Articles from 2023 – Page 6 of 60

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara knows semiconductors and appreciates a good red wine. Amazon distinguished engineer James Hamilton has an… Read More

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its… Read More

Could AI become conscious? Physicists and neuroscientists search for answers

Will artificial intelligence serve humanity — or will it spawn a new species of conscious digital beings with their own… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 19, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 19, 2023. Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: What’s next for Microsoft and OpenAI; Amazon car sales; disappearing unicorns

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we assess the outcome of the drama at OpenAI, considering what the removal and… Read More

We watched — and shopped — Amazon’s first Black Friday NFL broadcast

I just experienced something completely new as a sports fan on Friday. No, I didn’t get to see the Seattle… Read More

Sonic Symphony, a live ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ music show, coming to Seattle in January

For Seattle’s video game community — and any Sonic the Hedgehog fans — 2024 will open with a bang, as the Sonic… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Laying the bedrock for generative AI at Amazon with AWS VP Vasi Philomin

“AI has massive benefits for automating and streamlining more tedious, redundant, and time consuming tasks. If we can offload these… Read More

Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI is ‘a first essential step’ to stability, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says

OpenAI’s announcement last night that Sam Altman will return as CEO, under a newly formulated board, brings an apparent end… Read More

Download for the holidays: New app aims to help gift givers and receivers make a better connection

If you’re headed out to start your holiday gift shopping on Black Friday, or you’re excited about what gifts might… Read More

Seattle passes new law that creates 10-cent per-order fee for app-based deliveries and services

Companies such as DoorDash and Grubhub will be required to pay a 10-cent per-order fee for online deliveries in Seattle… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: For USAFacts’ Poppy MacDonald, ‘facts are paramount’ for democracy

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming… Read More

Binance CEO pleads guilty in Seattle as federal prosecutors secure record $4.3B crypto penalty

The federal courthouse in Seattle was the scene of a pivotal event in the U.S. government’s crypto crackdown Tuesday as… Read More

Satya Nadella: Microsoft will never again get blindsided by OpenAI board if Sam Altman returns

The OpenAI saga appears to be in a holding pattern, at least for the moment, as hundreds of employees threaten… Read More

Seattle tech vet applies design, communications experience in seeking safer city streets

Drawing on his expertise in communications and human centered design, Seattle technology veteran Josh Holland is now working for Seattle… Read More

Expanso, a distributed data processing startup led by Google and Microsoft vets, raises $7.5M

Seattle startup Expanso raised a $7.5 million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Hetz Ventures to fuel growth of… Read More

Bezos Day 1 Families Fund awards $117M to help families experiencing homelessness

The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund announced $117 million in grants on Tuesday to organizations that aid families experiencing homelessness.… Read More

Bill Gates offers his recommendations for what to read, watch and listen to during the holidays

Bill Gates is back with one of his seasonal traditions, offering three of the best books that he read in… Read More

NanoString stock sinks nearly 50% after losing patent lawsuit case against 10x Genomics

Shares of Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies fell nearly 50% to an all-time low on Monday following its… Read More

Microsoft emerges victorious from OpenAI meltdown with Sam Altman leading its new AI research team

Microsoft turned one of the most bizarre weekends in modern tech history into one of the most consequential for itself… Read More

OpenAI taps Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear as interim CEO

Emmett Shear, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, has reportedly been named interim CEO at OpenAI, the latest turn… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 12, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 12, 2023. Read More

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he… Read More

Sam Altman leaving OpenAI after board says he was ‘not consistently candid in his communications’

Updated at 4:21 p.m. with news of Greg Brockman’s resignation. Sam Altman, one of the most influential leaders in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Icertis exec joins Zenoti; Brex names new president; Nautilus Biotechnology hires VP

— Neal Singh is hopping from one Seattle-area unicorn to another. Singh was recently named president and COO of Zenoti, a… Read More

Washington state capital gains tax collects nearly $900M in first year

Washington state’s new capital gains tax collected nearly $900 million in its first year, according to the state’s Department of… Read More

University of Wash. Bothell and Cascadia College celebrate new STEM-focused Innovation Hall

The University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College this week celebrated the opening of Innovation Hall on their campuses located… Read More

Hot new electric vehicles at Seattle Auto Show highlight an industry that isn’t slowing down

Electric vehicle sales in the U.S. are on track to surpass 1 million for the first time ever this year,… Read More

Startup tips from Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel on product-market fit, recruiting, hiring, scrappiness

Sujal Patel knows a thing or two about tech startups. The veteran Seattle entrepreneur co-founded Isilon Systems in 2001, helped… Read More

Internal memo: Amazon will cut ‘several hundred’ Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives

Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a… Read More