Tech – Page 40 of 319

May 5, 2022, 1:47 PM

Investment group that includes eBay and ex-Disney chair investing $263M into Funko

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based pop culture collectibles maker, has attracted a $263 million investment from a consortium led by The… Read More

May 5, 2022, 1:05 PM

Zillow Group tops Q1 estimates but analysts wary amid volatile housing market

Zillow Group beat estimates for its first quarter revenue and profit but unpredictable housing market trends are raising concern for… Read More

May 5, 2022, 10:54 AM

Boeing is moving its headquarters from Chicago to Virginia — and setting up a new R&D hub

More than two decades after the Boeing Co. moved its headquarters from its Seattle birthplace to Chicago, the aerospace giant… Read More

May 4, 2022, 8:15 PM

5 cybersecurity tips for companies that own and operate critical infrastructure

Congress passed a new law in March that requires organizations responsible for critical infrastructure to report cybersecurity incidents to the… Read More

May 4, 2022, 1:20 PM

Expedia Group unveils new tech platform for travel industry, and scoring system for hotels

Expedia Group announced a new technology platform to provide the underlying online infrastructure for other companies to build their own… Read More

May 3, 2022, 2:59 PM

Microsoft president commits $5M to campaign to restore UW’s historic ‘Boys in the Boat’ Shell House

A campaign to restore the 104-year-old ASUW Shell House at the University of Washington in Seattle is getting a boost… Read More

May 3, 2022, 2:42 PM

Starbucks will sell NFTs that enable exclusive experiences and perks for customers

Starbucks is diving into the world of NFTs. As part of its quarterly earnings report Tuesday, the Seattle coffee giant… Read More

May 3, 2022, 10:52 AM

The robots aren’t coming for your jobs — at least according to these AI and robotics leaders

PITTSBURGH — There are no shortage of headlines about automation, artificial intelligence and robotics wiping out large swaths of employment,… Read More

May 2, 2022, 1:27 PM

Expedia’s Q1 revenue up 81% to $2.2B; CEO sees ‘positive indicators’ for leisure travel recovery

Expedia Group shares were up more than 6% in after-hours trading after the company reported its first quarter financials Monday,… Read More

May 2, 2022, 7:23 AM

Four key challenges robots need to overcome to play a bigger role in business and industry

PITTSBURGH — Breakthroughs in robotics are generating a new wave of startups and commercial activity in this city, and the… Read More

Apr 29, 2022, 10:07 AM

It’s such a good feeling, a very good feeling, for Pittsburgh to know it didn’t win Amazon HQ2

PITTSBURGH — It would have been fun for me if Amazon’s HQ2 had ended up here, not only for the… Read More

Apr 28, 2022, 8:31 AM

‘We’ve literally run out of human beings’: Robots rise in wake of pandemic and labor shortages

PITTSBURGH — Looking out the window of the Boeing 737 this week after landing at Pittsburgh International Airport, gateway to… Read More

Apr 27, 2022, 6:06 AM

T-Mobile reaches 1M home internet users a year after launch; overall Q1 revenue tops $20B

T-Mobile US added 338,000 home internet users in the first quarter, reaching 1 million customers a year after launching the… Read More

Apr 26, 2022, 3:55 AM

RelationalAI raises $75M, adds ex-Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia to board

RelationalAI, a Berkeley, Calif.-based startup building “knowledge graphs” for intelligent data apps, raised $75 million in a Series B round… Read More

Apr 25, 2022, 4:43 PM

Bezos weighs in on Musk’s Twitter takeover: ‘Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?’

Get your popcorn ready. Jeff Bezos just made his first public comments about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in a… Read More

Apr 25, 2022, 11:55 AM

Elon Musk will buy Twitter in $44 billion deal, promises to add features and defeat spam bots

Follow-up: Bezos weighs in on Musk’s Twitter takeover: ‘Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the… Read More

Apr 24, 2022, 7:00 AM

Parents: Don’t let the college admissions process ruin your child’s high school experience

In the Seattle area, college competitiveness is heating up. As the population boom of high-paid tech workers continues in the… Read More

Apr 20, 2022, 8:39 AM

Funding news: Lightspeed, Andreessen Horowitz back $22M round for Seattle studio One More Game

— One More Game landed $22 million to fuel development of its first title, Spellcraft. The company, launched in 2019… Read More

Apr 18, 2022, 4:22 PM

Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection reportedly sold to aviation enthusiast in the Walton family

Three and a half years after his death, another one of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s passion projects — the extensive… Read More

Apr 18, 2022, 10:59 AM

Eviation makes a deal to sell Cape Air 75 electric airplanes; first flight test now set for summer

A Seattle-area venture called Eviation has struck a deal with Massachusetts-based Cape Air for the purchase of 75 Eviation Alice… Read More

Apr 13, 2022, 10:51 AM

Google now employs more than 7,200 in Washington state — up from 4,500 workers just prior to the pandemic

The pandemic may have disrupted hiring patterns in tech, and pushed some workers out of coastal metro areas. But Google… Read More

Apr 13, 2022, 9:00 AM

Yoodli opens up its free website to improve public speaking — and adds in some games

Six months after coming out of stealth mode, a Seattle AI startup called Yoodli is raising the curtain on a… Read More

Apr 8, 2022, 8:33 AM

Meet the 3 outstanding tech efforts being honored with GeekWire’s Geeks Give Back Award

Pacific Northwest leaders who are wielding tech for good causes are doing great things — and we’re excited to celebrate… Read More

Apr 6, 2022, 9:00 AM

Vote for Workplace of the Year at the GeekWire Awards: Edifecs, Icertis, F5, Flyhomes, Uplevel

Happiness at the job isn’t just kombucha on tap and trendy lounges. For the past two years, companies have balanced… Read More

Apr 5, 2022, 7:24 AM

Starbucks is getting into the ‘NFT business,’ according to Howard Schultz

Frappuccinos, pumpkin spice lattes, and now … NFTs? Yes, Starbucks is apparently getting into the world of NFTs. That’s the… Read More

Apr 5, 2022, 6:30 AM

Overwatch raises $11M for airborne imaging systems with built-in artificial intelligence

Overwatch Imaging, an Oregon venture that makes airborne imaging systems for piloted aircraft and drones, has closed on an $11.15… Read More

Apr 4, 2022, 2:47 PM

Vote for CEO of the Year: GeekWire Awards finalists find growth opportunities in uncertain times

Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty… Read More

Mar 31, 2022, 12:00 PM

Innovation of the Year: 5 technology breakthroughs named finalists in GeekWire Awards

From fuel cells to fusion energy, there’s a common theme among many of the finalists for Innovation of the Year… Read More

Mar 28, 2022, 1:51 PM

AR/VR eyewear company Innovega strikes deal with global supplier of technology for visually impaired

Innovega Inc., a Bellevue, Wash., company that uses disposable contact lenses in combination with high-tech glasses to create a digitally… Read More

Mar 28, 2022, 10:39 AM

Securing the metaverse: Microsoft exec Charlie Bell calls on industry to learn lessons of the early web

Charlie Bell has the metaverse on his mind. That alone is a notable takeaway from a post this morning by… Read More