Articles from 2024 – Page 32 of 56

What’s missing from Seattle’s startup ecosystem?

More operators. More sizzle. More founders investing in each other. And making the city a better place to live. Those… Read More

Stoke Space scores a success in first test firing of engine for reusable Nova booster

Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it has successfully completed the first hot-fire test of the engine that will power the… Read More

Washington state AG joins federal antitrust lawsuit taking on Apple’s smartphone dominance

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants to help take a bite out of Apple’s dominance in the smartphone market,… Read More

OceanGate investigators see no signs that the crew was warned about fatal implosion

The chairman of the Coast Guard investigation panel for last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible says his team has… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP joins Google; Remitly hires compliance chief; and more

— Digital remittance company Remitly hired Spyro Karetsos as its new chief compliance officer. Karetsos previously held the same role at… Read More

Flyhomes buys tech from real estate startup backed by Sam Altman to fuel AI home search tool

Seattle startup Flyhomes is beefing up its real estate search capabilities with the acquisition of technology from ZeroDown, a San… Read More

Cyrus Biotech spins out company to expand reach of versatile drug development software

Seattle startup Cyrus Biotechnology is spinning out a business that will expand access to the company’s software technology, with the… Read More

City and state leaders in talks to create Seattle-based AI-focused incubator for startups

Entrepreneurs building AI-fueled startups may soon have a new resource in Seattle, thanks to an effort from city and state… Read More

Nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates breaks ground in Wyoming on first facility

Nuclear company TerraPower broke ground Monday on its commercial power plant, located near a soon-to-be-retired coal power plant in Kemmerer,… Read More

Seattle cooking startup raising more cash to help fuel ‘culinary medicine’ vision

Seattle chef Joel Gamoran is raising more money to fuel his passions in the kitchen, including his dream of creating… Read More

‘We know something big is happening’: Tech vets encourage experimentation, education with AI

If you’re not spending time each day trying out new AI tools and understanding how the burgeoning technology may impact… Read More

Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems

Seattle fell 10 spots to No. 20 in Startup Genome’s annual “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” a ranking of the leading… Read More

Providence created new gen AI tool in 18 days to speed and improve responses to patient messages

The ability to call your doctor’s office and speak to a live human appears to be a thing of the… Read More

Husband-and-wife tech vets, with startup and Microsoft experience, venture into skincare

Garrett Vargas couldn’t shake the entrepreneurial itch. Vargas previously co-founded and was CTO at LegUp, a Seattle-based child care enrollment… Read More

Microsoft unveils console updates, new ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘Flight Simulator’ games

Xbox plans to get out of its own way for the rest of 2024, with new installments coming for three… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 2, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 2, 2024. Read More

Podcast

How this professor teaches AI and thinks about the future of human creativity

“You need to use your human intelligence. No AI will take this away from you. … You need to just… Read More

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger at Museum of Flight's selfie station

Museum of Flight exhibition celebrates 150 years of space station dreams and realities

The dream of having people live and work in space didn’t start with billionaire Jeff Bezos, or even with rocket… Read More

Bill Anders suiting up for Apollo 8 in 1968

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ picture, dies in plane crash at 90

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as seen from lunar orbit, died… Read More

Microsoft updates Recall feature after security and privacy backlash

Microsoft announced Friday that it is making changes to a new feature called “Recall,” turning it into an opt-in experience… Read More

In farewell letter, Melinda French Gates calls nearly 25 years at the Gates Foundation a ‘gift’

Melinda French Gates is signing off after nearly 25 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, telling colleagues and… Read More

Seattle startup Sanctum is developing private pods where solo travelers can work, rest, or relax

Stuck in an airport due to a layover or flight delay, people seeking a place to work or rest grapple… Read More

Boeing’s Starliner craft docks with space station after dealing with balky thrusters

Boeing’s Starliner capsule and its two-person NASA crew arrived at the International Space Station today after mission managers coped with… Read More

Proposal to bring digital kiosks to Seattle streets raises debate: Public benefit or landscape clutter?

A proposal to bring 30 interactive digital kiosks to downtown Seattle — in the hopes of enhancing public safety, wayfinding, Wi-Fi… Read More

Tech Moves: Lexion leaders start new roles at Docusign; Spectrum Effect hires president

Docusign officially completed its acquisition of Seattle startup Lexion last week, and several former leaders at Lexion have new roles… Read More

Acumatica opens new HQ in Seattle region with plans to grow headcount 20% globally in 2024

At a time of shrinking office footprints and ongoing cutbacks across parts of the tech industry, the news Thursday morning… Read More

Workplace mentoring startup Chronus acquires employee engagement platform Imperative

Chronus, a Seattle-based mentoring software platform, acquired Imperative, another Seattle startup that builds tools for employee engagement.

AI startup lands $10M seed round from Madrona, Point72 Ventures to automate complex workflows

A new startup out of Seattle called Tektonic AI has raised $10 million to fuel development of its software that… Read More

Reports: Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance

Microsoft is facing a pair of new antitrust probes from the Federal Trade Commission, according to reports Wednesday evening from… Read More

DoorDash vows to remove controversial consumer fee in Seattle if new minimum wage passes

DoorDash for the first time has publicly promised to axe a $4.99 fee on consumer orders if the city passes… Read More