Tech – Page 17 of 319

Nov 12, 2024, 8:40 AM

Uncommon Thinkers: Zap’s Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Nov 6, 2024, 1:22 PM

Zillow Group revenue up 17% to $581M as rentals, mortgage units drive growth

Zillow Group beat estimates for its third quarter, reporting revenue of $581 million and adjusted earnings of $127 million.

Nov 4, 2024, 2:05 PM

Column: To navigate the promise and peril of AI, resist the urge to fall into extreme narratives

Editor’s note: This is guest commentary from Dave Siegfried, CEO of Official AI, a Seattle startup building a marketplace designed… Read More

Nov 4, 2024, 10:18 AM

Bell Canada acquiring Seattle-area internet provider Ziply Fiber in $3.6B deal

Kirkland, Wash.-based fiber internet service provider Ziply Fiber agreed to be acquired by Bell Canada, a subsidiary of Canadian telecom… Read More

Nov 4, 2024, 8:32 AM

Expedia chairman Barry Diller on potential deal with Uber and Washington Post’s ‘blunder’

Expedia chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Monday that a rumored acquisition of Uber is “just not going to happen.”… Read More

Nov 1, 2024, 12:00 PM

No harsh mandates: Tech leaders on what’s working with their hybrid return-to-office policies

Return-to-office policies are often controversial and emotionally charged — but do they have to be? Two tech leaders recently shared… Read More

Nov 1, 2024, 11:56 AM

Report: Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is in talks to sell Time to Greek media company Antenna Group, CNBC reported Friday, citing… Read More

Nov 1, 2024, 10:59 AM

Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy in a procedure aimed at facilitating its sale

Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition as part of a court-supervised process… Read More

Oct 31, 2024, 3:40 PM

Amazon corporate headcount drops year-over-year as tech giant aims for efficiency

Amazon continues to take a cautious hiring approach with its corporate workforce, following years of huge headcount growth. The company’s… Read More

Oct 31, 2024, 10:46 AM

OpenAI’s ChatGPT search engine challenges Google and Microsoft, and further upends the web

Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI launched its own ChatGPT search engine on Thursday, positioning itself as a challenger to search titan… Read More

Oct 31, 2024, 8:39 AM

Rover acquires cat-sitting marketplace to further expand its growth across Europe

Rover has gotten its paws on another pet-sitting marketplace. The Seattle-based pet-care company announced the acquisition Thursday of Cat in… Read More

Oct 30, 2024, 3:49 PM

On first earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol details plan to ‘bring order’ to mobile ordering

Improving the mobile ordering experience at Starbucks is high on Brian Niccol’s to-do list as he takes the CEO reins… Read More

Oct 30, 2024, 1:48 PM

Remitly stock spikes 19% after first profitable quarter; revenue up 39%

Shares of Remitly surged in after-hours trading as the Seattle-based digital remittance company reported its first profitable quarter.

Oct 30, 2024, 1:16 PM

Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth

Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations across its key financial metrics for its first quarter of fiscal 2025, as artificial intelligence… Read More

Oct 30, 2024, 7:10 AM

Univ. of Washington selected for new federally funded Northwest innovation training hub

The University of Washington is part of a new federally selected Northwest Region Hub to support the commercialization and deployment… Read More

Oct 29, 2024, 4:54 PM

How AI is reshaping the University of Washington computer science school

Artificial intelligence is taking center stage at the University of Washington’s computer science school. The Paul G. Allen School of… Read More

Oct 29, 2024, 3:42 PM

Seattle Public Schools issues statement explaining its stance on grade-viewing app

Seattle Public Schools responded Monday night to GeekWire’s request for more information about the message it sent last week informing… Read More

Oct 29, 2024, 3:07 PM

F5 confirms new round of job cuts, continuing annual pattern of workforce reductions

F5 continued its practice of trimming its workforce after the completion of its fiscal year, confirming Tuesday that it has… Read More

Oct 28, 2024, 5:30 PM

Jeff Bezos says ‘no quid pro quo of any kind’ in decision to end Washington Post endorsements

Jeff Bezos is defending his decision as owner of The Washington Post to end the newspaper’s tradition of endorsing candidates… Read More

Oct 25, 2024, 1:47 PM

Report: Gravity Payments founder Dan Price charged with rape in California, denies allegations

Gravity Payments founder and former CEO Dan Price was charged with the alleged rape of a former girlfriend in Riverside… Read More

Oct 25, 2024, 10:43 AM

Jeff Bezos blamed for spiking Washington Post’s presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris

The Washington Post is getting out of the business of endorsing candidates for president, starting with the upcoming election between… Read More

Oct 25, 2024, 10:26 AM

Is the world ready for autonomous AI? Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff makes the case for agents

Marc Benioff wasn’t buying the premise of my question. Recording this week’s GeekWire Podcast episode with the Salesforce CEO (below),… Read More

Oct 22, 2024, 4:15 PM

Bill Gates reportedly gives $50M to support Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign

Bill Gates has reportedly donated $50 million to an organization supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for president. Citing three… Read More

Oct 22, 2024, 10:26 AM

Seattle Public Schools sends ‘urgent’ message about grade-viewing app — here’s the backstory

Seattle Public Schools sent an email Monday evening informing families and staff that a grade-viewing app for iOS called “The… Read More

Illustration: A stream of words about disinformation superimposed on image of a hand holding a mobile device

Oct 22, 2024, 8:55 AM

How to track what’s true as the AI war over disinformation in politics builds to a climax

Artificial intelligence is fueling an arms race between the purveyors of disinformation and those who are fighting it in this… Read More

Oct 17, 2024, 10:18 AM

Remote, hybrid, or fully in-office? Tech companies find their footing with different approaches

More than four years after the pandemic sent corporate employees home, the debate over remote work hasn’t lost steam as… Read More

Oct 16, 2024, 4:21 PM

Report: Uber considered potential acquisition of Seattle travel giant Expedia

A new report from the Financial Times reveals that Uber has explored a potential bid for Seattle-based travel giant Expedia… Read More

Oct 16, 2024, 12:50 PM

Mercedes-Benz makes job cuts at cloud-focused R&D office in Seattle

Mercedes-Benz laid off an unspecified number of employees from the Seattle office of its North American research and development arm,… Read More

Oct 15, 2024, 7:50 AM

Teens who grew up together are now helping grow trees with their climate-focused productivity app

Two high schoolers who became friends while living in the Seattle area are now long-distance collaborators on an app designed… Read More

Oct 15, 2024, 7:00 AM

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the… Read More