Articles from 2024 – Page 16 of 56

This startup helped Bryson DeChambeau win the U.S. Open — can it improve my golf swing?

It’s not common for a tech startup get a shoutout during a high-profile sports event press conference. But that’s what… Read More

23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring

John Schoettler, the Amazon global real estate leader who oversaw the extraordinary growth of the company’s footprint for more than… Read More

Jeff Bezos is starry eyed on Amazon with glowing review of fiancée’s children’s book about space

Nothing like a 5-star Amazon review on your new book from the guy who created the company. Jeff Bezos gave… Read More

Fred Hagen preparing for 2022 Titanic dive

OceanGate client recalls how Titan sub got tangled up in Titanic wreckage during dive

OceanGate’s Titan submersible briefly became tangled up in the wreck of the Titanic during a 2022 dive, a mission specialist… Read More

Twelve lands $645M to finish building sustainable aviation fuel facility in Washington state

Sustainable aviation fuel startup Twelve announced $645 million of new funding, which will help it complete construction of its facility… Read More

Microsoft signs deal to revive Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to help power data centers

As tech companies scramble to secure new sources of energy, Microsoft on Friday announced a 20-year deal to restart a… Read More

Educators use extended reality tech to immerse students in new learning experiences

Christina Sciabarra has $1,000 and the beginnings of a plan to infiltrate the plant world. Sciabarra, who teaches political science… Read More

Thoughts on Amazon’s full return to the office from a CEO who knows the value — and the trade-offs

As a former big-tech exec who’s now running a startup, Vijaye Raji understands Andy Jassy’s desire to have employees in… Read More

Group14 lands $200M grant to build factory to make key ingredient for battery materials

Group14 Technologies announced today that it has received a $200 million grant to build a plant that will produce silane… Read More

Univ. of Washington lands $10M grant to launch a new center developing gen AI teaching tools

A University of Washington College of Education program that uses AI and chatbots to assist K-12 teachers was selected this… Read More

Titanic traveler delivers a tearful plea for citizen science at OceanGate sub hearing

Amateur adventurer Renata Rojas took a trip to the Titanic in OceanGate’s Titan submersible in 2022, and she was aboard… Read More

Amazon’s full return to the office will further slow Seattle’s already tough commute

Love it or hate it, remote work was good for Seattle’s traffic problem. With Amazon’s announcement this week that it… Read More

OfferUp expands into home services, connecting homeowners with local businesses

OfferUp is expanding beyond used goods and into home services, partnering with Thumbtack to host a marketplace connecting consumers with… Read More

Port of Seattle’s refusal to pay bitcoin ransom highlights cybersecurity dilemma

The Port of Seattle is dealing with a common conundrum facing victims of a ransomware attack: to pay, or not… Read More

‘Project Amelia’: Amazon’s new AI assistant will advise sellers and act on their behalf

Amazon is launching a new AI-powered selling assistant code-named “Project Amelia” to help sellers navigate the nuances of e-commerce, using… Read More

Coast Guard releases videos that show the shattered remains of OceanGate Titan sub

Video views from the search for OceanGate’s Titan submersible show mangled components from the craft — and tell the tale… Read More

Smartsheet COO Stephen Branstetter resigns amid reported acquisition talks

Stephen Branstetter, the chief operating officer at Smartsheet who joined the company in 2013, resigned on Wednesday, according to a… Read More

Meet Grasshopper, an underwater robot helping restore critical eelgrass meadows

The initial launch of the marine robot into the waters of Washington’s Puget Sound was a bit choppy. The tethered… Read More

Contestants sue YouTuber MrBeast and Amazon over alleged conditions on reality competition show

Contestants in the planned Prime Video reality TV series “Beast Games” are suing YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon, alleging workplace… Read More

Amazon to offer free Prime benefits to U.S. hourly warehouse workers starting next year

Hourly workers at Amazon who fulfill orders for millions of Prime members have always needed to pay if they wanted… Read More

Edera, a cloud infrastructure startup founded this year, raises $5M to rethink container security

Seattle-based startup Edera announced a $5 million seed round from venture capital firms and angel investors include Kubernetes co-creator Joe… Read More

Netflix series explores Bill Gates’ views on pressing issues of the future, from AI to climate change

Bill Gates’ desire to find solutions for some of humanity’s most pressing problems is the focus of a new Netflix… Read More

AI nonprofit TrueMedia gets real with release of free deepfake detection tool ahead of elections

TrueMedia, the Seattle-based nonpartisan nonprofit that is using AI to detect deepfakes and combat disinformation, made its technology available to… Read More

Tech Moves: Fortive SVP joins Microsoft; Pictory hires CMO; Starbucks exec retires

Kirsten Paust, a longtime leader at publicly traded manufacturing giant Fortive, took a new job at Microsoft as a corporate… Read More

OceanGate whistleblower traces the roots of his concerns about Titan sub to a crash

Whistleblower David Lochridge said today that his concerns about OceanGate and its approach to undersea exploration began long before the… Read More

Ex-Zulily employees say they didn’t receive required layoff notice or pay in new class action lawsuit

Former employees at e-commerce company Zulily filed a class action lawsuit this week alleging that they did not receive adequate… Read More

‘The way we were’: Amazon tries to rekindle its future by rediscovering a spark from the past

Amazon went through a one-way door against its will. Now it wants to go back. And the future of the… Read More

Athira Pharma laying off 49 employees, about 70% of workforce, as part of restructuring

Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma is laying off 49 people, or about 70% of its workforce, as part of cost-cutting… Read More

Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

Arzeda, a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment… Read More

Amazon’s new back-to-office mandate fuels debate over remote work and productivity

In his memo sent Monday notifying corporate workers about returning to the office five days per week, Amazon CEO Andy… Read More