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Articles from 2023

Livery for X-66A research airplane

Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator… Read More

Microsoft results top expectations thanks to cloud growth; profits jump 20% to $20 billion

Microsoft reported revenue of $56.2 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter, up 8%, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations of $55.47 billion.… Read More

Battery materials company Group14 gets a European foothold via acquisition in Germany

The news: Group14 Technologies, a startup based in Woodinville, Wash., announced Monday it has acquired Germany’s Schmid Silicon Technology Holding… Read More

Blue Alchemist solar cell prototype

NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a… Read More

Amazon and iRobot reduce acquisition price as struggling Roomba maker takes on new debt

Amazon and iRobot have agreed to a 15% reduction in Amazon’s acquisition price to offset a new $200 million loan… Read More

Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby

Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a… Read More

A-Alpha Bio, a biotech startup that measures and predicts protein interactions, raises $22.4M

Seattle biotech startup A-Alpha Bio raised $22.4 million to boost development of its machine learning platform that analyzes protein-protein interactions.… Read More

F5 stock spikes 8% after earnings; CEO cites ‘early signs of demand stabilization’

Shares of F5 were up more than 8% in after-hours trading Monday after the Seattle-based company application security and delivery… Read More

UW researchers develop promising ‘bioplastic’ that can decompose like a banana peel

Plastic trash is everywhere in the environment. Bottles made from fossil fuels litter the side of the road, screw caps… Read More

‘X,’ rated: Twitter’s new branding is called a rip-off and worse as bird goes bye-bye

X now marks the spot where Twitter’s blue birdie used to be, as Elon Musk rebranded the social media company… Read More

All eyes on AI as Microsoft prepares for pivotal earnings report

Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports… Read More

Bandella on stage

Musical astronauts will bring a show that’s completely out of this world to Seattle

Astronauts have been making music in orbit for almost 60 years, but at least some of the members of a… Read More

Slice of gamer life: Xbox cooks up pizza-scented controller for ‘Mutant Ninja Turtles’ fans

Recognizing that nothing goes better together than pizza and video games, Xbox has designed a pizza-scented wireless video game controller… Read More

Inspectify, which sells software for property inspection services, lands $5.7M

Inspectify raised $5.76 million in new funding, helping the Seattle-based home inspection startup roll out new services and develop its… Read More

Hardware review: PowerA challenges Microsoft’s Elite 2 with MOGA XP-Ultra gamepad

If you spend any measurable amount of time with a gamepad in your hand, whether you’re playing on an Xbox,… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 16, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 16, 2023. Read More

Bite of Seattle attendees fed up with food ordering app from tech startup

A mobile ordering system being used at this weekend’s Bite of Seattle food festival is getting critical reviews from attendees… Read More

Amazon is asking some employees to move closer to the office

Doubling down on its efforts to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office, Amazon is asking some workers… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s big bet on the AI economy, and the risks on the road ahead

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft staked its financial claim in the AI gold rush this week, announcing pricing… Read More

GM and Inrix work with City of Redmond to analyze road safety data from onboard systems

City officials in Redmond, Wash., believe participating in a project with General Motors and Kirkland-based Inrix will help them target… Read More

AI’s impact on art and creators: Ethical and legal concerns over ownership, misinformation, and more

The ethical and legal implications surrounding the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds IBM CFO to board; Tencent data science leader joins Seattle startup

—T-Mobile announced Thursday that IBM CFO James Kavanaugh joined its board of directors. Kavanaugh joined IBM nearly three decades ago… Read More

Illustration: Amazon Project Kuiper satellite processing facility

Amazon’s Project Kuiper will build $120M satellite processing facility in Florida

Construction is underway for a $120 million facility in Florida that will process Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites for launch —… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, other tech companies make commitment with White House for responsible AI

A group of seven tech companies made a series of voluntary commitments with the White House to develop AI responsibly… Read More

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Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That… Read More

Ex-Blue Origin engineer launches social club and gear rental platform for outdoor enthusiasts

A new indoor space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood aims to get more people outdoors. To do so, Gearhouse is… Read More

Affini-T Therapeutics shutting down Seattle lab

Affini-T Therapeutics, a cell therapy company spun out of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that aims to treat solid tumors, is… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout raises cash to help game developers with AI-powered tools

Charmed, a Seattle startup that specializes in creating AI-powered video game development tools, raised $400,000 from Madrona Venture Labs. The… Read More

Amazon to expand palm recognition technology to all 500+ U.S. Whole Foods stores

Amazon says it will roll out its biometric palm-recognition technology to its more than 500 Whole Foods Markets stores in… Read More

Next-gen nuclear reactor company signs deal to build up to 12 reactors in Washington state

X-energy, a company building next-generation nuclear reactors, announced Wednesday that it has an agreement with Energy Northwest to build up… Read More

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