Articles from 2021 – Page 9 of 77

Drivers will face $75 ticket in Seattle as part of camera-enforced effort to keep intersections clear

The City of Seattle plans to use new cameras to monitor traffic around the downtown area and automatically ticket drivers… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

A new company out of the University of Washington launched this week with technology to sense human gestures, body functions… Read More

Data storytelling company Narrative Science will join Tableau via Salesforce acquisition

Narrative Science, the Chicago-based company behind the Lexio data storytelling software, will join Seattle-based data visualization company Tableau Software under… Read More

Broadband, roads, ferries and more — here’s what $1T infrastructure bill means for Washington state

President Biden today signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill which is expected to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to… Read More

Amazon will start reporting COVID case numbers in California to settle AG’s investigation

In a legal settlement described as the first of its kind in the nation, Amazon agreed to disclose the number… Read More

Climate tech execs anticipate market benefits as COP26 summit amplifies role of private sector

The stakes for the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit were incredibly high. The world is already feeling the detrimental impacts… Read More

Xbox surprise: ‘Halo Infinite’ multiplayer debuts; 70+ new backwards-compatible titles revealed

Microsoft released a pre-recorded presentation Monday to mark and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox. As part of… Read More

Jeff Bezos says he’s spending more on his Earth Fund than on Blue Origin space shots

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman… Read More

Segment on union busting from John Oliver rips Amazon and tactics other companies use

Amazon is in the crosshairs again during a new segment on union busting from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”… Read More

Livestreaming report: ‘New World’ hits top 5 on Twitch and ‘virtual YouTubers’ on the rise

Twitch’s audience numbers have begun to tick back up now that summer’s over; “virtual YouTubers” are pulling in surprisingly big… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round for new blockchain gaming startup led by Microsoft vets

A new Seattle startup led by longtime entrepreneur Rahul Sood is combining a flurry of the latest tech trends — NFTs,… Read More

Modumetal founder Christina Lomasney takes tech transfer role at Pacific Northwest National Lab

Christina Lomasney, the co-founder and former CEO of high-tech metal startup Modumetal, has joined The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 7, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 7, 2021. Read More

Shark Tank deal: Founders of prenup company land cash from Mr. Wonderful and Nextdoor founder

Sarabeth Jaffe and Julia Rodgers picked one heck of a way to meet each other for the first time in… Read More

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When algorithms go bad: Zillow, Amazon, Facebook and the pitfalls of rampant automation

The downfall of Zillow’s iBuying business is a reminder of the downsides of relying too much on automation and machine… Read More

BlackSky makes a deal to sell satellite imagery to NASA — and makes its first quarterly report

BlackSky Technology says it has secured a five-year, sole-source blanket purchase agreement with NASA for the use of high-revisit satellite… Read More

Seattle film nonprofit SIFF supports effort to save Cinerama and could run theater with funding help

SIFF, the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama,… Read More

Tech founder who took space trip with William Shatner dies in N.J. plane crash

A month after taking a suborbital space trip alongside Star Trek actor William Shatner, medical-technology entrepreneur Glen de Vries has… Read More

Brooks Sports vs. Brooks Brothers: Menswear maker’s social slogan adds new wrinkle to dispute

Brooks Sports, the Seattle-based athletic footwear and apparel company, is escalating its legal battle against Brooks Brothers by challenging the… Read More

Amazon board member Thomas Ryder to retire after 20-year run

Longtime Amazon board member Thomas Ryder is stepping down effective Dec. 31, the company announced this week. Ryder joined the… Read More

Gene Farrell, Smartsheet exec at center of 2017 Amazon lawsuit, leaving to become fintech CEO

Gene Farrell, Smartsheet‘s chief strategy and product officer, is leaving to become CEO of a financial technology startup, the Bellevue-based… Read More

It’s electric inside Seattle’s auto show: Ford F-150 Lightning, BMW iX and driving Bill Gates’ Porsche

You know progress is being made in the move toward increased production and adoption of electric vehicles when you visit… Read More

Funding news: New crypto firm; a real estate investing platform; hydrogen fuel; B2B marketing

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle-based real estate investment platform Cash Flow Portal… Read More

University of Washington study: Deep learning reveals 3D models of protein machines

A new study peers into the structure of hundreds of protein complexes in cells that control everything from energy use… Read More

Forget porch pirates, our Ring camera captured video of a cat escaping a coyote in Seattle

Hold on to your cats, Seattle. It’s common these days to see viral videos of people pilfering packages from porches,… Read More

How this Seattle startup is helping shift HR diversity efforts from ‘touchy-feely’ to data driven

The news: Seattle startup Included raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round from FlyingFish, SignalFire and Ascend. Putting data in DEI: In the… Read More

New ‘rolling’ investment fund led by Seattle tech vets targets startups capitalizing on 5G

Seattle-area tech veterans Jim Brisimitzis and Kevin Ober are leading a new investment fund targeting startups that go through the 5G Open… Read More

Remitly revenue climbs 69% to $121M in first earnings report as public company

Seattle-based financial services company Remitly issued its first earnings report since its initial public offering, reporting revenue of $121.2 million… Read More

Valve pushes back release of Steam Deck portable gaming PC because of supply chain issues

The launch of Valve Software’s new portable gaming PC, the Steam Deck, has been pushed back two months to February… Read More

Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp announced Melinda Starbird as the company’s first chief people and diversity officer. Starbird previously was VP… Read More