Tech – Page 32 of 319

Apr 26, 2023, 3:00 PM

From weed zappers to robot baristas: Vote for GeekWire Awards Hardware/Gadget of the Year

With all of the region’s strength in cloud technologies and enterprise software, the technology industry in Seattle and the Pacific… Read More

Apr 26, 2023, 1:11 PM

Amazon’s Halo disappears: Tech giant discontinues health devices and service, promises refunds

Amazon is pulling the plug on its Halo wearable fitness device and bedside sleep tracker, discontinuing the accompanying subscription service,… Read More

Apr 24, 2023, 4:44 PM

‘Some people will quit over this decision’: Read Redfin CEO’s memo on back-to-office mandate

Glenn Kelman has changed his mind about remote work. The Redfin CEO sent a memo to employees outlining a new… Read More

Apr 20, 2023, 10:41 AM

T-Mobile makes new pitch to Verizon and AT&T holdouts with ‘Easy Unlock’ Un-carrier move

Ten years after T-Mobile first introduced the “Un-carrier” marketing blitz that boosted its standing among U.S. wireless players, the company… Read More

Apr 19, 2023, 6:39 PM

F5 lays off 623 employees, plans office consolidation to cut more costs

F5 is cutting 9% of its workforce as the application security and delivery giant navigates macroeconomic uncertainty. The layoffs impact… Read More

Apr 19, 2023, 4:39 PM

Salesforce aims to shed more than 200K square feet of Tableau office space in Seattle area

Salesforce is putting more than 200,000 square feet of Tableau Software office space in the Seattle region up for sublease.… Read More

Apr 19, 2023, 10:44 AM

Bill Gates: AI will be ‘as good a tutor as any human,’ but payoffs in education will take time

Bill Gates says he’s bullish about the potential for artificial intelligence to transform education and learning — telling a crowd… Read More

Apr 18, 2023, 7:35 AM

Update: Amazon disputes analyst report saying Prime growth has plateaued in U.S.

Updated at 8:50 a.m. with Amazon response. The number of Amazon customers who use Amazon Prime in the United States… Read More

Apr 18, 2023, 5:00 AM

Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

Alaska Airlines will remove its traditional airport kiosks as part of a broader tech overhaul in cities including Seattle, Portland,… Read More

Apr 17, 2023, 2:20 PM

Bittrex says SEC lawsuit is part of ‘crusade’ to drive crypto out of U.S.

Seattle-area crypto exchange Bittrex responded to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming that the legal… Read More

Apr 14, 2023, 8:50 AM

GeekWire Awards: UX Design of the Year finalists help users in health care, worker training and more

The finalists in the UX Design of the Year category at the 2023 GeekWire Awards are working to help end… Read More

PNNL quantum researchers adjust dilution refrigerator

Apr 14, 2023, 6:05 AM

Tech leaders size up what it’ll take to turn Pacific Northwest into a ‘Quantum Valley’

California’s Silicon Valley may rule the roost for internet startups, and Kendall Square in the Boston area may set the… Read More

Hydrogen line plugged into a car's fuel port

Apr 13, 2023, 6:07 PM

Microsoft Azure Quantum joins the quest to create new hydrogen fuel-cell catalysts

Chemists at Microsoft Azure Quantum are teaming up with Johnson Matthey, a British-based clean-tech company, to identify new types of… Read More

Apr 12, 2023, 8:05 AM

GeekWire Awards: How these five Workplace of the Year finalists navigate challenging times

The five finalists for Workplace of the Year at the GeekWire Awards rely on a number of policies to help… Read More

Apr 11, 2023, 12:00 PM

3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people, insists it upheld pledge on jobs

John Legere was adamant, bordering on indignant. “This merger is all about creating new, high-quality, high-paying jobs, and the New… Read More

Apr 10, 2023, 10:52 AM

Judge tosses most of the claims in Amazon’s suit against former AWS real estate managers

A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a long-running lawsuit brought by Amazon against two of its… Read More

Apr 10, 2023, 9:20 AM

The latest 007 saga has a space billionaire, quantum computers — but no James Bond

Imagine a James Bond story with quantum computers, brain-computer interfaces, a cloud-shifting climate control system and a billionaire who owns… Read More

Apr 7, 2023, 10:54 AM

Vote for Deal of the Year: Affini-T Therapeutics, Bungie, Copper, First Mode, MotherDuck

The finalists for Deal of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards all struck big transactions to help fuel their… Read More

Apr 7, 2023, 8:28 AM

University of Washington professors on using ChatGPT in the classroom

AI-powered chatbots are already changing how professors teach, said University of Washington educators during a panel discussion Wednesday. “Our role… Read More

Apr 6, 2023, 1:46 PM

Seattle-area office market ‘clearly struggling’ and ‘highly volatile’

Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a… Read More

Mar 31, 2023, 2:32 PM

Crypto exchange Bittrex shutters U.S. operations, blames regulatory environment

Bellevue, Wash.-based crypto exchange Bittrex announced Friday it was “winding down” its U.S. operations. A post from Bittrex co-founder and… Read More

Mar 27, 2023, 1:58 PM

Filing: Blue Nile laying off workers and shutting down Seattle fulfillment center

Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile is shutting down a fulfillment center in Seattle and laying off 119 workers, according to… Read More

Illustration: Zeva's Argon VTOL aircraft in flight

Mar 22, 2023, 8:20 AM

Zeva Aero pivots from its flying saucer to an airplane with a vertical-takeoff twist

Zeva Aero, the Tacoma, Wash.-based personal aviation startup that’s been testing flying saucers, is shifting its focus to a more… Read More

Mar 21, 2023, 10:47 AM

Expedia Group lays off workers as part of ‘strategic actions’

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group made an undisclosed number of layoffs. The company confirmed the cuts to GeekWire. “We are… Read More

Mar 20, 2023, 9:06 AM

Howard Schultz steps aside as Starbucks interim CEO as Laxman Narasimhan takes over

Howard Schultz has stepped down as interim CEO of Starbucks, handing the reins to incoming CEO Laxman Narasimhan a couple… Read More

Mar 16, 2023, 10:57 AM

Leafly lays off 21% of workforce amid potential delisting from Nasdaq

Editor’s note: This story was updated with information from Leafly’s fourth quarter earnings report and an internal email sent from… Read More

Mar 16, 2023, 9:44 AM

Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down after 16 years leading Amazon-owned streaming giant

Twitch co-founder and CEO Emmett Shear is resigning, 16 years after he helped launch the game streaming platform owned by… Read More

Mar 16, 2023, 9:17 AM

Zillow CEO Rich Barton on leading companies through an economic storm

It’s rocky times in the tech world. Valuations are shrinking. Layoffs are spreading. And the primary lender to the startup… Read More

Mar 15, 2023, 8:32 AM

T-Mobile to acquire Mint Mobile for $1.35B and tap into owner Ryan Reynolds’ marketing skills

Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile announced Wednesday that it is acquiring Ka’ena Corp., owner of the brands Mint Mobile and… Read More

Mar 14, 2023, 2:38 PM

Commentary: OpenAI’s GPT-4 has some limitations that are fixable — and some that are not

Editor’s note: Four months after the release of its ChatGPT chatbot, OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence technology, GPT-4, on… Read More