8:00 AM PST Education8:00 AM PST Seattle-area students use tactile tech to help visually impaired people get a new feel for art
7:51 AM PST Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Apple Vision Pro, a developer’s take; Detecting and defusing AI deepfakes
11:31 AM PST Apple11:31 AM PST Apple Vision Pro buyers in Seattle wrap their heads around ‘the future’ of tech
8:35 AM PST Tech8:35 AM PST Okta layoffs impact employees in the Pacific Northwest; identity giant acquired Auth0 in 2021
8:15 AM PST Apple8:15 AM PST Apple Vision Pro: Why one longtime software shop is jumping head-first into spatial computing
7:56 AM PST Startups7:56 AM PST Medsense Health, which sells sensors for remote medication management, raises $500K
3:51 PM PST Amazon3:51 PM PST Amazon plans to ‘hold the line’ on job growth as hiring slowdown contributes to record profits
3:25 PM PST Sustainability3:25 PM PST Washington state awards $85M in grants to fund thousands of EV charging stations
2:25 PM PST Startups2:25 PM PST Point-of-sale tech startup CHEQ, which ran Bite of Seattle, acquired by Cantaloupe
1:12 PM PST Amazon1:12 PM PST Amazon shares rise 6% as cloud and advertising power record Q4 revenue of $170B
12:16 PM PST Amazon12:16 PM PST Amazon unveils ‘Rufus’ AI shopping assistant, rolling out in coming weeks in mobile app
9:14 AM PST Real Estate9:14 AM PST Zillow calls immersive home tours on Apple Vision Pro ‘the next best thing to being there in person’
9:00 AM PST Civic9:00 AM PST As Bellevue’s tech boom cools, here’s why city leaders are welcoming the slowdown
8:49 AM PST Tech8:49 AM PST Allen Institute for AI promises new insights into large language models with OLMo release
8:03 AM PST Startups8:03 AM PST Payments company Blackhawk Network to acquire digital gift card startup Tango Card
7:00 AM PST Microsoft7:00 AM PST Microsoft’s resurgence: Reflecting on Satya Nadella’s leadership, a decade after he became CEO
12:50 PM PST Tech12:50 PM PST Starbucks mobile orders surpass 30% of total transactions at U.S. stores
12:30 PM PST Apple12:30 PM PST Microsoft productivity apps and Copilot AI coming to Apple Vision Pro at launch
11:55 AM PST Civic11:55 AM PST Bellevue Police Dept. adding body cameras for first time, and upgrading Taser technology
10:12 AM PST Tech10:12 AM PST Cuts at Jack Dorsey’s fin-tech company Block impact 43 workers in Washington state
9:37 AM PST Tech9:37 AM PST More than $85M in Zulily inventory and fulfillment center assets will be up for sale
8:40 AM PST Amazon8:40 AM PST Amazon earnings preview: AWS, advertising, AI in the spotlight for holiday quarter results
6:02 AM PST Artificial Intelligence6:02 AM PST New nonpartisan AI nonprofit TrueMedia, led by Oren Etzioni, is making a political deepfake detector
5:51 PM PST Games5:51 PM PST Microsoft milestone: Games top Windows for first time, with addition of Activision Blizzard
1:33 PM PST Microsoft1:33 PM PST Microsoft Azure revenue up 30%, with help from AI, as tech giant beats overall expectations
12:03 PM PST Civic12:03 PM PST Washington governor signs executive order to develop guidelines for generative AI use
10:12 AM PST Artificial Intelligence10:12 AM PST Microsoft AI engineer says company thwarted attempt to expose DALL-E 3 safety problems
9:27 AM PST Amazon9:27 AM PST Amazon delivery gets faster, with 65% jump in number of same-day and overnight items in U.S.
8:00 AM PST Civic8:00 AM PST The impact of AI and deepfakes on politics is worrying misinformation researchers
