Articles from 2023 – Page 53 of 60

Amperity lays off workers for second time in a year as part of restructuring

Seattle-based customer intelligence startup Amperity conducted another round of layoffs, its second time trimming headcount in the past six months.… Read More

Amazon’s Super Bowl ad starring a dog ranks highest among tech commercials

Amazon, the pet friendly tech giant where employees get to bring their dogs to work, scored high among Super Bowl… Read More

The future of the information economy is in flux as internet search industry enters new area

Editor’s note: This is a guest commentary from Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), a… Read More

Former senator Reuven Carlyle launches climate consulting and finance venture backed by $14M

Reuven Carlyle, who last month retired from the Washington State Senate, is launching a startup that will provide a suite… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 5, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 5, 2023. Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The new Microsoft Bing, and how artificial intelligence is changing the web

The new Microsoft Bing drafted the introduction for this week’s GeekWire Podcast, with this prompt: Write an intro for a… Read More

Seattle Police Dept. discontinues use of AI platform to analyze body cam footage and office behavior

The Seattle Police Department has stopped using an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze police body-cam footage in search of… Read More

Proposed wealth tax in Washington state is another attempt at tax code reform

Democrats in the Washington state legislature are trying again to make the state’s wealthiest residents pay up with a bill… Read More

Tech Moves: Eliem CEO out amid layoffs; Rokt taps Amazon vet to lead new Seattle office; and more

— Bob Azelby is leaving his position as president and CEO of Elieum Therapeutics and stepping down from its board.… Read More

Microsoft continues with previously announced layoffs, as Seattle-area total nears 1,500 people

Microsoft notified another round of workers this week that they’re losing their jobs as part of the 10,000 layoffs announced… Read More

Super Bowl ad roundup: Travolta sings T-Mobile’s praises; Google’s fix is in; and more tech spots

In between the beer, Doritos, mayonnaise, Pepsi, Pringles and more beer, make sure to leave some room for the tech.… Read More

Our favorite startup pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day

It’s a unique time to graduate from a startup accelerator. The 12 teams that just completed a three-month stint with… Read More

Arguing with AI: My first dispute with Microsoft’s brilliant and boneheaded Bing search engine

For the past couple days, I’ve been trying out Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing search engine, a chatbot that uses an… Read More

Seattle institute lands $9.9M to develop nasal spray vaccine against bird flu

A Seattle organization devoted to infectious diseases, the Access to Advanced Health Institute, is aiming to develop an RNA-based nasal… Read More

Illustration: ESCAPADE probes orbiting Mars

Blue Origin wins an order from NASA for launch of Mars magnetosphere mission

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won its first NASA order for a New Glenn rocket launch, with Mars… Read More

Washington state lawmakers seek to ban at-home rape test kits after AG takes aim at startup

Washington state lawmakers are considering a bill to ban over-the-counter sexual assault test kits that critics say give false hope… Read More

Illustration: Vulcan-Centaur rocket with Kuiper satellites

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites are good to go after FCC’s approval of orbital debris plan

The Federal Communications Commission says Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation is fully cleared for deployment after the company filed an… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Here’s who is moving up our list of top PNW startups

Several new companies joined the GeekWire 200 while a handful “graduated” in the latest update to our index that ranks… Read More

Twitter’s API change forces Seattle PD to deactivate accounts that shared crime info

Update, Feb. 9: SPD now says its accounts won’t be impacted given the new free tier announced by Twitter this… Read More

As tech is rocked by layoffs, climate jobs and tools for landing them are on the rise

There has never been a better time to get a job in climate tech. Nations and corporations are setting ambitious… Read More

GeekWire Awards nominations are now open and table sponsorships are available for the big event

Here come the robot trophies! The much-anticipated 2023 GeekWire Awards — presented by Astound Business Solutions for the 10th year — are… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

— Jacob Sullivan is now chief product officer at Faculty, a London-based company that builds artificial intelligence systems. Sullivan was… Read More

‘Baby bond’ legislation aims to address wealth gaps in Washington state

People born into low-income families in Washington state will get a financial boost at the outset of their lives with… Read More

Titanic's bow, seen during OceanGate dive

OceanGate provides a guided video tour of Titanic shipwreck — and gets set to return

The latest film about the Titanic doesn’t show Leonardo DiCaprio standing up on the bow’s railings — instead, a single… Read More

Universal Hydrogen plane at Moses Lake airport

Hydrogen-fueled plane begins taxi testing in preparation for first flight in Moses Lake

Universal Hydrogen says its hydrogen-fueled test aircraft has won a key certification from regulators and has completed its first taxi… Read More

3D printer maker Glowforge debuts AI image generator to help users create artwork

Glowforge released a new tool that lets users create artwork based on a written prompt that is optimized for 3D… Read More

Microsoft reveals new search engine and browser with AI ‘copilot,’ escalating battle with Google

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage of next-generation… Read More

Former Acumatica CEO gets aboard with electric boat maker in bid to help create a wave of change

The tagline for a Swedish electric boat company called X Shore, exhibiting one of its models at the 2023 Seattle… Read More

Seagen vets land $4.4M for Univ. of Washington spinout using fresh approach for cancer vaccines

A biotech startup spun out of the University of Washington and led by veterans of Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen has… Read More

Google’s exit from big Seattle-area project shows fleeting relationship between tech and communities

In the suburban community of Kirkland, Wash., where Google established its original beachhead in the Seattle area, the tech giant… Read More