Articles from 2023 – Page 30 of 60

Electronic Arts partners with Marvel for new video game studio in Seattle

The next big Marvel Comics video game is being made in Seattle. Electronic Arts (EA) revealed Monday that it’s opened… Read More

Invite-only deals give Amazon Prime Day a new twist, with secretive selection process

Interested in a 75% discount on a 43-inch 4K Amazon Fire TV, or a 15% price cut on a Motorola… Read More

Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration

Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby. On… Read More

How AI is changing the way scientists engineer drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more

Inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle, senior scientist Bobby Langan shows a video of one of his favorite… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 2, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 2, 2023. Read More

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What generative AI means for cities: Municipal tech leaders face unique workplace and policy issues

If the use of generative AI in the workplace didn’t seem complicated enough already, just consider what it means for… Read More

Seattle-area office market ‘continues to struggle’ with rising vacancies and hybrid work policies

Seattle-area office vacancy rates have more than doubled from pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the ongoing impact of macroeconomic uncertainty and work-from-home… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute for Immunology hires EVP; Microsoft CVP to depart; and more

— Allen Institute for Immunology hired Ananda Goldrath as executive vice president. The University of California San Diego professor of… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on making AI chips, Prime Video spend, speeding up shipping

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy spoke with CNBC for a wide-ranging interview about AI, Prime Video, and more. Here were some… Read More

Forced exit: Startup founders seek M&A deals amid funding slowdown

When Rebekah Bastian set out to raise funding for her startup in April, she had less than two months of… Read More

Founder reflects on lessons learned after closing startup: ‘Jump in, test a lot, don’t quit your day job’

Lalo, a Seattle startup that helped families create digital memorials for loved ones by storing digital content, is shutting down… Read More

Just – Evotec snags DoD award worth up to $75M to develop AI-driven antibody therapeutics

Just – Evotec Biologics won a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense worth up to $75 million to develop… Read More

OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations

Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate says it has suspended exploration and commercial operations following the loss of the company’s Titan submersible and… Read More

Seattle startups among winners in BECU and CoMotion fintech incubator competition

The BECU Fintech Incubator named three companies that won its fifth annual competition, including two from the Seattle region. The… Read More

Amazon now has more than 5,000 electric delivery vehicles in the U.S.

Amazon announced Thursday that it has more than 5,000 Rivian electric delivery vehicles on the road across more than 800… Read More

Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute

Sen. Maria Cantwell and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met Wednesday at the Washington State Space Summit to hash out what’s… Read More

Analyst: Microsoft will join $3 trillion club next year, fueled by ‘AI monetization’

Microsoft will join Apple and hit a $3 trillion valuation by early 2024, according to Dan Ives, an analyst with… Read More

How this publicly traded manufacturing giant is testing generative AI business ideas

In the race to build generative artificial intelligence applications, it can be difficult for larger corporations to keep pace with… Read More

Reality check: Intelligent machines and the future of the automated workforce

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by technology industry veteran Kathy Gill, a writer, web developer and instructor focusing on… Read More

University of Washington researchers develop smaller, cheaper form of LiDAR technology

Devices that move and operate in physical space need sensors to read their environment. One such sensing technology, LiDAR, has… Read More

Startup led by former Seagen CEO Clay Siegall merges with public company in $125M deal

Morphimmune, a biotech company led by former Seagen CEO Clay Siegall, is merging with a public biotech company, Immunome, in… Read More

Book excerpt: The monopoly power of Big Tech, and what Congress can do to correct it

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Winner Takes All: Case Studies in How Online Marketplaces Are Creating Modern Monopolies,… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 25, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 25, 2023. Read More

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Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs

For more than four decades, since the 1980s, pointing and clicking has been the primary method of using a personal… Read More

NLM Photonics' Kevin O'Malley at probe station

NLM Photonics raises $1M from Japanese ventures to boost electro-optic technology

Seattle-based NLM Photonics says it has raised $1 million in new funding to advance commercialization of its hybrid electro-optic modulation… Read More

What we learned from Microsoft vs. the FTC in tech giant’s battle to acquire Activision Blizzard

From the start, Microsoft’s hearing against the US Federal Trade Commission was going to be interesting to anyone who follows… Read More

Bill Nelson announces award to Blue Origin

NASA chief to visit Blue Origin for summit recognizing Seattle’s place in space

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture in Kent, Wash., to get a firsthand look… Read More

Ridwell starts collecting more difficult types of plastic as recycling startup grows to seven states

Ridwell, the Seattle startup that aims to keep more trash out of landfills, is adding more types of plastic to… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

— Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced it added three new venture partners: Loren Alhadeff, Mark Nelson, and… Read More

‘Dungeons & Dragons’-based PC game ‘Baldur’s Gate III’ gets earlier Steam release date

The PC version of the highly anticipated game Baldur’s Gate III will exit Steam Early Access on Aug. 3, almost… Read More