Jan 11, 2017, 10:02 AM Investments in learning technology soar to more than $7B: Here’s where the money is going Learning technologies — everything from educational video games to online employee training — have been around for decades, chugging along… Read More
Jan 11, 2017, 9:36 AM Trump calls BuzzFeed a ‘failing pile of garbage’ in first press conference since the election Donald Trump is known for a meandering, off-the-cuff verbal style but the president-elect’s first formal press conference since the campaign carried… Read More
Jan 11, 2017, 8:52 AM Donald Trump says he’ll enlist tech titans to build a better ‘hacking defense’ system President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll turn to the tech industry leaders he met with last month to help his administration… Read More
Jan 11, 2017, 8:41 AM Samsung, not IBM, tops US patent wins in 2016, says Seattle public records startup Sqoop Samsung and its subsidiaries won the most patents of any company in 2016, according to a new report from Sqoop,… Read More
Jan 10, 2017, 9:01 PM VC investment activity dips in 2016, but still reaches $69B across 7,751 companies Venture capital investment activity dipped last year from a record 2015, but returned to normal activity in 2016 and marked the… Read More
Jan 10, 2017, 4:07 PM Inside Microsoft’s groovy high-tech makeover of KEXP’s iconic Live Room As Seattle-based indie rocker Will Toledo, who performs as Car Seat Headrest, gyrated around KEXP’s new live studio this afternoon,… Read More
Jan 10, 2017, 1:57 PM City of Seattle absorbs $0.35 parking app fee to encourage more people to pay with smartphone The City of Seattle wants more people paying for parking fees with their smartphone. Starting this month, the Seattle Department… Read More
Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 AM Zillow gives $5M to new University of Washington computer science building, construction could start this week Zillow announced Tuesday that it has donated $5 million toward a second building for the University of Washington’s Computer Science… Read More
Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 AM Spare5 re-launches as Mighty AI, raises $14M from Intel, Accenture, Google for AI training data service On the surface, artificial intelligence is sexy. The technology, which has become one of the hottest trends, helps turn products… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 3:29 PM Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to leave board as company changes name to Altaba after Verizon sale Some key changes are happening at Yahoo after its sale to Verizon closes. The company’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, and its co-founder, David… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 12:41 PM Donald Trump has ‘great’ meeting with Alibaba’s Jack Ma about creating 1M U.S. jobs Embed from Getty Images One of China’s top business leaders met with Donald Trump today in what was described by… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 10:57 AM Uber to release anonymous rider data from 2B trips worldwide to help with urban planning Uber has launched a new website where it promises to release anonymous data from more than 2 billion trips worldwide… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 10:45 AM The female perspective: Takeaways from my experience watching VR porn made for dudes LAS VEGAS — Last week, I got to experience something I never thought possible as a woman: sex from the… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 10:27 AM Seattle tech nonprofit raising funds to replace cargo van destroyed in major robbery The holidays are, in theory, a time of generosity and compassion for others. But over the New Year’s weekend, InterConnection —… Read More
Jan 9, 2017, 8:48 AM Microsoft, Qualcomm and Citigroup are latest U.S. companies to invest in Israeli cybersecurity company Team8 The venture arms of Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested in Team8, a two-year-old Israeli creator of cybersecurity startups, in an example… Read More
Jan 6, 2017, 4:07 PM CES has strict rules on adult content. Why this sex-tech exhibitor has never had a problem Tucked away in a far corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a friendly husband and wife team are waiting… Read More
Jan 6, 2017, 3:35 PM Ford CEO downplays Trump’s role in nixing Mexican plant, weighs in on tech, globalization and jobs LAS VEGAS — Ford was the latest company to find itself in the spotlight over issues of jobs and globalization… Read More
Jan 6, 2017, 2:09 PM GeekWire CES Dispatch, Day 3: The very busy show floor, an interview with Shaq, and more LAS VEGAS — For our team in Las Vegas, it already feels like CES has lasted several weeks (or perhaps several… Read More
Jan 6, 2017, 10:20 AM Q&A: T-Mobile execs talk KickBack, elimination of rates and fees, FCC’s future and wireless M&A LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile announced its latest “Un-Carrier” initiative here Thursday, announcing plans to include taxes and fees in the rates it… Read More
Jan 5, 2017, 1:44 PM Oculus engineering leader pleads not guilty to accusations of soliciting sex from undercover cop posing as 15-year-old girl Dov Katz, head of the computer vision and machine learning group at Facebook-owned Oculus, appeared in court Thursday to plead not… Read More
Jan 5, 2017, 1:32 PM President Obama’s vast social media archive goes live with 250,000 posts, photos and videos We’re well aware of the social media habits of president-elect Donald Trump, and foresee interesting times ahead as he uses Twitter… Read More
Jan 5, 2017, 12:20 PM Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia… Read More
Jan 5, 2017, 12:20 PM This is how actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt thinks we can fix education, journalism, and government LAS VEGAS — Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the lifelong actor who starred in Inception, 500 Days of Summer, and most recently Snowden, thinks online… Read More
Jan 5, 2017, 9:30 AM Guilty parents will feel good about this $149 exercise bike from Fisher-Price that keeps your preschooler active during screen time LAS VEGAS — Kids love their screen time, a period to tune out from rest of the world. But for… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 7:31 PM Nvidia unveils cloud service that turns your PC into a powerful gaming machine LAS VEGAS — It’s difficult for many people to play the latest and greatest computer games because they don’t have a… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 5:59 PM Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits 53.4M in lifetime console sales, including 6.2M this holiday season Sony has sold 53.4 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide in a little more than three years. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai said… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 4:17 PM Samsung doubles down on smart refrigerators with second generation of tablet-as-a-door technology Last year Samsung raised eyebrows when it slapped a giant 21.5-inch LCD touch screen on the front of a refrigerator. This… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 2:35 PM Toyota unveils ‘kinetic warmth’ concept car at CES that uses AI to nurture driver-vehicle relationship LAS VEGAS — Can technology help our cars behave more like humans? Toyota is betting on it. The company unveiled… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 2:23 PM CES: Samsung faces up to Note 7 recall, promises root-cause report ‘very soon’ LAS VEGAS — Opening its news conference here at CES this afternoon, Samsung didn’t shy away from the company’s biggest… Read More
Jan 4, 2017, 9:36 AM Indoor drag race at CES: Faraday Future FF 91 vs Bentley, Ferrari and Tesla LAS VEGAS — Last night, Faraday Future unveiled their FF 91 electric car at CES. They boasted of a 0-60mph… Read More
