Articles from 2023 – Page 8 of 60

Flashback: Microsoft’s ‘Skinput’ research project in 2010 foreshadowed an AI gadget of 2023

Where have we seen that before? That was my first thought upon reading this week’s coverage of the new Ai… Read More

Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly

Five months after a tilt-a-whirl spin spoiled the debut of Starfish Space’s first spacecraft, the Tukwila, Wash.- based startup has… Read More

ChatGPT or not ChatGPT? That was the question, briefly, as Microsoft cut employee access to AI tool

A brief restriction on employees’ ability to use ChatGPT inside Microsoft triggered at least one report Thursday that the tech… Read More

Amazon Fashion chief steps down, replaced by longtime marketing leader

Muge Erdirik Dogan, president of Amazon Fashion & Fitness, is leaving the tech giant to pursue an external opportunity. Erdirik… Read More

Rad Power Bikes closing retail store in New York in latest cutback for Seattle e-bike maker

Rad Power Bikes is closing its retail store location in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Seattle-based e-bike maker confirmed Thursday, citing the… Read More

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft have demonstrated controlled… Read More

Adaptive Biotech hires Goldman Sachs to explore ‘strategic alternatives’ for key business lines

With revenues declining and net losses increasing, Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies on Thursday said it hired Goldman Sachs to help conduct… Read More

AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

If one promise of artificial intelligence is to minimize mind-numbing business tasks, look no further than the drudgery of doing… Read More

ALLtech and GeekWire want to help your company offer competitive health and wellness benefits

In the dynamic world of startups, securing top talent often hinges on one key question: What kind of health and… Read More

Cyberattack takes out key travel information on Washington state transportation website and app

The Washington State Department of Transportation is blaming a “cybersecurity incident” for taking out parts of its website and app… Read More

Valve surprises with new model of the Steam Deck portable gaming PC

Valve Software plans to release a new model of its portable gaming PC the Steam Deck on Nov. 16. The… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers use AI to help noise-canceling headphones filter certain sounds

If your noise-canceling headphones are canceling sounds you’d actually prefer to hear, researchers at the University of Washington may have… Read More

Amazon ordered to pay $46.7M in jury verdict over Alexa and Echo voice technologies

Amazon was ordered to pay $46.7 million after a jury found that the company willfully violated four patents held by… Read More

Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products

Amazon failed to issue refunds for returned products and breached its own policies, according to a new class action lawsuit… Read More

With fresh funding, agtech startup Aigen ramps up production of solar-powered farm robots

Seattle-area agtech startup Aigen is aiming to scale up production of its weed-destroying robots and broaden its footprint on farms… Read More

Amazon allows all non-Prime members to use Amazon Fresh online grocery service

Amazon is letting anyone use its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service, even if they aren’t a Prime member. The company… Read More

Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Seattle-based Allen Institute, is launching a research center in New… Read More

Amazon makes job cuts in music division

Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech… Read More

GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet lands at IonQ; Microsoft principal researcher joins startup

— Margaret Arakawa, a longtime Seattle-area marketing leader, joined IonQ as chief marketing officer. Arakawa was previously CMO at Fastly and… Read More

Seattle-area startup Zuplo lands $9M to help companies launch and manage their APIs

Zuplo, an API management startup founded by former engineering leaders at Microsoft and Auth0, announced a $9 million seed round… Read More

Alexander Calder exhibit swings into motion in Seattle thanks to ex-Microsoft president’s major gift

A major new exhibition and multi-year initiative celebrating the life and work of artist Alexander Calder has opened at Seattle… Read More

Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

Almost eight months after closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care… Read More

Seattle firm Curious raises $16M to buy software startups running out of money

Curious, a Seattle-based investment firm led by former Bitly CMO Andrew Dumont, raised $16 million in funding it will use… Read More

Former investors from Bill Gates’ investment office launch $135M Seattle-based ‘deep tech’ fund

Two former investors for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and the Gates family investment office have launched a… Read More

‘Acquired’ co-host Ben Gilbert shifting roles at Pioneer Square Labs to focus on popular podcast

Seattle tech investor Ben Gilbert is transitioning to a new role at Pioneer Square Labs, the startup studio and venture… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Boundless CEO Xiao Wang on his quest to fix the immigration process

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

WeWork files for bankruptcy; co-working giant has 8 locations in the Seattle area

WeWork, the one-time darling of the tech world that was valued at $47 billion, filed for bankruptcy on Monday.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on possibility of ChatGPT device: ‘We’d like to figure out something amazing’

Reporting from San Francisco: OpenAI rolled out voice interaction as a premium feature for its ChatGPT mobile apps in September,… Read More

Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs

Retired Air Force Col. Katie Buss and tech entrepreneur Ben Howard have taken the helm as co-CEOs of Vancouver, Wash.-based… Read More