
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Amazon ‘surprised’ after Pentagon awards coveted $10 billion JEDI cloud contract to rival Microsoft
The Department of Defense announced Friday it is awarding the coveted $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the military’s war cloud to Microsoft. … Read More
Univ. of Washington computer science experts raise $3.9M for machine learning startup OctoML
A group of all-star computer scientists is behind OctoML, a new University of Washington spinout that aims to help companies deploy machine learning models on various hardware configurations. … Read More
Buzz Aldrin shares latest moonshot vision: No to NASA’s Gateway, but yes to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin says there’s no need for the lunar-orbiting Gateway outpost that plays a key role in NASA’s vision to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. … Read More
Microsoft: ‘We are proud that we are an integral partner’ of DoD after winning $10B JEDI contract
Microsoft finally issued a statement after the Department of Defense announced late Friday that it awarded a $10 billion cloud contract to the Redmond, Wash.-based company. … Read More
Testing Microsoft’s Project xCloud: New streaming service feels like a magic trick
Microsoft’s Project xCloud has gone live. … Read More
University of Washington once again named world’s most innovative public university
For the third year in a row, the University of Washington has won the title of the world’s most innovative public university, according to an annual ranking by Reuters and Clarivate Analytics. … Read More
Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ computing feat earns respect — even from Microsoft
Word that a Google-led team of researchers had achieved “quantum supremacy” with a new type of computer chip leaked out weeks ago, but today’s publication of the team’s study in the journal Nature gave outsiders their first good look at what was done. … Read More
How Microsoft learned to tell compelling stories: Tech giant shares its secrets in new handbook
The 2012 publication of the New York Times multimedia story “Snow Fall,” about a deadly avalanche earlier that year in Steven Pass, Wash., was a watershed moment for Steve Clayton and Steve Wiens, two Microsoft employees looking to tell better stories about the innovations at their company. … Read More
Microsoft to host Seattle summit on high-speed rail connecting Pacific Northwest cities
High-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest has long been a dream of Microsoft and the tech giant is accelerating efforts to make that dream a reality. … Read More
SAP and Microsoft team up on 3-year cloud deal, strengthening relationship between tech giants
SAP and Microsoft struck a three-year partnership to help companies move their data to the cloud, a move that tightens the already close relationship between the two tech giants. … Read More