Should all athletes eat hundreds of chicken nuggets before competition? Probably not. But it sure did work for Usain Bolt. We caught up with the world’s fastest man at CES… Read More
Google Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and other streaming devices won’t be around in five years. That’s the prediction Twitter COO Anthony Noto made last week at CES on… Read More
Wipe your own ass, America. That might not be the best campaign slogan if Charles Barkley decides to run for president in 2020, but it was his message to the… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Depending on your motivation, appetite, price point and more, Las Vegas is probably no different than any other place — you can eat really well, or you… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The biggest automakers in the world have certainly caught on, and joined the race that traditionally has served as a showcase for everything from home electronics and… Read More
LAS VEGAS — I’m always on the lookout for the next great ping-pong playing machine. I just didn’t think that player would actually be a machine. With the GeekWire Bash… Read More
It was another crazy week at CES learning about how technology may shape the future. Team GeekWire was on the ground in Las Vegas for the past four days at… Read More
LAS VEGAS — I generally count myself as an automation skeptic. I worry about the impact it could have on jobs, and the fallout such changes could bring. But for… Read More
TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: I’ve just returned from a week at CES, where sports tech was once again a topic of focus at the world’s largest technology… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another tech giant’s virtual brain: Microsoft’s Cortana. Unlike fellow tech heavyweights… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Microsoft is typically more low key at CES than fellow tech giant Amazon, and this year Google, but every year it opens its doors to the press… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The big topic of discussion at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday was not so much about future gadgets and products, but rather a more basic technology: electricity.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — You don’t typically find juice bars, voice-activated fans, virtual reality headsets, and a nightclub vibe inside a wireless carrier’s retail location. But that’s exactly what’s going on… Read More
LAS VEGAS — People love the next trendy thing. Until they don’t. Just off the Strip in Las Vegas, Snap is clinging to the hope that people will still want… Read More
It’s that time of the year: This week is the Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest tech expo in the U.S. Almost two hundred thousand people have descended on a surprisingly… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon joined the Walt Disney Co., Fandango and more of the biggest names in content delivery to assess the “State of the Stream” during a panel discussion… Read More
LAS VEGAS — CES officials say today’s power outage that shut down huge swaths of the show floor at Las Vegas Convention Center for approximately two hours is related to… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It’s hard enough to navigate the showroom floor at CES without knocking into people or bumping products perched on booth tables. Roll a cute robot into the… Read More
UPDATE, 2:40 p.m.: CES officials say the power outage at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday morning was a result of Tuesday’s rain storm. UPDATE, 1:40 p.m.: Power is now fully restored… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The show floor officially opened Tuesday at CES and we had a chance to try out the newest technology here at the giant expo in Las Vegas.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Alexa is just about everywhere here at CES this week — in PCs; in cars; in coffee pots; and much more. But one of the more unique… Read More
LAS VEGAS — A downpour forced Google to pack it in for the day at CES, but Amazon was out there rain or shine. GeekWire got a look inside the… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Polk Audio is teaming up with Amazon to sell the first voice-controlled sound bar with built-in Alexa voice technology. It’s the latest device with Alexa integration being… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Virtual reality has its fair share of naysayers. It’s too expensive, they say. It’s too hard to translate across devices. It makes you sick. Microsoft wants to… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Google is everywhere this week during CES. And thus, Google workers are everywhere. And they’re pretty easy to spot, thanks to a “uniform” choice that stands out… Read More
LAS VEGAS — A long way from home, I can’t help thinking about the traffic in Seattle. All of the televisions and smart speakers and washing machines and every other… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Add Toyota to the long and growing list of companies that are integrating Amazon’s Alexa into products — in this case, select vehicles from the automaker in… Read More
LAS VEGAS — There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the early success of Las Vegas’ first NHL franchise — for startups, for new sports franchises, and… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Apparently we brought the rain with us from Seattle to Las Vegas. Steady showers and an occasional downpour have been a surprise here in the desert at… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature spoiled Google’s coming out party at CES, as heavy rains forced the search giant to shut down for the day the gargantuan outdoor booth that… Read More
LAS VEGAS — First, it was Deion Sanders and Satya Nadella. Now, it’s Tony Romo and Brian Krzanich. During Intel’s big keynote at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, the… Read More
Just how serious are the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities for Intel? Enough for the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich to divert from its otherwise glitzy CES keynote in Las Vegas to… Read More
The hilly streets of Seattle and San Francisco are often intimidating to would-be cyclists. LimeBike hopes to help them get over the hump with new additions to its fleet. Today,… Read More
Glowforge is touting a new sales milestone as it debuts a materials line and works to fulfill delayed orders from its record-breaking crowdfunding campaign more than two years ago. The… Read More
Sony says it sold 5.9 million PlayStation 4 game consoles during the holiday shopping season, bringing the total installed base for the company’s latest console to 73.6 million worldwide since… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Harnessing the power of data generated by a population of 1.38 billion people — 1.1 billion of whom are on smart phones — Chinese technology giant Baidu… Read More
LAS VEGAS — If CES 2017 was the year of Alexa everywhere, the theme of 2018 may ultimately be Google gone wild. The search giant unleashed a slew of new… Read More
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are the ubiquitous technologies at CES this week, with integrations into a wide range of products, but Samsung made it clear this afternoon that it’s… Read More
LAS VEGAS — LG Electronics has been experimenting with robots that guide visitors through Incheon Airport in Seoul, but they have bigger ambitions for work robots that they showed off… Read More
LAS VEGAS — An overriding theme of CES this year is Amazon’s Alexa versus the Google Assistant, but Panasonic isn’t picking a side. Today the electronics giant announced with Amazon… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The battle of voice assistant platforms has begun at CES 2018, pitting the Google Assistant versus Amazon’s Alexa in a race to see which voice assistant can… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Beep beep! Will Amazon’s Treasure Truck have to move to the right to let Toyota’s vision for roaming retail get past somewhere down the road? After saying… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Before spending a week in the future, we went old school for our first stop at CES. Team GeekWire is back at the annual Consumer Electronics Show… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Phyn, a joint venture between Belkin International and plumbing products giant Uponor that grew out of technology developed at the University of Washington in Seattle, debuted a smart… Read More
Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft’s built-in Cortana voice assistant. Hardware makers HP, ASUS, Acer and others plan to bring Alexa to their… Read More
Last year’s big story at CES was the rise of Amazon Alexa as the voice assistant of choice in everything from cars to refrigerators. But this year, the Seattle-based company… Read More
TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: It’s not uncommon to brush shoulders with celebrities roaming around at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But it wasn’t always… Read More
Ajit Pai will not be speaking at next week’s massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to an email sent to media covering the event. The Federal Communications Commission… Read More
Many of today’s most valuable tech companies — Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, etc. — don’t make a big splash at the annual Consumer Electronics Show these days, and in some… Read More