Articles from 2024 – Page 31 of 56

The search for Bigfoot deepfakes: Bumbershoot offers $5,000 bounty in legendary new AI contest

The emergence of the modern deepfake is closely tied to the rise of generative artificial intelligence, but when it comes… Read More

Butterflies takes flight with $4.8M, launches social media platform combining AI and human content

Butterflies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based social media platform that combines human and AI-generated content, launched Tuesday after raising $4.8 million in… Read More

KPMG and T-Mobile roll out new player-tracking app for Women’s PGA Championship

T-Mobile is helping boost the fan experience this week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major women’s golf tournament… Read More

Microsoft and PC makers release first Copilot+ PCs without flagship ‘Recall’ AI feature at launch

Microsoft and its PC partners Tuesday pressed ahead with the release of the first Copilot+ PCs despite delaying the AI-powered… Read More

AI without prompting: This startup just joined Techstars to make generative AI easier to use

Rene Bystron spent hundreds of hours at his last startup building an app that helps teach people how to use… Read More

Amazon Labor Union partners with Teamsters to boost warehouse worker representation

Workers in the Amazon Labor Union voted Tuesday to join Teamsters, partnering with one of the largest U.S. unions in… Read More

Google vet leads new startup studio in Seattle spinning out B2B software companies

Another startup studio with roots in Seattle is incubating ideas and spinning out fledgling tech companies. Mudita Venture Partners, a… Read More

In commencement speech, Melinda French Gates advises Stanford grads about navigating transitions

In her commencement speech at Stanford University on Sunday morning, Melinda French Gates got personal and philosophical. French Gates acknowledged… Read More

Don’t say AI: Why some investors say startups should avoid overusing the trendy term

AI startups accounted for 40% of total venture funding in May. So it may seem strategic for startups to include… Read More

Spokane’s Tech Hub places a big bet on advanced aerospace materials — will the feds follow suit?

Update: Spokane’s Tech Hub was passed over when the Economic Development Administration announced $504 million in grants on July 2,… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 9, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 9, 2024. Read More

The t-shirts that tech people don’t want anymore: Seattle thrift-store swag deadpool, 2024 edition

My idea of weekend fun is browsing the racks at Seattle-area thrift stores in search of once-prized tech swag that… Read More

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Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle’s cloud giants, albeit in very… Read More

UW disinformation researchers will continue work amid reports of Stanford group crisis

As the presidential campaign was heating up four years ago, the University of Washington and Stanford University led a nonpartisan… Read More

Zillow Group and multiple listing firms reach settlement in ShowingTime lawsuit

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. A settlement has been reached between Zillow Group and three multiple listing service… Read More

Seattle indie game studio Galvanic Games is shutting down

Galvanic Games, the independent Seattle-based developer behind video games such as Some Distant Memory, Rapture Rejects, and last fall’s Wizard… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Amazon Prime Air leader lands at Torc Robotics; Microsoft vet joins Meta

Eric Berlinberg, who spent the past decade at Amazon and was a key leader on the company’s Prime Air team,… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs are building autonomous robots to deliver hassle-free EV charging

The founders at Autev envision a future where EV drivers simply park their vehicles in a garage, open an app… Read More

Corporate spending software giant Brex plans to open office in downtown Seattle

Brex is opening an office in downtown Seattle. The Salt Lake City-based fintech giant operates as a “remote-first” company and… Read More

Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA on Pentagon list for $5.6B in launch contracts

The Department of Defense has put Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin in the running for a share of up to $5.6… Read More

Amazon CEO’s advice to computer science grads: take risks, keep learning, write your own story

In a speech peppered with mentions of his own sports failings and achievements, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy offered up some… Read More

Amazon Project Kuiper and Vrio execs outside Seattle Spheres

Amazon strikes a deal for Project Kuiper satellite internet service in South America

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband network has been tapped to provide internet connectivity to customers in seven South American countries,… Read More

Companies are ‘still feeling their way’ on return to office as GeekWire celebrates opening of new HQ

GeekWire on Wednesday celebrated its new headquarters at the center of the universe — otherwise known as Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.… Read More

Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

Updated below with details from hearing. Microsoft President Brad Smith previewed his approach in prepared written testimony for his appearance… Read More

Former Facebook, FanDuel execs lead Seattle startup aiming to build Gartner for cybersecurity

Companies of all shapes and sizes need to secure their infrastructure. But it’s not always clear what type of cybersecurity… Read More

Collaborative Robotics hires a former Amazon AI leader, opens Seattle office after $100M round

Collaborative Robotics, the Santa Clara, Calif., company founded in 2022 by former Amazon Robotics VP and Distinguished Engineer Brad Porter,… Read More

Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier

Will intelligent AI agents take on the job of capsule communicator in future missions to the moon, Mars and other… Read More

Ana Mari Cauce, longtime UW president and champion of tech innovation, to step down next year

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday that she will leave her leadership position next year, calling it… Read More

The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state

Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software,… Read More

Amazon adding $1.4B to its affordable housing fund in Seattle and other regions

Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to its Housing Equity Fund and has pledged to preserve and create an additional 14,000… Read More