Articles from 2024 – Page 55 of 56

Illustration: Beamed-power system on the moon

PowerLight joins Blue Origin to study power beaming system for the moon

Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says it’s joined a team headed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to design a… Read More

Meet the 6 women innovators featured in a new STEM exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

Six orange statues on display at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle offer an eye-catching way to learn about the… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 7, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 7, 2024. Read More

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‘Unfinished business’: Ring CEO Liz Hamren leads Amazon’s home monitoring products into the AI era

Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon’s Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to… Read More

Skip the chat: New dating app wants less talk and more meet-ups for the matches it helps make

If you could skip to the good part of meeting someone new, it might start with a new dating app… Read More

Here’s why Uber Eats delivery fees in Seattle just skyrocketed

Uber is not happy with Seattle’s lawmakers — and it’s showing up on customer receipts for food delivery orders. The company… Read More

Policy proposals: A list of the tech-related bills in this year’s Washington state legislative session

Another Washington state legislative session is now underway in Olympia. For just 60 days, lawmakers will sift through hundreds of… Read More

New Seattle startup Avante raises $10M, led by former Olive AI execs and ex-Amperity CEO

A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse… Read More

Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

Around a quarter of the applicants vying for an open position on the Seattle City Council come equipped with experience… Read More

Tech Moves: Pacvue hires another Microsoft vet; LeoStella adds director; and more

— Zhenbin Xu, who spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, joined e-commerce startup Pacvue as chief product… Read More

Travel planning startup led by longtime tech investor combines human insight and AI

Kirkland, Wash.-based travel tech company Steller raised $5 million to launch a new planning feature in its app called “Trips”… Read More

A new venture fund in Seattle aims to accelerate adoption of climate technologies that slash carbon

The climate clock is ticking for Ben Eidelson. The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is… Read More

Washington state educators will soon get guidance on using AI as educational tool

The Washington state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will soon issue guidance embracing artificial intelligence as an educational… Read More

Valve Software reveals new rules for AI-powered game development on Steam

The developers behind the popular digital gaming storefront Steam have implemented a new set of guidelines that govern the use… Read More

Textio CEO Kieran Snyder steps down; co-founder Jensen Harris takes over Seattle startup

Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio, has stepped down as CEO, the company announced Wednesday.… Read More

Can a 42-member AI task force get anything done? Hearing raises questions about Wash. state plan

Representatives of different groups offered their input on the scope, timeline, goals, and, in some cases, the necessity of a… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studios units lay off hundreds

Layoffs are hitting Amazon’s entertainment businesses. Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500… Read More

Astrobotic Peregrine moon lander prepared for launch

Astrobotic rules out soft landing on moon after propellant leak dooms its spacecraft

Astrobotic says that it’s given up on its plan to put a commercial spacecraft safely on the moon’s surface, due… Read More

Symbiosys, an adtech startup led by former Google and Microsoft exec, raises $9M

Symbiosys, a two-year-old advertising tech startup that is rethinking how retailers and product brands work together, raised a $9 million… Read More

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley returns to Zillow Group board

Bill’s back. Zillow Group announced Tuesday that it added famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley to its board. Gurley… Read More

Latest round of Unity layoffs impacts 50 Seattle-area employees

Update, Feb. 6: A new filing with the Washington state employment security department shows an additional 70 workers cut from… Read More

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite… Read More

GeekWire launches climate tech reporter internship funded by AI expert Oren Etzioni and family

New journalists with a passion for covering climate technology are encouraged to apply for GeekWire’s new summer 2024 climate tech… Read More

Seattle gaming startup Charmed lands $500K and reveals new 3D character design tool

Seattle-based Charmed plans to launch a new AI-powered game design tool this month, which allows for rapid generation of 3D… Read More

Microsoft and PNNL make a better battery, and show AI’s potential to supercharge science

Researchers at Microsoft and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) say they’ve discovered a way to reduce… Read More

Wizards of the Coast will adjust generative AI policy for ‘Magic’ following controversy

Blaming an unspecified “vendor,” Wizards of the Coast has admitted that generative AI was used to create a marketing image… Read More

Tech Moves: Activision names new CTO; HP exec leaves F5 board; Athira medical chief departs

— Natalya Tatarchuk, a gaming industry veteran who was most recently a VP at Unity, joined Activision Publishing as chief technology… Read More

Illustration: Peregrine moon lander in flight

Astrobotic’s moon lander suffers failure in propulsion system, putting mission at risk

Hours after the launch of its commercial moon lander, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic reported a failure within the robotic spacecraft’s propulsion system… Read More

Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs

Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO… Read More

End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

Cabana, the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down… Read More