Articles from 2023 – Page 56 of 60

First Mode, Anglo American wrap up $1.5B transaction for zero-emission mining

Seattle-based First Mode and Anglo American have closed a complicated $1.5 billion transaction that will remake First Mode as a… Read More

Illustration: Nuclear thermal rocket in space

NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a… Read More

F5 to acquire computer networking startup Lilac Cloud

Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 will acquire Lilac Cloud, a small computer networking startup based in Silicon Valley.… Read More

Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 billion in its second fiscal quarter, just missing Wall Street’s expectations, and profits dropped… Read More

A ‘carbon aware’ update for the Xbox is drawing political attention

A recent update targeted at lowering power consumption on Xbox consoles has drawn fire from some surprising quarters, including Sen.… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more

— Kristina Behr, a former exec at Microsoft, joined Google as vice president of product management for collaboration and apps… Read More

Alaska Airlines and Intelsat to roll out next-gen satellite WiFi on regional jets starting in 2024

Alaska Airlines will invest $25 million to upgrade its regional jets with a new WiFi system from Intelsat capable of… Read More

Former Uber engineers raise $26M for DevOps startup DevZero

DevZero, a year-old Seattle software development startup led by former Uber engineers, announced $26 million in funding and general availability… Read More

UW's Xinxin Tang and IonQ's Peter Chapman at Northwest Quantum Nexus Summit

Northwest Quantum Nexus adds Amazon and Boeing to its team for a summit sequel

It’s been almost four years since Pacific Northwest leaders in the field of quantum computing gathered in Seattle for the… Read More

Amazon scores one Oscar nomination; Netflix war drama is streaming leader with nine nods

Amazon Studios earned a single Academy Award nomination Tuesday morning, with “Argentina, 1985” getting a nod for best international feature… Read More

This forensic accounting startup in Seattle is helping lawyers solve fraud investigations

A small Seattle startup is helping solve some of the most high-profile white-collar crimes. Valid8 Financial sells a forensic accounting platform… Read More

Amazon offers generic drugs for $5 monthly fee with Prime, expanding healthcare arm

Amazon is offering a new healthcare service, RxPass, that lets Amazon Prime members access multiple generic medications for a flat… Read More

Analysis: Nobody could dethrone ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ except Wizards of the Coast — and it may have done just that

Dungeons & Dragons is, by most standards, the tabletop roleplaying game. There are hundreds of other pen-and-paper RPGs, but D&D… Read More

Amazon robotics leader Siddhartha Srinivasa leaves to join self-driving vehicle venture Cruise

— Siddhartha Srinivasa, a leading robotics expert and professor at the University of Washington, has left his position as director of… Read More

Just how bad is Microsoft’s bottom line? Earnings report will be closely watched after job cuts

Microsoft is seeing customers “optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” and “exercise caution” in the face of… Read More

Washington Supreme Court case for controversial capital gains tax begins this week

The Washington state Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether a statewide tax on capital gains in excess… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘multibillion dollar’ OpenAI investment comes with new level of secrecy

Microsoft is making a big new investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT, extending a partnership that has… Read More

Hydrogen-powered motor on converted Dash 8 airplane

Powered by hydrogen: Experimental plane revs up for testing in Central Washington

Is hydrogen the green aviation fuel of the future? An industry team led by California-based Universal Hydrogen is testing out… Read More

After break-in, Seattle-area video game store is back in business within a week

Early on the morning of Jan. 14, two thieves hit four separate retail outlets in Kent, Wash., by backing a… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 15, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 15, 2023. Read More

Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down crypto operations

Moonstone Bank, the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking… Read More

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The power dynamics behind tech job cuts: How layoffs are changing the realities of the past decade

One of the defining tech industry trends of the past decade, along with the meteoric expansion of big companies and… Read More

Seattle technical interviewing startup Karat cuts 47 employees, citing need to invest in growth

Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, has laid off 47 employees, citing the need to sharpen… Read More

Jeff Bezos makes rare visit to Washington Post as newspaper plans more layoffs

Jeff Bezos made news this week with a rare visit to the newspaper that he owns. The Amazon founder attended… Read More

Exterro acquires Zapproved, combining two Oregon-based legal tech companies

Beaverton, Ore.-based legal tech company Exterro said it has acquired Zapproved, a Portland, Ore.-based software platform that helps corporate lawyers… Read More

Commentary: Washington state’s tech industry will continue to grow, despite layoffs

Tech is experiencing layoffs. Without downplaying the significant impact on those directly affected, this post attempts to provide some perspective.… Read More

Tax software giant Avalara reportedly lays off workers

Seattle-based tax software company Avalara is laying off employees, according to several posts on LinkedIn by affected workers. Avalara, which… Read More

Edifecs lays off 30 employees in the U.S.

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs laid off more than 30 employees, a company spokesperson confirmed to GeekWire, joining a… Read More

Steve and Connie Ballmer, Gates Foundation donate $20M to Univ. of Washington Medicine

The University of Washington announced a new endowed deanship at UW Medicine supported by two $10 million donations each from… Read More

‘The good old days are gone’: Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on reimagining downtown

As his city tries to emerge from the pandemic, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is thinking about how to revitalize downtown… Read More