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May 30, 2017, 6:27 PM

State ferry system advises drivers to avoid taking BMW ReachNow cars aboard until technical issue is resolved

Update, 8:25 p.m.: ReachNow published a blog post on Tuesday evening, noting that “in the short term while we are testing a… Read More

May 30, 2017, 11:49 AM

Hotels try to divert business from Expedia and Priceline, as millennial travelers upend the industry

Hotel owners are tired of online travel agencies (OTAs), like Expedia and Priceline, cutting into their profits by charging hefty… Read More

May 30, 2017, 6:47 AM

PlayOn expands cloud video recording service to Android users

PlayOn, the video recording software that lets you make your own digital copies of virtually any online programming from Netflix,… Read More

May 29, 2017, 3:00 PM

Star Trek’s Tricorder, realized? This device uses AI to diagnose medical conditions

According to Star Trek, 23rd century doctors will diagnose most illnesses and determine the general state of health via a… Read More

May 29, 2017, 3:00 PM

30 years later, the legacy of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ lives on

Silicon Valley Comic Con held a panel to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) this… Read More

May 29, 2017, 11:26 AM

BMW’s ReachNow investigating cases of cars getting stuck on Washington State Ferries

Update: State ferry system advises drivers to avoid driving BMW ReachNow cars aboard until technical issue is resolved Original story: Be… Read More

May 29, 2017, 9:30 AM

Tech innovation meets military service: GeekWire’s Memorial Day remembrance and update

As the first warm-weather holiday weekend of the year, it’s easy to get caught up in barbecues and road trips and lose… Read More

May 27, 2017, 8:56 AM

Terror at 30,000 feet: I can’t get the WiFi to work

SOMEWHERE OVER MEMPHIS – I’ve never been a fan of tech support. Perhaps it comes from having survived the most… Read More

Raspberry Pi
May 26, 2017, 11:19 AM

CoderDojo and Raspberry Pi team up to turn kids into engineers

Raspberry Pi and CoderDojo — two organizations working to get kids interested in computing at an early age — are… Read More

ShakeAlert earthquake simulation
May 26, 2017, 10:59 AM

Trump budget puts ShakeAlert earthquake warning system on shaky ground

The Trump administration wants to eliminate federal support for the West Coast’s ShakeAlert earthquake warning system, but its backers in Congress won’t let… Read More

May 26, 2017, 10:52 AM

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman leads $30M investment in social petition site Change.org, joined by Bill Gates

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is leading a $30 million investment round in the social petition site Change.org, and he is… Read More

Bulletproof coffee
May 25, 2017, 3:46 PM

Bulletproof, the lifestyle startup fueled by butter-coffee, gets a $19M jolt of new funding

Bulletproof 360, the Bellevue, Wash.-based lifestyle brand with a focus on “clean coffee” and other high-performance food and drinks, has… Read More

Drone
May 25, 2017, 2:32 PM

Proposed bill reportedly could let the government take over and search drones

In a dystopian episode of “Black Mirror,” a hacker tracked and seized control of robotic bees, and the Trump administration is… Read More

May 25, 2017, 8:56 AM

Seattle shipping tech company ShipRush acquired for $14M by Canadian logistics software firm

Canadian logistics software company Descartes Systems Group has acquired ShipRush, a Seattle company that helps small and medium-sized companies and… Read More

May 25, 2017, 5:00 AM

T-Mobile’s new spin on the phone number, Digits, coming May 31

After months of testing with tens of thousands of mobile guinea pigs, T-Mobile today announced a May 31 debut for… Read More

May 24, 2017, 3:20 PM

Summoning the Demon: Why superintelligence is humanity’s biggest threat

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, authors of the new book, Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop… Read More

May 24, 2017, 2:30 PM

Xbox’s $9.99/month gaming subscription service debuts June 1 with more than 100 rotating titles

Xbox Game Pass, the $9.99 gaming subscription service, will become available to all users starting June 1. Microsoft announced the… Read More

Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son.
May 24, 2017, 10:38 AM

Report: ARM-owner Softbank takes $4B stake in Nvidia as AI research heats up

Softbank is shaping up to be a major force behind the chip designs of the next decade, if a report… Read More

May 24, 2017, 10:28 AM

How technology could change the DMV: mobile driver’s licenses, cars that issue speeding tickets and more

Technology has disrupted and changed a variety of industries and experiences, but most wouldn’t put a trip to the DMV in the… Read More

May 23, 2017, 2:04 PM

Study: Seattle region has one of the biggest gender wage gaps in the U.S., with women earning 78.6 cents on the dollar

Women working in King County make 78.6 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn, according to a new study… Read More

Chevrolet Bolt EV charging at home
May 23, 2017, 6:00 AM

Chevrolet Bolt EV Review: At 200+ miles with juice to spare, this is the affordable electric car to beat

For years I have been waiting for automakers to come out with an all-electric car that can travel over 200… Read More

Vertafore
May 22, 2017, 4:33 PM

Insurance software company Vertafore leaving Seattle suburb for Denver’s ‘burgeoning tech scene’

Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance industry software maker, is moving its headquarters to Denver. A report in the Puget Sound… Read More

May 22, 2017, 9:02 AM

Wave Broadband acquired for $2.36B by TPG Capital, will combine with East Coast telecom company RCN

Wave Broadband is combining with RCN Telecom Services to form the nation’s sixth largest internet and cable operator in a $2.36… Read More

Starbucks
May 19, 2017, 1:47 PM

Woman awarded $100K after suing Starbucks over drive-thru coffee spill that burned her lap

A woman who was burned when the lid popped off her 20-ounce Venti Pike Place Roast in a Starbucks drive-thru has… Read More

May 19, 2017, 7:46 AM

Watch out Convoy: Here comes Uber Freight

It’s always a daunting proposition when a multi-billion dollar juggernaut enters your startup turf. That happened this week for Seattle-based… Read More

May 19, 2017, 7:40 AM

Science, spinoffs and french fries: Q&A with Adriane Brown, Intellectual Ventures president and incoming Pacific Science Center board chair

Adriane Brown is president and chief operating officer of Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based intellectual property and tech company best known for… Read More

Amazon
May 18, 2017, 12:37 PM

Amazon No. 2 on LinkedIn’s Top Companies list — see where else ‘the world wants to work now’

The biggest names in tech are also the best places to work according to LinkedIn’s Top Companies 2017 list, which… Read More

May 18, 2017, 11:20 AM

Napster parent Rhapsody cuts jobs, CEO departs amid debt challenges and strategic review

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based company that operates the Napster subscription music service, is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs, part of an… Read More

May 18, 2017, 10:59 AM

T-Mobile wanted Huawei to pay $500M in ‘Tappy’ robot technology theft case, it got $4.8M

A federal jury awarded T-Mobile $4.8 million in a long-running legal dispute with Chinese telecom giant Huawei over a smartphone testing robot,… Read More

May 17, 2017, 10:48 AM

Google Assistant coming to iPhone, escalating competition with Siri, Alexa and Cortana

Google just confirmed that it’s bringing its Google Assistant to the iPhone, expanding its voice technology beyond Google Home and… Read More

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