Articles from 2023 – Page 42 of 60

F5 lays off 623 employees, plans office consolidation to cut more costs

F5 is cutting 9% of its workforce as the application security and delivery giant navigates macroeconomic uncertainty. The layoffs impact… Read More

Illustration: Orion engine firing during lunar flyby

Aerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area

Aerojet Rocketdyne says it’s received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion… Read More

Salesforce aims to shed more than 200K square feet of Tableau office space in Seattle area

Salesforce is putting more than 200,000 square feet of Tableau Software office space in the Seattle region up for sublease.… Read More

Bill Gates: AI will be ‘as good a tutor as any human,’ but payoffs in education will take time

Bill Gates says he’s bullish about the potential for artificial intelligence to transform education and learning — telling a crowd… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses

A new Seattle startup wants to make it easier for businesses to monitor their warehouses using artificial intelligence and computer… Read More

After tripling revenue in 2022, Lexion lands $20M to expand AI-powered contract management software

Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. But now it’s taking aim at… Read More

New law will make it easier to recycle dead batteries in Washington state

As the world becomes increasingly battery-powered, it will be easier for Washington state residents to safely recycle batteries that have… Read More

Digital health startup 98point6 raises more cash to fuel new era as a software licensor

Healthcare company 98point6 landed additional investment to support its transition to a licensor of virtual care solutions, following a move to… Read More

Seattle startup SpecterOps, which helps companies detect cyberattacks, raises $25M

Cybersecurity company SpecterOps nabbed $25 million in new funding to support the rollout of its tools that analyze cyberattack paths… Read More

Design platform Figma opens Seattle office with plans to boost engineering presence

Figma, the San Francisco startup that makes cloud-based design collaboration software, has opened a small engineering hub in Seattle. The… Read More

Gates Foundation gives $9.35M to Seattle digital health nonprofit for diagnostic testing

Seattle digital health nonprofit Audere will advance its technology to improve the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests with $9.35 million… Read More

Protein design to precision health: Vote for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

This year’s nominees for the Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards showcase a wide range of innovations… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Fake chicken with a real purpose: CEO of Seattle food tech startup aims to make a lasting difference

Editor’s note: This is one of five profiles of the finalists for Startup CEO of the Year ahead of the 2023 GeekWire… Read More

Washington state lawmakers pass bill to protect privacy of consumer health data

Washington state lawmakers finalized passage of a bill Monday that provides privacy protections for consumer health data. The bill protects… Read More

Update: Amazon disputes analyst report saying Prime growth has plateaued in U.S.

Updated at 8:50 a.m. with Amazon response. The number of Amazon customers who use Amazon Prime in the United States… Read More

Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

Alaska Airlines will remove its traditional airport kiosks as part of a broader tech overhaul in cities including Seattle, Portland,… Read More

Illustration: Three spacecraft planned by companies in AWS Space Accelerator program

Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

The 14 startups selected for Amazon Web Services’ third annual AWS Space Accelerator program include a company that’s building 3D-printed… Read More

Seagen filing details M&A negotiations with several companies before $43B Pfizer deal

Seagen fielded multiple offers before agreeing to a whopping $43 billion acquisition by pharma giant Pfizer. The Seattle-area company revealed… Read More

Bittrex says SEC lawsuit is part of ‘crusade’ to drive crypto out of U.S.

Seattle-area crypto exchange Bittrex responded to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming that the legal… Read More

Flying Heritage museum, sold last year by Paul Allen’s estate, sets reopening date

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum — started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2004, closed during the pandemic in 2020… Read More

Seattle mayor reveals first stage of ‘Downtown Activation Plan’ in bid to revitalize city core

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Monday revealed the first phase of his “Downtown Activation Plan” to revitalize downtown in a move that… Read More

Tech Moves: Nordstrom names new CTO; ex-Halo director lands at Netflix; Boundless adds exec

— Nordstrom has a new technology leader. The retail giant hired Jason Morris as its new chief technology and information officer,… Read More

Analysis: New jobs numbers show where Amazon has been adding and shedding U.S. workers

New jobs numbers posted to Amazon’s corporate website show the changing footprint of its U.S. workforce for the first time… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 9, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of April 9, 2023. Read More

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Amazon’s new agenda: Tech giant buckles down and bets big under CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter to shareholders this week delivered a dual message: while the company might not be… Read More

Here’s how startups can position themselves against big tech in the generative AI race

Startups in the early stages of building generative AI tools should concentrate on specialized verticals such as healthcare, biotech, and… Read More

Amazon will face a record 18 shareholder resolutions at 2023 annual meeting

Amazon shareholders have submitted 18 resolutions for consideration at its May 24, 2023, annual meeting — seeking to hold the… Read More

GeekWire Awards: UX Design of the Year finalists help users in health care, worker training and more

The finalists in the UX Design of the Year category at the 2023 GeekWire Awards are working to help end… Read More

PNNL quantum researchers adjust dilution refrigerator

Tech leaders size up what it’ll take to turn Pacific Northwest into a ‘Quantum Valley’

California’s Silicon Valley may rule the roost for internet startups, and Kendall Square in the Boston area may set the… Read More

Two climate investors on the hot technologies, market trends and the urgency to act

Climate tech investments have been rapidly climbing in recent years, topping $1.11 trillion globally last year, according to BloombergNEF. And… Read More