Articles from 2023 – Page 57 of 60

Google parent Alphabet laying off 12k workers in latest cuts to hit tech industry

Google parent Alphabet is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its global workforce, as it becomes the latest… Read More

As venture capital markets cool, startups consider debt and loans as alternative financing options

Minh Le has been busy. As a market manager for Silicon Valley Bank’s Washington and Western Canada region, he helps entrepreneurs… Read More

IonQ will open quantum computer factory in the Seattle area and plans to invest $1B

Maryland-based IonQ says it’s opening a 65,000-square-foot research and manufacturing facility in Bothell, Wash., to build quantum computers. The opening… Read More

T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an… Read More

Reed Hastings cites Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in decision to step down as Netflix CEO

Reed Hastings is taking a page from Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates’ playbook in his decision to step down as… Read More

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, long a thorn in Amazon’s side, won’t seek re-election

Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who took on Amazon and others over the years in an effort to tax big businesses, will… Read More

Amazon’s digital comic platform Comixology reportedly lays off employees

Amazon has laid off employees at its Comixology service, according to reports from former workers. News spread via social media… Read More

Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

— Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Walter will join the company… Read More

Market insights platform Klue acquires DoubleCheck Research

Klue, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that uses AI to aggregate and analyze company data, acquired DoubleCheck Research, a Massachusetts-based company… Read More

Amazon axing charity program AmazonSmile in latest shutdown

Amazon said Wednesday it is ending AmazonSmile, the program that launched in 2013 to let customers donate to charity when… Read More

Filing: Amazon layoffs will impact at least 2,300 employees in Seattle region

At least 2,300 Amazon employees in the Seattle region are losing their jobs as part of the company’s layoffs, according… Read More

Washington lawmakers consider rules restricting robocalls and holding telecoms accountable

Washington state lawmakers are considering new rules that aim to limit robocalls and empower residents to sue companies over unwanted… Read More

Boeing wins $425M in NASA backing to demonstrate super-fuel-efficient airplane

NASA says it’ll give Boeing $425 million over the next seven years for the development and flight testing of a… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon job cuts mark new phase for tech industry after decade of massive growth

Big Tech’s big boom is over. But the sector overall is a long way from a bust. That’s the assessment… Read More

Membrion, a startup building ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment, raises $7M

Seattle startup Membrion raised $7 million to boost manufacturing of its ceramic membranes that treat wastewater. Spun out of the… Read More

Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge

[Editor’s Note: Timing of layoffs corrected since original post.] Citing a need to “align our cost structure with our revenue… Read More

Eviation Alice airplane with Aerus livery

Mexico’s Aerus airline signs up for 30 electric airplanes to be built by Eviation

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft added to its multibillion-dollar order book with a letter of intent from Mexico-based Aerus to purchase… Read More

Fireball lights up the skies over Seattle

It’s cool to see a fireball — but even cooler to capture it on video. At least that’s the way… Read More

Earwax-removal device heads to market with $8M, FDA clearance and a viral TikTok video

The man clicks a button on a device settled on his ears like a giant headphone set. A motor runs.… Read More

Microsoft reportedly to lay off employees this week

Follow-up: Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge Microsoft is gearing… Read More

Amazon’s new healthcare service to offer COVID-19 treatment plans

Amazon Clinic, the online healthcare service launched by the tech giant in November, is now offering COVID-19 treatment plans to… Read More

ChatGPT coming to Azure: New integration shows how Microsoft will leverage OpenAI partnership

Having trouble reliably accessing OpenAI’s ChatGPT? Microsoft has a solution. The tech giant says it will soon make the generative… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Lululemon chief joins Seattle startup; Microsoft AI ethics leader now at Google

— Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll, the former chief technology officer at Lululemon Studio, joined Seattle startup Littlebird as CTO. D’Ambrosio-Correll joined home… Read More

Nest co-founder launches service to turn household food scraps into chicken feed for $33/month

Matt Rogers, a former Apple engineer and co-founder of Nest, is using his passion for climate challenges to fuel a… Read More

Seattle Public Schools bans ChatGPT; district ‘requires original thought and work from students’

Seattle Public Schools is joining a growing number of school districts banning ChatGPT, the natural language chatbot from OpenAI that… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 8, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 8, 2023. Read More

These tech workers bring valuable lessons from the office to coaching kids’ sports — and back again

Patience. Teamwork. Goal setting. A desire to compete. The place where you work and the buzzwords you hear might have… Read More

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Seattle Schools vs. Social Media: What’s at stake in the suit against TikTok, Instagram, and others

Scanning through a list of court filings last Friday evening, Jan. 6, one case jumped out immediately: “SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT… Read More

Meta and Microsoft are ditching office space in the Seattle area

Meta and Microsoft are both giving up office space in the Seattle region amid the shift to hybrid work and… Read More

Stratolaunch's Roc airplane in flight for captive-carry test

World’s largest airplane flies again for Stratolaunch’s second captive-carry flight

Stratolaunch, the air-launch company founded by the late Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen, today conducted its second captive-carry test flight… Read More