Articles from 2021 – Page 65 of 77

Amazon Kids adds new browser setting control to give children access to more sites

Amazon has added a new browser setting to Amazon Kids that lets parents give their children wider access to the… Read More

After struggling to adopt a child, this founder launched a matchmaking platform for other families

After trying for four years to have their own baby — including spending $70,000 on fertility treatments and suffering three… Read More

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Testing a new COVID-19 test: How T-cells beat antibodies in helping to detect past infections

On a cold, clear weekday morning last month, my quest to figure out whether I had COVID-19 in the early… Read More

Search for software ‘Bliss’: Iconic desktop image from Microsoft’s Windows XP still lures hill seekers

Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the default desktop wallpaper image for Microsoft’s… Read More

Viva la growth? What Microsoft’s bet means for this longtime player in employee experience tech

Microsoft doesn’t bet big on small markets. With more than $150 billion in annual revenue and a market value that… Read More

Father-daughters team launches Chances to attract Gen Z to new type of ‘social relationships app’

At times, while working on his new startup with his two daughters, Rob Lipschutz is either “Rob” or he’s “Dad”… Read More

Hasbro reorganizes to support big growth from ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and ‘Magic: The Gathering’

Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, is reorganizing its business structure in order to continue growing the… Read More

Human genome sequencing rises to the next level of diversity and accuracy

Twenty years after the first human genome sequence was published, an international research team has kicked the sequencing game to… Read More

Former top Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn joins Bessemer Venture Partners

Longtime Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn has joined venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners after stepping down from the Seattle tech… Read More

NASA backs concepts for deep-drilling Mars rover and interstellar-object probe

The latest crop of NASA-backed concepts for far-out space exploration includes “borebots” that could drill as far as a mile… Read More

Amazon entertainment exec Marc Whitten departs, joins Unity as senior vice president

Amazon exec Marc Whitten has left the company to take a position at Unity Technologies in Bellevue, Wash. Whitten joined… Read More

Here’s the first thing President Biden should do to spark entrepreneurship in the U.S.

The most powerful lever President Joe Biden can pull to catalyze entrepreneurship in the U.S. is immigration reform. That’s according… Read More

Seattle investors talk SPACs; pandemic impact on startups; advice for founders; and more

When the pandemic hit last year, tech startups began laying off employees and braced for impact. The outlook was bleak,… Read More

Zillow will use its Zestimate tool to make cash offers for home-buying service

Zillow Group is now using its well-known Zestimate home value estimation tool to make cash offers on homes. It’s part… Read More

In Clubhouse chat, Bill Gates talks bitcoin, iPhone, the pandemic and what he’s binging on Netflix

Bill Gates entered Clubhouse for the first time on Wednesday night, taking his ongoing book tour to the popular invite-only… Read More

After losing launch competition, Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket’s first flight until late 2022

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight… Read More

Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets

Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted $9.1… Read More

Biden signs executive order to investigate semiconductor shortage affecting electronic goods

U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that will start an investigation into critical shortages of various… Read More

‘Halo’ TV show will air in 2022, alongside ‘Star Trek,’ on new Paramount+ streaming service

The long-awaited live-action adaptation of Halo has a new release date, as well as a new network. It’s now scheduled… Read More

Adaptive Biotech revenue up 25%; company launches T-cell test for past COVID-19 infections

Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, which develops technology to sequence the human immune system to diagnose and treat disease, posted revenue of… Read More

Paleontologists use fossilized teeth to flesh out ancient tale of earliest primates

The shapes of fossilized teeth from 65.9 million-year-old, squirrel-like creatures suggest that the branch of the tree of life that… Read More

Redfin beats Q4 earnings estimates with $244M in revenue and record traffic

Redfin beat analyst expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter, reporting revenue of $244.5 million, up 5% year-over-year, and earnings per… Read More

Seattle City Light to turn vacant lot into electric vehicle charging site run by third-party providers

An empty lot near the western edge of Seattle is destined to become a charging site for electric vehicles, according… Read More

Immigration startup Boundless consolidates customer service team; 31 employees affected

Seattle-based startup Boundless laid off four employees and asked 27 workers to relocate to Las Vegas as part of what… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Nithya Kemp’s kind heart guides her tech path, with focus on mental health

Nithya Kemp has always known that she wanted to pursue some kind of career around technology. Her kind heart and… Read More

Fry’s Electronics shutting down all stores, ending 36 years as a big-box stop for tech enthusiasts

Fry’s Electronic’s, the big-box chain that was a longtime, one-stop shop for tech enthusiasts, is shutting down after 36 years… Read More

Amazon donating $15M to Code.org to create AP computer science course with inclusive focus

Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer… Read More

Second Wave: Meet the 11 startups picked for Washington state’s maritime accelerator

The Port of Seattle and non-profit strategic alliance Washington Maritime Blue continue efforts to merge the region’s longstanding maritime heritage… Read More

ChefSteps founder returns to the kitchen with new startup and another high-tech cooking device

Chris Young took the temperature on current kitchen innovation and decided the time was right to get back to the… Read More

LinkedIn is down: ‘An error has occured’ (Update: Resolved)

LinkedIn is down today with a generic “An error has occured” (sic) message. You know it’s not a typical outage… Read More