Articles from 2024 – Page 53 of 56

The impact of AI and deepfakes on politics is worrying misinformation researchers

A robocall created with artificial intelligence that impersonated President Joe Biden and targeted voters in New Hampshire earlier this month… Read More

Screenshot of Quindar spacecraft management sofware platform

Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT

A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a… Read More

Citing fire dangers, Seattle bans batteries from the trash — here’s where they should go instead

Beginning this year, households in Seattle are banned from tossing old batteries in the trash — including everything from the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

— Dave Cotter, a longtime Seattle tech leader who sold a startup to Nordstrom and most recently led product at Leafly,… Read More

Nominations open for 2024 GeekWire Awards, honoring the best in Pacific Northwest tech

The 2024 GeekWire Awards are set for May 9 in Seattle, and nominations opened today as we seek your help… Read More

Thinking outside of the Seattle box: Here’s why a startup is buying up billboards in San Francisco

A Seattle-area startup that builds tools to help product teams experiment with new features is doing some experimenting in San… Read More

Amazon terminates $1.4B iRobot deal, blames ‘disproportionate’ regulatory hurdles

Amazon is abandoning plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot, a $1.4 billion deal that would have been one of the… Read More

Risk vs. revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter

Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 21, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 21, 2024. Read More

Zin Boats resurfaces after the pandemic to put a fresh charge into the electric boating scene

Pandemic-fueled shutdowns, labor shortages, supply-chain issues, and more managed to rock and nearly sink Zin Boats. Riding a wave of… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Experiments in AI, with software engineer Kevin Leneway of Pioneer Square Labs

Over the holidays, my daughter and I experimented with creating custom nametag stickers for the family members we were traveling… Read More

Asked about Taylor Swift AI deepfake images, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ‘we have to act’

Updated below with Microsoft statement. NBC Nightly News released an early written excerpt from an interview scheduled to air Tuesday… Read More

Why the Washington state blockchain working group never met — and lessons for future initiatives

Back in 2022, legislators in Olympia passed a bill creating a working group with a sole purpose to evaluate blockchain… Read More

Here’s what startup investors are thinking about amid AI boom, layoffs, funding slowdown

There’s a lot to consider for tech investors assessing potential startup investments in 2024. Many firms need to deploy capital,… Read More

GeekWire 200 shakeup reveals major shifts in Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup landscape

A new wave of startups is transforming the technology community in the Seattle area and the surrounding region, fueled by… Read More

Aerial view of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material

Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the… Read More

Analysis: Microsoft layoffs are the latest example of gaming industry labor issues

Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs is just a symptom of a much larger issue concerning labor rights and abuses, which… Read More

FTC launches inquiry to scrutinize tech giant investments in OpenAI and Anthropic

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it is launching an inquiry that will “scrutinize” investments made by Seattle-area tech giants… Read More

Amperity lays off roughly 20 employees in ‘minor restructuring’ for Seattle startup

Amperity has laid off about 20 employees, or 5% of its workforce, in a new round of cuts for the Seattle-based… Read More

Microsoft lays off 1,900 employees, about 9% of gaming unit, following Activision acquisition

Microsoft is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs in its gaming unit, or about 9% of gaming-related staff. The layoffs come three… Read More

Home-building software startup Digs lands $7M

Digs, a Vancouver, Wash.-based startup that sells software for homebuilding, raised $7 million. The 2-year-old company is an AI-powered collaboration… Read More

Half of car buyers in U.S. are considering EVs, hybrids for next purchase – but price matters

A new survey of U.S. consumers finds that half are open to buying an electric vehicle or electric hybrid. The… Read More

Nomad Go raises $1.5M to power computer vision software that automatically counts inventory

Nomad Go has pivoted from counting people to counting inventory. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup raised $1.5 million to help power… Read More

Ring ends feature that let police ask users for videos via Neighbors app

Police and other public safety agencies will no longer be able to request and receive videos from users of Amazon’s… Read More

Microsoft hits $3 trillion market valuation for the first time ever

Microsoft, welcome to the $3 trillion club. The Redmond tech giant reached a milestone Wednesday as its market capitalization reached… Read More

An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

Walking into the “Data1” building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, it’s not easy to tell it’s the home of Tableau, with… Read More

Scientists go to Canada to study the kind of lake where they say life may have arisen

Several years ago, scientists at the University of Washington theorized that key ingredients for life could have built up billions… Read More

Cutaway view of Zeno Power's radioisotope power system

Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system

Zeno Power says it has selected Westinghouse Electric Co. to process the radioisotopes for its heat sources — creating a… Read More

Initiative aiming to repeal Washington state capital gains tax passes key milestone

The controversial capital gains tax in Washington state may appear on the November ballot later this year. Initiative 2109, which… Read More

WeWork closing co-working office space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill amid bankruptcy fallout

Co-working giant WeWork is closing a signature Seattle location amid its efforts to restructure and survive its recent bankruptcy filing.… Read More